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Read this korrent: Most software bugs will not be coding bugs but bugs from asking for the wrong thing.
Most software bugs will not be coding bugs but bugs from asking for the wrong thing.
Last stated 2 months ago
19 Sept 2026
TB
Thorsten Ball — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Software bugs most often arise at boundaries where reality does not respect the divisions assumed by the source code. — tap to centre the map on it
Software bugs most often arise at boundaries where reality does not respect the divisions assumed by the source code.
Last stated 4 months ago
17 Jul 2026
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Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-07-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What a programmer actually wants from AI is not autocomplete but a pair programmer that tells you which line has the bug. — tap to centre the map on it
What a programmer actually wants from AI is not autocomplete but a pair programmer that tells you which line has the bug.
Last stated 3 years ago
29 Jun 2023
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George Hotz — holds since 2023-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Framing a code-review request as looking for bugs can trigger an AI coding assistant's safety refusal, while framing the same request as looking for improvements does not. — tap to centre the map on it
Framing a code-review request as looking for bugs can trigger an AI coding assistant's safety refusal, while framing the same request as looking for improvements does not.
Last stated 4 months ago
6 Jul 2026
PO
Philip O'Toole — holds since 2026-07-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When code passed its tests only because of a bug in the platform underneath, that is the platform's fault, not the developer's. — tap to centre the map on it
When code passed its tests only because of a bug in the platform underneath, that is the platform's fault, not the developer's.
Last stated 5 years ago
19 Oct 2021
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Kenton Varda — holds since 2021-10-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Asked to find a deep bug, coding agents can patch many small issues that feel like progress while steering you away from the real problem; there is still no substitute for expertise. — tap to centre the map on it
Asked to find a deep bug, coding agents can patch many small issues that feel like progress while steering you away from the real problem; there is still no substitute for expertise.
Last stated 3 months ago
5 Aug 2026
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Ben Vinegar — holds since 2026-08-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Buggy code usually causes outright test failures rather than being silently exercised inside tests that still pass. — tap to centre the map on it
Buggy code usually causes outright test failures rather than being silently exercised inside tests that still pass.
Last stated 2 years ago
25 Apr 2025
RC
Russ Cox — holds since 2025-04-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In the future, humans will not find bugs in model-produced code in reasonable time and will only review system composition, not via PRs or line-by-line review. — tap to centre the map on it
In the future, humans will not find bugs in model-produced code in reasonable time and will only review system composition, not via PRs or line-by-line review.
Last stated 2 months ago
19 Sept 2026
TB
Thorsten Ball — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Coding with an AI assistant slides from copiloting into autopiloting, and the bugs that follow are hard to trace. — tap to centre the map on it
Coding with an AI assistant slides from copiloting into autopiloting, and the bugs that follow are hard to trace.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work. — tap to centre the map on it
"Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jan 2025
EV
Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit. — tap to centre the map on it
A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Jun 2026
EK
Emily Kramer — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can run a product and a project operating model at the same time. — tap to centre the map on it
A company can run a product and a project operating model at the same time.
Last stated a year ago
27 Oct 2025
PW
Petra Wille — holds since 2025-10-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company captured by ideology will produce useless products — tap to centre the map on it
A company captured by ideology will produce useless products
Last stated 3 years ago
8 Mar 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-03-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A PM who can design around their spec to see if it holds up to reality is what you want, and so is an engineer who really cares about building great visual component systems. — tap to centre the map on it
A PM who can design around their spec to see if it holds up to reality is what you want, and so is an engineer who really cares about building great visual component systems.
Last stated 7 months ago
14 Apr 2026
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Brian Lovin — holds since 2026-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A recurring AI workflow improves more through ongoing user feedback than by being fully specified upfront. — tap to centre the map on it
A recurring AI workflow improves more through ongoing user feedback than by being fully specified upfront.
Last stated 6 months ago
18 May 2026
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Jason Liu — holds since 2026-05-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model can now port essentially any codebase from one programming language to another, work that used to take a team over a year. — tap to centre the map on it
A model can now port essentially any codebase from one programming language to another, work that used to take a team over a year.
Last stated 3 months ago
27 Jul 2026
BC
Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A strong manual coding background helps developers spot algorithmic weaknesses and flaws in generated code. — tap to centre the map on it
A strong manual coding background helps developers spot algorithmic weaknesses and flaws in generated code.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
15 Oct 2026
AT
Adam Tornhill — holds since 2026-10-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agentic AI is becoming almost as big a CPU story as a GPU story. — tap to centre the map on it
Agentic AI is becoming almost as big a CPU story as a GPU story.
Last stated 6 months ago
24 Apr 2026
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Andy Jassy — holds since 2026-04-24 — tap for who they are
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Most software bugs will not be coding bugs but bugs from asking for the wrong thing.
Last stated 19 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
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Software bugs most often arise at boundaries where reality does not respect the divisions assumed by the source code.
Last stated 17 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Kenneth Reitz
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What a programmer actually wants from AI is not autocomplete but a pair programmer that tells you which line has the bug.
Last stated 29 Jun 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds George Hotz
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Framing a code-review request as looking for bugs can trigger an AI coding assistant's safety refusal, while framing the same request as looking for improvements does not.
Last stated 6 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Philip O'Toole
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When code passed its tests only because of a bug in the platform underneath, that is the platform's fault, not the developer's.
Last stated 19 Oct 2021 · 5 years ago
Holds Kenton Varda
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Asked to find a deep bug, coding agents can patch many small issues that feel like progress while steering you away from the real problem; there is still no substitute for expertise.
Last stated 5 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Ben Vinegar
Similar wording
Buggy code usually causes outright test failures rather than being silently exercised inside tests that still pass.
Last stated 25 Apr 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Russ Cox
Similar wording
In the future, humans will not find bugs in model-produced code in reasonable time and will only review system composition, not via PRs or line-by-line review.
Last stated 19 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Thorsten Ball
Similar wording
Coding with an AI assistant slides from copiloting into autopiloting, and the bugs that follow are hard to trace.
Last stated 22 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds ThePrimeagen
Same subject: product management
"Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work.
Last stated 19 Jan 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Elena Verna
Same subject: product management
A billboard buys only short, shallow awareness, so it does not work for education or for a startup before product-market fit.
Last stated 9 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Emily Kramer
Same subject: product management
A company can run a product and a project operating model at the same time.
Last stated 27 Oct 2025 · a year ago
Holds Petra Wille
Same subject: design
A company captured by ideology will produce useless products
Last stated 8 Mar 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: design
A PM who can design around their spec to see if it holds up to reality is what you want, and so is an engineer who really cares about building great visual component systems.
Last stated 14 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Brian Lovin
Same subject: design
A recurring AI workflow improves more through ongoing user feedback than by being fully specified upfront.
Last stated 18 May 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Jason Liu
Same subject: code generation
A model can now port essentially any codebase from one programming language to another, work that used to take a team over a year.
Last stated 27 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Boris Cherny
Same subject: code generation
A strong manual coding background helps developers spot algorithmic weaknesses and flaws in generated code.
Last stated 15 Oct 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Adam Tornhill
Same subject: code generation
Agentic AI is becoming almost as big a CPU story as a GPU story.
Last stated 24 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Andy Jassy