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simplicity 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: Programs that have to be maintained must have beautiful, well-documented inputs and code. Programs that have to be maintained must have beautiful, well-documented inputs and code. Last stated 13 years ago
7 Feb 2014
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Joe Armstrong — holds since 2014-02-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Programming becomes extremely difficult once the program, its input and its output must be beautiful, documented and correct. — tap to centre the map on it Programming becomes extremely difficult once the program, its input and its output must be beautiful, documented and correct. Last stated 13 years ago
7 Feb 2014
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Joe Armstrong — holds since 2014-02-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Extreme optimizations can result in code that is hard to maintain. — tap to centre the map on it Extreme optimizations can result in code that is hard to maintain. Last stated 10 years ago
by 25 Apr 2017
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Adrian Holovaty — holds since 2017-04-25 — 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 4 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Great software requires a fanatical devotion to beauty: the parts no one is supposed to see should be beautiful too, because unseen details become visible in the aggregate. — tap to centre the map on it Great software requires a fanatical devotion to beauty: the parts no one is supposed to see should be beautiful too, because unseen details become visible in the aggregate. Last stated 24 years ago
1 May 2003
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Paul Graham — holds since 2003-05-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Well-functioning systems succeed through continuous debugging rather than perfect initial design. — tap to centre the map on it Well-functioning systems succeed through continuous debugging rather than perfect initial design. Last stated 3 months ago
20 Aug 2026
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Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most of software is not the new stuff; it is old, crappy code somebody has to maintain, and it is full of genuinely hard problems. — tap to centre the map on it Most of software is not the new stuff; it is old, crappy code somebody has to maintain, and it is full of genuinely hard problems. 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: Most software has too few users or too short a lifespan for long-term maintenance costs to matter. — tap to centre the map on it Most software has too few users or too short a lifespan for long-term maintenance costs to matter. Last stated a year ago
8 Jun 2025
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David Crawshaw — holds since 2025-06-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A program's simplicity of structure does not limit how sophisticated the computation it performs can be. — tap to centre the map on it A program's simplicity of structure does not limit how sophisticated the computation it performs can be. Last stated 4 months ago
21 Jul 2026
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Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A codebase is the most important context an AI agent has, and letting many different models add to it without consistent patterns leads to trouble. — tap to centre the map on it A codebase is the most important context an AI agent has, and letting many different models add to it without consistent patterns leads to trouble. Last stated 2 days ago
3 Nov 2026
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Derek Briggs — holds since 2026-11-03 — 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
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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
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Adam Tornhill — holds since 2026-10-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. Last stated 8 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A code-review agent works best with a clean context, sharing nothing with the coding agent beforehand. — tap to centre the map on it A code-review agent works best with a clean context, sharing nothing with the coding agent beforehand. Last stated 6 months ago
22 Apr 2026
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Walden Yan — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. Last stated 7 months ago
25 Mar 2026
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Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coding AI that integrates only with its own vendor's tools will be very limited compared with one that draws on all the tools you use. — tap to centre the map on it A coding AI that integrates only with its own vendor's tools will be very limited compared with one that draws on all the tools you use. Last stated 3 years ago
16 Mar 2024
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Quinn Slack — holds since 2024-03-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A compiler that also serves an IDE has to be lazy and deferred throughout — a different way of building compilers from the one the textbooks teach. — tap to centre the map on it A compiler that also serves an IDE has to be lazy and deferred throughout — a different way of building compilers from the one the textbooks teach. Last stated 6 months ago
13 May 2026
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Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feature-rich native 'view source' option for debugging sites with iPadOS would be beneficial. — tap to centre the map on it A feature-rich native 'view source' option for debugging sites with iPadOS would be beneficial. Last stated a year ago
11 Jul 2025
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Christian Oliff — holds since 2025-07-11 — tap for who they are