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1 Apr 2024
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Thomas Depierre — holds since 2024-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The case for sweating every line of code was premised on humans doing the modifications, and it now survives only because tokens are scarce. — tap to centre the map on it The case for sweating every line of code was premised on humans doing the modifications, and it now survives only because tokens are scarce. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Working with coding agents is exhausting rather than deskilling, and that exhaustion — not the technology — is what limits how many projects one engineer can run at once. — tap to centre the map on it Working with coding agents is exhausting rather than deskilling, and that exhaustion — not the technology — is what limits how many projects one engineer can run at once. Last stated 7 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few hundred dollars a month is nothing to a company and transformative to a project, so engineers should be the ones asking their employers to pay it. — tap to centre the map on it A few hundred dollars a month is nothing to a company and transformative to a project, so engineers should be the ones asking their employers to pay it. Last stated 8 years ago
22 Aug 2018
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Drew DeVault — holds since 2018-08-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Letting non-programmers build their own unmaintainable software is still a large step forward, because the alternative was a thousand-page requirements document and an eight-year wait. — tap to centre the map on it Letting non-programmers build their own unmaintainable software is still a large step forward, because the alternative was a thousand-page requirements document and an eight-year wait. Last stated 4 months ago
1 Jul 2026
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Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is no longer worth not reading the code in exchange for the occasional two-week hand fix, because the volume of code we can now generate has gone up ten to a hundred times. — tap to centre the map on it It is no longer worth not reading the code in exchange for the occasional two-week hand fix, because the volume of code we can now generate has gone up ten to a hundred times. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What limits you with coding agents is your own skill at stringing them together, not the capability of the models. — tap to centre the map on it What limits you with coding agents is your own skill at stringing them together, not the capability of the models. Last stated 7 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody has found keeping specs and code in sync worth the upkeep; the code stays the source of truth. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody has found keeping specs and code in sync worth the upkeep; the code stays the source of truth. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A contribution is a cost to the maintainer, not a gift: it is taking part, not merely using the code, that consumes a project’s scarcest resource. — tap to centre the map on it A contribution is a cost to the maintainer, not a gift: it is taking part, not merely using the code, that consumes a project’s scarcest resource. Last stated 5 years ago
17 Mar 2022
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Filippo Valsorda — holds since 2022-03-17 — tap for who they are
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Nadia Asparouhova — holds since 2019-03-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft. — tap to centre the map on it A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft. Last stated a year ago
26 Jun 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Desktop Linux improved dramatically while Apple's users were not watching, and is now far more polished and capable than its reputation. — tap to centre the map on it Desktop Linux improved dramatically while Apple's users were not watching, and is now far more polished and capable than its reputation. Last stated a year ago
26 Aug 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Desktop Linux is not for everyone, because plenty of people want a computer appliance they never have to look under the hood of. — tap to centre the map on it Desktop Linux is not for everyone, because plenty of people want a computer appliance they never have to look under the hood of. Last stated a year ago
5 Aug 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-08-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A breached organisation owes its customers a fast and transparent disclosure, and that obligation applies to the person saying it too. — tap to centre the map on it A breached organisation owes its customers a fast and transparent disclosure, and that obligation applies to the person saying it too. Last stated 2 years ago
25 Mar 2025
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Troy Hunt — holds since 2025-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A correctly configured TLS server should send its intermediate certificates, not just its own certificate, to let clients chain back to a trusted root. — tap to centre the map on it A correctly configured TLS server should send its intermediate certificates, not just its own certificate, to let clients chain back to a trusted root. Last stated 8 months ago
16 Feb 2026
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Jon Seager — holds since 2026-02-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A library that skips certificate verification by default is unsafe and should not be trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A library that skips certificate verification by default is unsafe and should not be trusted. Last stated 2 years ago
8 Apr 2025
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Phil Hagelberg — holds since 2025-04-08 — tap for who they are
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Most of the code the world runs on is maintained by hobbyists with an hour or two a month, so any proposal that needs more than that will simply be ignored.
Holds Read this korrent →
The case for sweating every line of code was premised on humans doing the modifications, and it now survives only because tokens are scarce.
Holds
Working with coding agents is exhausting rather than deskilling, and that exhaustion — not the technology — is what limits how many projects one engineer can run at once.
Holds
A few hundred dollars a month is nothing to a company and transformative to a project, so engineers should be the ones asking their employers to pay it.
Holds
Letting non-programmers build their own unmaintainable software is still a large step forward, because the alternative was a thousand-page requirements document and an eight-year wait.
Holds
It is no longer worth not reading the code in exchange for the occasional two-week hand fix, because the volume of code we can now generate has gone up ten to a hundred times.
Holds
What limits you with coding agents is your own skill at stringing them together, not the capability of the models.
Holds
Nobody has found keeping specs and code in sync worth the upkeep; the code stays the source of truth.
Holds
A contribution is a cost to the maintainer, not a gift: it is taking part, not merely using the code, that consumes a project’s scarcest resource.
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Holds
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Holds
A big switch to desktop Linux is coming, at least among developers, because there is enough dissatisfaction with both Apple and Microsoft.
Holds
Desktop Linux improved dramatically while Apple's users were not watching, and is now far more polished and capable than its reputation.
Holds
Desktop Linux is not for everyone, because plenty of people want a computer appliance they never have to look under the hood of.
Holds
A breached organisation owes its customers a fast and transparent disclosure, and that obligation applies to the person saying it too.
Holds
A correctly configured TLS server should send its intermediate certificates, not just its own certificate, to let clients chain back to a trusted root.
Holds
A library that skips certificate verification by default is unsafe and should not be trusted.
Holds