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← The difference between mediocre and excellent work and outcomes is predominantly one of agency.

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Everything filed under AI slop AI slop Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under Anthropic Anthropic Everything filed under self-driving cars self-driving cars Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The difference between mediocre and excellent work and outcomes is predominantly one of agency. The difference between mediocre andexcellent work and outcomes ispredominantly one of agency. Last stated yesterday 11 Sept 2026 MH Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: An agent can tell you whether a thing looks correct against a spec; it cannot tell you whether the thing is any good. — tap to centre the map on it An agent can tell you whether athing looks correct against a spec;it cannot tell you whether the thingis any good. Last stated 3 weeks ago 19 Aug 2026 AO Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: To make something alive with AI you have to work beside it and resist its pull towards the average; an average email is fine, average art is not. — tap to centre the map on it To make something alive with AI youhave to work beside it and resistits pull towards the average; anaverage email is fine, average artis not. Last stated 11 months ago 20 Oct 2025 FC Frank Chimero — holds since 2025-10-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: What a finished work is remembered for comes down to a few key pieces, and most of the work that went into it barely matters. — tap to centre the map on it What a finished work is rememberedfor comes down to a few key pieces,and most of the work that went intoit barely matters. Last stated 13 years ago 18 Dec 2013 TS Tynan Sylvester — holds since 2013-12-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A working demo is at best one per cent of the work; the nines that follow it are where the real work is. — tap to centre the map on it A working demo is at best one percent of the work; the nines thatfollow it are where the real workis. Last stated a month ago 3 Aug 2026 DD Dmitri Dolgov — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you cannot say crisply what success looks like, you will not get great work — out of a team or out of an AI. — tap to centre the map on it If you cannot say crisply whatsuccess looks like, you will not getgreat work — out of a team or out ofan AI. Last stated 12 months ago 21 Sept 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it A growing fraction of social mediais AI slop influencers being repliedto by bots — an echo of an echo ofan echo. Last stated 3 weeks ago 23 Aug 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged. — tap to centre the map on it A low-effort AI-designed landingpage costs a product its audiencebefore the product itself is everjudged. Last stated 4 weeks ago 13 Aug 2026 MH Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated writing tends to repeatthe same themes, names, andunderlying ideas across differentoutputs. Last stated 2 weeks ago 31 Aug 2026 EM Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-08-31 — 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 fromits mistakes the way a person does-- it repeats the same errorindefinitely unless a human noticesand writes it down. Last stated 6 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ 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 nottrain its own model: it has to stayneutral ground for models to competeon. Last stated a week ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company on a monolith cannot use AI on it: no model in the next eighteen months will hold that codebase, so the monolith has to be broken up or rewritten. — tap to centre the map on it A company on a monolith cannot useAI on it: no model in the nexteighteen months will hold thatcodebase, so the monolith has to bebroken up or rewritten. Last stated 6 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — 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 Codelast while it stays first in use ismeasuring the wrong thing, and hasbeen for a year. Last stated a week 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 summarizeits own system prompt risks thatprompt's content biasing the summaryit produces. Last stated a week 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 missionprotects a company better thanfounder control does, which is whyAnthropic needs no dual-classshares. Last stated 4 months ago 10 May 2026 ER Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The difference between mediocre and excellent work and outcomes is predominantly one of agency. Last stated 11 Sept 2026 · yesterday Holds Mitchell Hashimoto Read this korrent →