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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Reading code and writingcode are separate skills,and being able to read a… TH ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 You cannot really understand the code you write unless you are also the one operating it. You cannot reallyunderstand the code you… CM Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 You learn a programming language by building something in it, not by reading about it. You learn a programminglanguage by building… AR Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 Writing lines of Python or C++ may stop being necessary; understanding how code, computer systems and products work will not. Writing lines of Pythonor C++ may stop being… ES Elizabeth Stone — holds since 2026-07-19 Predictions that nobody will write code soon dodge the question of what code is: prompting a model is still producing something we will have to read and change. Predictions that nobodywill write code soon… MF Martin Fowler — holds since 2026-04-07 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. It is no longer worthnot reading the code in… DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 Source code in any language tells you nothing about what the CPU is actually asked to do; only the compiler's assembly output does, and reading it is a skill every serious programmer should have. Source code in anylanguage tells you… CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 You cannot be best of breed in an ecosystem by telling its developers to write in a different programming language. You cannot be best ofbreed in an ecosystem… AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 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
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