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Everything filed under education education Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under design design Everything filed under software performance software performance Everything filed under documentation documentation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Standardised testing is a good idea badly executed: the tests in common use are the problem, not testing itself. Standardised testing is a good idea badlyexecuted: the tests in common use are theproblem, not testing itself. Last stated 2 years ago 15 Apr 2025 BC Bryan Caplan — holds since 2025-04-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Code that is complex or clever can pass its tests while still being bad code. — tap to centre the map on it Code that is complex or clever canpass its tests while still being badcode. Last stated 11 years ago 22 Oct 2015 TB Thorsten Ball — holds since 2015-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: When what is being tested is the underlying mental model, it is probably not worth polishing, because the thing might not make sense; knowing when craft and polish are needed is important. — tap to centre the map on it When what is being tested is theunderlying mental model, it isprobably not worth polishing,because the thing might not makesense; knowing when craft and polishare needed is important. Last stated 4 months ago 8 Jul 2026 MC Meaghan Choi — holds since 2026-07-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: The programming practices taught as best practice are ruinous for performance and should not be followed. — tap to centre the map on it The programming practices taught asbest practice are ruinous forperformance and should not befollowed. Last stated 4 years ago 28 Feb 2023 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2023-02-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Elite programmes stay with tests that cannot separate the best candidates because doing so is a stealthy move in a wider war against merit. — tap to centre the map on it Elite programmes stay with teststhat cannot separate the bestcandidates because doing so is astealthy move in a wider war againstmerit. Last stated 2 years ago 15 Apr 2025 BC Bryan Caplan — holds since 2025-04-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: TDD fell out of fashion partly because its advocates turned it into a moral test of professionalism, when people write very good software with a wide variety of workflows. — tap to centre the map on it TDD fell out of fashion partlybecause its advocates turned it intoa moral test of professionalism,when people write very good softwarewith a wide variety of workflows. Last stated 4 months ago 1 Jul 2026 KB Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The insistence that any education innovation must serve everybody at once and for free is the poison that stops education innovating at all. — tap to centre the map on it The insistence that any educationinnovation must serve everybody atonce and for free is the poison thatstops education innovating at all. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 JL Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Something people can try, or results from a test, communicates a direction far better than a document. — tap to centre the map on it Something people can try, or resultsfrom a test, communicates adirection far better than adocument. Last stated 2 months ago 30 Aug 2026 TS Tara Seshan — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Conventional testing is not sufficient: crude purpose-built checking tools of a few thousand lines find bugs that testing does not. — tap to centre the map on it Conventional testing is notsufficient: crude purpose-builtchecking tools of a few thousandlines find bugs that testing doesnot. Last stated 11 years ago 12 Dec 2015 DL Dan Luu — holds since 2015-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's edge now is pullingthings back, making them simpler andmore understandable, becauseeveryone can kind of execute rightnow. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 CD Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it A good idea often fails to spreadnot for lack of merit but because noconvenient way exists to implementit. Last stated 5 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SR Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-assisted writing creates an illusion of greater creativity while actually reducing the originality of the ideas expressed. — tap to centre the map on it AI-assisted writing creates anillusion of greater creativity whileactually reducing the originality ofthe ideas expressed. Last stated 4 months ago 22 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: As building software gets easier, the differentiator becomes design, ideas, positioning and creativity. — tap to centre the map on it As building software gets easier,the differentiator becomes design,ideas, positioning and creativity. Last stated 3 months ago 4 Aug 2026 NP Nate Parrott — holds since 2026-08-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Big leaps forward are sprints inspired by a hunch — tap to centre the map on it Big leaps forward are sprintsinspired by a hunch Last stated 2 years ago 13 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Action is subordinate for a scholar but essential; without it thought cannot ripen into truth — tap to centre the map on it Action is subordinate for a scholarbut essential; without it thoughtcannot ripen into truth Last stated 189 years ago 31 Aug 1837 RE Ralph Waldo Emerson — holds since 1837-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Hope is not a strategy; an integrated set of choices is. — tap to centre the map on it Hope is not a strategy; anintegrated set of choices is. Last stated 4 weeks ago 28 Sept 2026 RM Roger Martin — holds since 2026-09-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Stop discussing what a good person should be, and be one — tap to centre the map on it Stop discussing what a good personshould be, and be one MA Marcus Aurelius — holds since c. 171–175 CE — tap for who they are
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At the centre Standardised testing is a good idea badly executed: the tests in common use are the problem, not testing itself. Last stated 15 Apr 2025 · 2 years ago Holds Bryan Caplan Read this korrent →