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Read this korrent: Review, testing and QA is the new bottleneck in software engineering.
Review, testing and QA is the new bottleneck in software engineering.
Last stated a month ago
8 Sept 2026
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Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Writing code has never been the real bottleneck in software engineering; the hard part lies elsewhere. — tap to centre the map on it
Writing code has never been the real bottleneck in software engineering; the hard part lies elsewhere.
Last stated 5 months ago
5 Jun 2026
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Josh Collinsworth — holds since 2026-06-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Review became a worse bottleneck under AI, because companies removed the review automation they had once AI started writing the code. — tap to centre the map on it
Review became a worse bottleneck under AI, because companies removed the review automation they had once AI started writing the code.
Last stated 7 months ago
22 Mar 2026
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Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Review is a bottleneck across design and development, and since people love making more than reviewing, they now have to become expert reviewers and probably automate reviews too. — tap to centre the map on it
Review is a bottleneck across design and development, and since people love making more than reviewing, they now have to become expert reviewers and probably automate reviews too.
Last stated 4 months ago
24 Jun 2026
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Loredana Crisan — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI did not create the bottlenecks in software delivery; it threw gas on processes everybody already knew were weak. — tap to centre the map on it
AI did not create the bottlenecks in software delivery; it threw gas on processes everybody already knew were weak.
Last stated 7 months ago
22 Mar 2026
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Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As AI agents take on bigger delegated tasks, the human bottleneck shifts to writing specs and reviewing output fast, hollowing out the middle of the work. — tap to centre the map on it
As AI agents take on bigger delegated tasks, the human bottleneck shifts to writing specs and reviewing output fast, hollowing out the middle of the work.
Last stated 6 months ago
3 May 2026
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Eugene Yan — holds since 2026-05-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is now faster to build three versions of something and try them out. — tap to centre the map on it
It is now faster to build three versions of something and try them out.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
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Ami Vora — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The bottleneck in product development has shifted to product people, who should be as lazy as engineers. — tap to centre the map on it
The bottleneck in product development has shifted to product people, who should be as lazy as engineers.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
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Geoff Charles — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The human bottleneck is a safety property: remove it and small, individually harmless coding errors compound at a rate nobody feels until it is too late. — tap to centre the map on it
The human bottleneck is a safety property: remove it and small, individually harmless coding errors compound at a rate nobody feels until it is too late.
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: 95 percent of the software made in an age of abundance will be shitty, and shitty software is easy to deal with because it goes away. — tap to centre the map on it
95 percent of the software made in an age of abundance will be shitty, and shitty software is easy to deal with because it goes away.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
23 Sept 2026
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Geoff Teehan — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feature added to a codebase is extremely difficult to remove once other code is built on top of it. — tap to centre the map on it
A feature added to a codebase is extremely difficult to remove once other code is built on top of it.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Vicki Boykis — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feature shipped in a product's official release is fair to judge, regardless of whether the company labels it a beta. — tap to centre the map on it
A feature shipped in a product's official release is fair to judge, regardless of whether the company labels it a beta.
Last stated a month ago
14 Sept 2026
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Jason Snell — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-assisted coding will generate a lot of low-quality output that developers will need to clean up, even as it also produces good results. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-assisted coding will generate a lot of low-quality output that developers will need to clean up, even as it also produces good results.
Last stated 8 months ago
9 Feb 2026
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Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-02-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-generated code should be treated as untrusted until there is evidence it preserves the intended behavior. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-generated code should be treated as untrusted until there is evidence it preserves the intended behavior.
Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
JS
Jon Seager — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As AI makes it easier to generate code, teams must delete code more aggressively or be overwhelmed by accumulated complexity. — tap to centre the map on it
As AI makes it easier to generate code, teams must delete code more aggressively or be overwhelmed by accumulated complexity.
Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
VB
Vicki Boykis — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: CMake tooling is missing a linter that could statically catch most CMakeLists.txt mistakes. — tap to centre the map on it
CMake tooling is missing a linter that could statically catch most CMakeLists.txt mistakes.
Last stated a month ago
20 Sept 2026
CW
Chris Wellons — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Comparing code coverage between passing and failing test runs is a cheap, effective way to localize a bug quickly. — tap to centre the map on it
Comparing code coverage between passing and failing test runs is a cheap, effective way to localize a bug quickly.
Last stated a year ago
25 Apr 2025
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Russ Cox — holds since 2025-04-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Everyone is rethinking code reviews, deploys, and possibly observability — tap to centre the map on it
Everyone is rethinking code reviews, deploys, and possibly observability
Last stated a month ago
16 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are
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Review, testing and QA is the new bottleneck in software engineering.
Last stated 8 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Guillermo Rauch
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Writing code has never been the real bottleneck in software engineering; the hard part lies elsewhere.
Last stated 5 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Josh Collinsworth
Similar wording
Review became a worse bottleneck under AI, because companies removed the review automation they had once AI started writing the code.
Last stated 22 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Nicole Forsgren
Similar wording
Review is a bottleneck across design and development, and since people love making more than reviewing, they now have to become expert reviewers and probably automate reviews too.
Last stated 24 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Loredana Crisan
Similar wording
AI did not create the bottlenecks in software delivery; it threw gas on processes everybody already knew were weak.
Last stated 22 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Nicole Forsgren
Similar wording
As AI agents take on bigger delegated tasks, the human bottleneck shifts to writing specs and reviewing output fast, hollowing out the middle of the work.
Last stated 3 May 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Eugene Yan
Similar wording
It is now faster to build three versions of something and try them out.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Ami Vora
Similar wording
The bottleneck in product development has shifted to product people, who should be as lazy as engineers.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Geoff Charles
Similar wording
The human bottleneck is a safety property: remove it and small, individually harmless coding errors compound at a rate nobody feels until it is too late.
Last stated 25 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Mario Zechner
Same subject: software quality
95 percent of the software made in an age of abundance will be shitty, and shitty software is easy to deal with because it goes away.
Last stated 23 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Geoff Teehan
Same subject: software quality
A feature added to a codebase is extremely difficult to remove once other code is built on top of it.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Vicki Boykis
Same subject: software quality
A feature shipped in a product's official release is fair to judge, regardless of whether the company labels it a beta.
Last stated 14 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Jason Snell
Same subject: code generation
AI-assisted coding will generate a lot of low-quality output that developers will need to clean up, even as it also produces good results.
Last stated 9 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Scott Hanselman
Same subject: code generation
AI-generated code should be treated as untrusted until there is evidence it preserves the intended behavior.
Last stated 19 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Jon Seager
Same subject: code generation
As AI makes it easier to generate code, teams must delete code more aggressively or be overwhelmed by accumulated complexity.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Vicki Boykis
Same subject: developer tools
CMake tooling is missing a linter that could statically catch most CMakeLists.txt mistakes.
Last stated 20 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Chris Wellons
Same subject: developer tools
Comparing code coverage between passing and failing test runs is a cheap, effective way to localize a bug quickly.
Last stated 25 Apr 2025 · a year ago
Holds Russ Cox
Same subject: developer tools
Everyone is rethinking code reviews, deploys, and possibly observability
Last stated 16 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Gergely Orosz