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17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 15 Jun 2009 to 24 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under design design Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under formal proof formal proof Everything filed under CSS CSS Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Simplifying a language's grammar makes it more imperfect, unlike simplifying a machine Simplifying a language's grammar makes itmore imperfect, unlike simplifying amachine AS Adam Smith — holds since c. 1759–1777 — tap for who they are Same subject: In terms of full functionality, things can be a little simpler than they are now; not every idea is good or necessary, and sometimes adding it is worse. — tap to centre the map on it In terms of full functionality,things can be a little simpler thanthey are now; not every idea is goodor necessary, and sometimes addingit is worse. Last stated 4 months ago 8 Jul 2026 MC Meaghan Choi — holds since 2026-07-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: No programming language in actual use has ever gotten smaller. — tap to centre the map on it No programming language in actualuse has ever gotten smaller. Last stated 17 years ago 15 Jun 2009 AA Andrei Alexandrescu — holds since 2009-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Large language models do not reason formally: their performance collapses as a problem is made bigger, in the way a calculator's never does. — tap to centre the map on it Large language models do not reasonformally: their performancecollapses as a problem is madebigger, in the way a calculator'snever does. Last stated 2 years ago 11 Oct 2024 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2024-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Simplifying often leaves you with more things, not fewer: simplicity is about not tangling things together, not about counting them. — tap to centre the map on it Simplifying often leaves you withmore things, not fewer: simplicityis about not tangling thingstogether, not about counting them. RH Rich Hickey — holds since c. 2011 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is a permanent trade-off in verification: an expressive language is hard to prove things about, and a language that is easy to prove things about is hard to write in. — tap to centre the map on it There is a permanent trade-off inverification: an expressive languageis hard to prove things about, and alanguage that is easy to provethings about is hard to write in. Last stated 8 years ago 21 Jan 2019 HW Hillel Wayne — holds since 2019-01-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Less was a nicer language than Sass because it was functional and declarative rather than procedural and imperative. — tap to centre the map on it Less was a nicer language than Sassbecause it was functional anddeclarative rather than proceduraland imperative. Last stated 6 years ago by 2 Aug 2020 AW Adam Wathan — holds since 2020-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language's mere incompleteness is not a defect. — tap to centre the map on it A language's mere incompleteness isnot a defect. Last stated a year ago 1 Nov 2025 KS Kieran Setiya — holds since 2025-11-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language can only give you the feeling that compiling means working if it has a type system — that is where it all starts. — tap to centre the map on it A language can only give you thefeeling that compiling means workingif it has a type system — that iswhere it all starts. Last stated 6 months ago 20 May 2026 AR Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-onglasses seems far more enticing thana $3,699, 700-gram headset strappedto the face. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 MS M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it A baby-step version of eval-drivendesign is to sketch out 10 to 20hero flows and run the feature orinteraction through them to seewhere it falls apart. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EB Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it A blank chat box is lazy: itviolates the first rule of a gooduser experience, that it is obviouswhat you can do. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint — tap to centre the map on it A Black writer is needed to portrayBlack life truly, and white peoplefrom a Black standpoint AC Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. — tap to centre the map on it A browser that answers withgenerated prose instead of links isnot a web browser but an anti-webbrowser, and it hides thatsubstitution from the person usingit. Last stated a year ago 22 Oct 2025 AD Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A certain kind of financial struggle often serves as a catalyst for writers to produce great works. — tap to centre the map on it A certain kind of financial struggleoften serves as a catalyst forwriters to produce great works. Last stated 2 years ago 24 Oct 2024 WY Waqas Younas — holds since 2024-10-24 — 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 inan age of abundance will be shitty,and shitty software is easy to dealwith because it goes away. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 GT Geoff Teehan — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bug live for one day is better than an app stuck in review for two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it A bug live for one day is betterthan an app stuck in review for twoweeks. Last stated 17 years ago 24 Aug 2009 JH Joe Hewitt — holds since 2009-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over aweekend returns work that is halfgood, a quarter garbage and aquarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are
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