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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Python is ugly: full ofsuperfluous instructionskept since 1987 for legacy… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 Letting non-programmers vibe-code features into a large existing product destroys its architecture, even when every individual change looks defensible. Letting non-programmersvibe-code features into… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 The programming language is now English, and it is a more beautiful one than Ruby. The programminglanguage is now… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 A sense of achievement in software survives writing almost none of the code yourself. A sense of achievementin software survives… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. A benchmark that ranksClaude Code last while… DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 Overly prescriptive instructions make a coding agent worse, for the same reason a micromanaging boss makes a programmer worse. Overly prescriptiveinstructions make a… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 Code and files generated by tools are pollution: hand-writing them is worth the effort because the bloat slows everything down for everyone. Code and filesgenerated by tools are… DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2019-10-15 Programmers who say they hate computers are faking it; be earnest about liking them and about learning them. Programmers who saythey hate computers are… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-01 TypeScript's type annotations cost more in friction than they return in safety, and a front-end framework is better off written in plain JavaScript. TypeScript's typeannotations cost more… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-09-06
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