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Read this korrent: Society keeps rebuilding itself around credentials, but the companies that build great things hire the people who do great work, not the people with the certificates.
Society keeps rebuilding itself around credentials, but the companies that build great things hire the people who do great work, not the people with the certificates.
Last stated a year ago
30 Apr 2025
TS
Tim Sweeney — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A career is not built by searching for jobs but by accumulating a reputation slowly, so that when you become available the opportunities come to you. — tap to centre the map on it
A career is not built by searching for jobs but by accumulating a reputation slowly, so that when you become available the opportunities come to you.
Last stated 5 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company should manufacture fresh internal challenges for its best people, because the alternative is that they go and find those challenges at another company. — tap to centre the map on it
A company should manufacture fresh internal challenges for its best people, because the alternative is that they go and find those challenges at another company.
Last stated 5 months ago
1 Apr 2026
TP
Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The only way to build something that matters is to develop conviction in a set of beliefs nobody else agrees with yet, long before they become consensus. — tap to centre the map on it
The only way to build something that matters is to develop conviction in a set of beliefs nobody else agrees with yet, long before they become consensus.
Last stated a month ago
29 Jul 2026
AW
Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If engineers do not hold themselves to a high standard and build efficiently, somebody else will come along and impose it on them. — tap to centre the map on it
If engineers do not hold themselves to a high standard and build efficiently, somebody else will come along and impose it on them.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
12 Aug 2026
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody will believe a resume any more; what will count is visible proof of the work you actually did. — tap to centre the map on it
Nobody will believe a resume any more; what will count is visible proof of the work you actually did.
Last stated 6 months ago
11 Mar 2026
SY
Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If building the organisation is nobody’s first job, it will not get done well. — tap to centre the map on it
If building the organisation is nobody’s first job, it will not get done well.
Last stated 3 years ago
5 Jan 2024
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2024-01-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The skill that matters now is not prompt engineering but giving a model a way to verify its own work, and it is the thing people most often get wrong. — tap to centre the map on it
The skill that matters now is not prompt engineering but giving a model a way to verify its own work, and it is the thing people most often get wrong.
Last stated a month ago
27 Jul 2026
BC
Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Engineers overestimate the competition and are usually good enough for the company they believe is out of their reach. — tap to centre the map on it
Engineers overestimate the competition and are usually good enough for the company they believe is out of their reach.
Last stated 15 years ago
28 Oct 2011
PM
Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. — tap to centre the map on it
A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year.
Last stated 4 days ago
3 Sept 2026
DR
Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces. — tap to centre the map on it
A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces.
Last stated 5 days ago
2 Sept 2026
SW
Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A trust that owns the mission protects a company better than founder control does, which is why Anthropic needs no dual-class shares. — tap to centre the map on it
A trust that owns the mission protects a company better than founder control does, which is why Anthropic needs no dual-class shares.
Last stated 4 months ago
10 May 2026
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Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language-agnostic conformance suite is the most powerful thing you can hand a coding agent, because the whole instruction becomes: write code until these tests pass. — tap to centre the map on it
A language-agnostic conformance suite is the most powerful thing you can hand a coding agent, because the whole instruction becomes: write code until these tests pass.
Last stated 6 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A passing test suite is not evidence that the software works, so an agent must also be made to start the thing and exercise it the way a person would. — tap to centre the map on it
A passing test suite is not evidence that the software works, so an agent must also be made to start the thing and exercise it the way a person would.
Last stated 6 months ago
19 Mar 2026
SW
Simon Willison — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Adding a config option so nobody breaks compounds into permutations no test suite can cover, because it is infinitely harder to evolve software that has users. — tap to centre the map on it
Adding a config option so nobody breaks compounds into permutations no test suite can cover, because it is infinitely harder to evolve software that has users.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Aug 2026
PS
Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — 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 5 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-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on. — tap to centre the map on it
A coding-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on.
Last stated 4 days ago
3 Sept 2026
DR
Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A machine can complete the task and completely miss the job -- coding makes this easy to see precisely because its tasks are so legible and verifiable. — tap to centre the map on it
A machine can complete the task and completely miss the job -- coding makes this easy to see precisely because its tasks are so legible and verifiable.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
14 Aug 2026
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Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
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Society keeps rebuilding itself around credentials, but the companies that build great things hire the people who do great work, not the people with the certificates.
Last stated 30 Apr 2025 · a year ago
Holds TS Tim Sweeney
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A career is not built by searching for jobs but by accumulating a reputation slowly, so that when you become available the opportunities come to you.
Last stated 1 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds TP Thuan Pham
Similar wording
A company should manufacture fresh internal challenges for its best people, because the alternative is that they go and find those challenges at another company.
Last stated 1 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds TP Thuan Pham
Similar wording
The only way to build something that matters is to develop conviction in a set of beliefs nobody else agrees with yet, long before they become consensus.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds AW Alexandr Wang
Similar wording
If engineers do not hold themselves to a high standard and build efficiently, somebody else will come along and impose it on them.
Last stated 12 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds CM Charity Majors
Similar wording
Nobody will believe a resume any more; what will count is visible proof of the work you actually did.
Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds SY Steve Yegge
Similar wording
If building the organisation is nobody’s first job, it will not get done well.
Last stated 5 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds CM Charity Majors
Similar wording
The skill that matters now is not prompt engineering but giving a model a way to verify its own work, and it is the thing people most often get wrong.
Last stated 27 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds Boris Cherny
Similar wording
Engineers overestimate the competition and are usually good enough for the company they believe is out of their reach.
Last stated 28 Oct 2011 · 15 years ago
Holds PM Patrick McKenzie
Same subject: Anthropic
A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year.
Last stated 3 Sept 2026 · 4 days ago
Holds Dax Raad
Same subject: Anthropic
A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces.
Last stated 2 Sept 2026 · 5 days ago
Holds Simon Willison
Same subject: Anthropic
A trust that owns the mission protects a company better than founder control does, which is why Anthropic needs no dual-class shares.
Last stated 10 May 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds ER Eric Ries
Same subject: software quality
A language-agnostic conformance suite is the most powerful thing you can hand a coding agent, because the whole instruction becomes: write code until these tests pass.
Last stated 19 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Simon Willison
Same subject: software quality
A passing test suite is not evidence that the software works, so an agent must also be made to start the thing and exercise it the way a person would.
Last stated 19 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Simon Willison
Same subject: software quality
Adding a config option so nobody breaks compounds into permutations no test suite can cover, because it is infinitely harder to evolve software that has users.
Last stated 10 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Peter Steinberger
Same subject: coding agents
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 25 Mar 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Mario Zechner
Same subject: coding agents
A coding-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on.
Last stated 3 Sept 2026 · 4 days ago
Holds Dax Raad
Same subject: coding agents
A machine can complete the task and completely miss the job -- coding makes this easy to see precisely because its tasks are so legible and verifiable.
Last stated 14 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Sunil Pai