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Read this korrent: The final 5% of a project takes a very long time and will likely be changed multiple times after launch.
The final 5% of a project takes a very long time and will likely be changed multiple times after launch.
Last stated 10 years ago
12 Sept 2016
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Jason Kottke — holds since 2016-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The last tenth of a project takes most of the work, because what is left at the end is all detail. — tap to centre the map on it
The last tenth of a project takes most of the work, because what is left at the end is all detail.
Last stated 16 years ago
17 Sept 2010
DY
Derek Yu — holds since 2010-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The last 20% of building an app with AI is like 80% of the time. — tap to centre the map on it
The last 20% of building an app with AI is like 80% of the time.
Last stated 4 months ago
16 Jun 2026
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Brett Williams — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every project reaches the point where the code is a mess, so starting over to fix that only returns you to the same place later. — tap to centre the map on it
Every project reaches the point where the code is a mess, so starting over to fix that only returns you to the same place later.
Last stated 16 years ago
17 Sept 2010
DY
Derek Yu — holds since 2010-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is almost no end state to a project: it has to reach a point where everybody has given as much of what makes them unique to it, and then it is usually in a state it otherwise could not get to. — tap to centre the map on it
There is almost no end state to a project: it has to reach a point where everybody has given as much of what makes them unique to it, and then it is usually in a state it otherwise could not get to.
Last stated 7 months ago
2 Apr 2026
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Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Software is going through a fast-fashion phase where projects are thrown away if nobody uses them at once; builders should have conviction and work on things longer. — tap to centre the map on it
Software is going through a fast-fashion phase where projects are thrown away if nobody uses them at once; builders should have conviction and work on things longer.
Last stated 4 months ago
12 Jun 2026
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Ben Vinegar — holds since 2026-06-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Getting from a demo to a product is a march of nines, and each additional nine costs the same amount of work as the one before it. — tap to centre the map on it
Getting from a demo to a product is a march of nines, and each additional nine costs the same amount of work as the one before it.
Last stated a year ago
17 Oct 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is now faster to build three versions of something and try them out. — tap to centre the map on it
It is now faster to build three versions of something and try them out.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
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Ami Vora — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Software lock-in is breaking, because rewriting just the 5% of an application you personally use is now within one person's reach. — tap to centre the map on it
Software lock-in is breaking, because rewriting just the 5% of an application you personally use is now within one person's reach.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it
"If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
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Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
WM
William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it
A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress
Last stated 4 years ago
4 Nov 2022
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A model can now port essentially any codebase from one programming language to another, work that used to take a team over a year. — tap to centre the map on it
A model can now port essentially any codebase from one programming language to another, work that used to take a team over a year.
Last stated 3 months ago
27 Jul 2026
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Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A strong manual coding background helps developers spot algorithmic weaknesses and flaws in generated code. — tap to centre the map on it
A strong manual coding background helps developers spot algorithmic weaknesses and flaws in generated code.
Last stated a week ago
15 Oct 2026
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Adam Tornhill — holds since 2026-10-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agents are the new compilers that compile intent into fast software. — tap to centre the map on it
Agents are the new compilers that compile intent into fast software.
Last stated a month ago
12 Sept 2026
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Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it
"I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out.
Last stated 7 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — 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 7 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 2 months ago
3 Sept 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
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