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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Software should unbloatover time: the longer it isaround, the more elegant it… CM Craig Mod — holds since 2019-07-01 Software tends to get slower, more bloated, buggier and bigger as it evolves, unless it is designed from the outset to prevent that. Software tends to getslower, more bloated… GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-08-25 Software should be fast, knowable, and owned by the person using it Software should befast, knowable, and… CM Craig Mod — holds since 2026-03-01 Great software requires a fanatical devotion to beauty: the parts no one is supposed to see should be beautiful too, because unseen details become visible in the aggregate. Great software requiresa fanatical devotion to… PG Paul Graham — holds since 2003-05-01 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 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 Software should be allowed to be finished, the way a knife or an album is, and the customer who bought the old version should get to keep it. Software should beallowed to be finished… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 Fast software is not always good software, but slow software is rarely able to rise to greatness, because not breaking flow is an axiom of great tools. Fast software is notalways good software… CM Craig Mod — holds since 2019-07-01 Peak programmer has passed: the economic value of writing code by hand has peaked, and Jevons' paradox will not bail every programmer out. Peak programmer haspassed: the economic… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08
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