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← Nobody has found keeping specs and code in sync worth the upkeep; the code stays the source of truth.
17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 19 Oct 2021 to 4 Sept 2026.
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vibe coding Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Nobody has found keeping specs and code in sync worth the upkeep; the code stays the source of truth. 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: The programming practices taught as best practice are ruinous for performance and should not be followed. — tap to centre the map on it The programming practices taught as best practice are ruinous for performance and should not be followed. Last stated 4 years ago
28 Feb 2023
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Casey Muratori — holds since 2023-02-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 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. — tap to centre the map on it 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. Last stated 3 years ago
1 Apr 2024
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Thomas Depierre — holds since 2024-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Lines of code are the wrong artifact to review; what we should be storing and reviewing is an architecture that generates the code to spec. — tap to centre the map on it Lines of code are the wrong artifact to review; what we should be storing and reviewing is an architecture that generates the code to spec. Last stated 2 months ago
12 Aug 2026
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Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Keeping a codebase clean now pays off directly rather than aesthetically, because a coding agent will copy the patterns already in it almost exactly. — tap to centre the map on it Keeping a codebase clean now pays off directly rather than aesthetically, because a coding agent will copy the patterns already in it almost exactly. 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: Deep compiler knowledge is still interesting, but it is no longer useful to a working engineer in any meaningful sense. — tap to centre the map on it Deep compiler knowledge is still interesting, but it is no longer useful to a working engineer in any meaningful sense. Last stated 7 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — 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: Maintaining a duplicate set of prototype code is no burden for an agent; agents are incredibly good translators between code conventions. — tap to centre the map on it Maintaining a duplicate set of prototype code is no burden for an agent; agents are incredibly good translators between code conventions. Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
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Patrick Morgan — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A sense of achievement in software survives writing almost none of the code yourself. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of achievement in software survives writing almost none of the code yourself. 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: A company that deviates from open standards in its data exports without documenting the deviation creates an artificial vendor lock-in. — tap to centre the map on it A company that deviates from open standards in its data exports without documenting the deviation creates an artificial vendor lock-in. Last stated 2 years ago
3 Mar 2025
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Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2025-03-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A design proposal should describe the feature as though it already existed — once as a tutorial and once as reference documentation. — tap to centre the map on it A design proposal should describe the feature as though it already existed — once as a tutorial and once as reference documentation. Last stated 5 months ago
20 May 2026
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Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A performance test without an explanation of its limiting factor should be treated as unanalyzed and possibly bogus. — tap to centre the map on it A performance test without an explanation of its limiting factor should be treated as unanalyzed and possibly bogus. Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
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Brendan Gregg — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Do not run a personal agent on a cheap or local model: weak models are gullible and easy to prompt-inject. — tap to centre the map on it Do not run a personal agent on a cheap or local model: weak models are gullible and easy to prompt-inject. Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Auto-mode does not yet convincingly fix prompt-injection risk for coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it Auto-mode does not yet convincingly fix prompt-injection risk for coding agents. Last stated 2 months ago
8 Aug 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: For agents built on Claude Fable 5.1, it is in practice safe for now to assume they will not get prompt injected. — tap to centre the map on it For agents built on Claude Fable 5.1, it is in practice safe for now to assume they will not get prompt injected. Last stated 2 months ago
4 Sept 2026
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Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Letting customers pin old runtime versions would undo part of the promise of serverless: that developers should not have to worry about updating their stack. — tap to centre the map on it Letting customers pin old runtime versions would undo part of the promise of serverless: that developers should not have to worry about updating their stack. 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: No one reads instructions until repeated attempts at muddling through have failed — tap to centre the map on it No one reads instructions until repeated attempts at muddling through have failed
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Steve Krug — holds since c. 2000–2014 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The design.md is basically a designer's style guide, all the sweat, tears and blood of their mastery, in one markdown file that the AI can read. — tap to centre the map on it The design.md is basically a designer's style guide, all the sweat, tears and blood of their mastery, in one markdown file that the AI can read. Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Meng To — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are