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Read this korrent: The human bottleneck is a safety property: remove it and small, individually harmless coding errors compound at a rate nobody feels until it is too late.
The human bottleneck is a safety property: remove it and small, individually harmless coding errors compound at a rate nobody feels until it is too late.
Last stated 5 months ago
25 Mar 2026
MZ
Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Cannot both be true: Agents will eventually stop making the mistakes that require senior review, as self-driving cars did; the bet is on when, not whether. — tap to centre the map on it
Agents will eventually stop making the mistakes that require senior review, as self-driving cars did; the bet is on when, not whether.
Last stated 5 months ago
8 Apr 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: For an experienced programmer the bottleneck is usually not thinking but typing, getting what is already in your head into the editor fast enough. — tap to centre the map on it
For an experienced programmer the bottleneck is usually not thinking but typing, getting what is already in your head into the editor fast enough.
Last stated a year ago
22 Mar 2025
TH
ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most organisations are bottlenecked on ideas, vision and taste rather than on implementation, so making code cheap does not make them productive. — tap to centre the map on it
Most organisations are bottlenecked on ideas, vision and taste rather than on implementation, so making code cheap does not make them productive.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The bottleneck in AI is no longer the progress of the models but their diffusion — if the models froze today, the economy would still take decades to absorb what already exists. — tap to centre the map on it
The bottleneck in AI is no longer the progress of the models but their diffusion — if the models froze today, the economy would still take decades to absorb what already exists.
Last stated a month ago
29 Jul 2026
AW
Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI did not create the bottlenecks in software delivery; it threw gas on processes everybody already knew were weak. — tap to centre the map on it
AI did not create the bottlenecks in software delivery; it threw gas on processes everybody already knew were weak.
Last stated 6 months ago
22 Mar 2026
NF
Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Review became a worse bottleneck under AI, because companies removed the review automation they had once AI started writing the code. — tap to centre the map on it
Review became a worse bottleneck under AI, because companies removed the review automation they had once AI started writing the code.
Last stated 6 months ago
22 Mar 2026
NF
Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Two people with agents can reach enterprise-grade codebase complexity in weeks -- what took organisations years, and they at least adapted to it as it grew. — tap to centre the map on it
Two people with agents can reach enterprise-grade codebase complexity in weeks -- what took organisations years, and they at least adapted to it as it grew.
Last stated 5 months ago
25 Mar 2026
MZ
Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Concurrency is hard not because human brains cannot handle it but because nobody gets enough practice at it. — tap to centre the map on it
Concurrency is hard not because human brains cannot handle it but because nobody gets enough practice at it.
Last stated a month ago
29 Jul 2026
HW
Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A swarm of agents with the right loop and the right metric can already out-produce a team of a hundred engineers. — tap to centre the map on it
A swarm of agents with the right loop and the right metric can already out-produce a team of a hundred engineers.
Last stated a month ago
29 Jul 2026
AW
Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — 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
ER
Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every tool is better as a CLI than as an MCP server: models are good at Unix commands, a CLI composes with jq, and MCP output clutters the context. — tap to centre the map on it
Every tool is better as a CLI than as an MCP server: models are good at Unix commands, a CLI composes with jq, and MCP output clutters the context.
Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
PS
Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: MCP is not a new foundation for anything — it is API design, and Kubernetes was already turning one intention into seven calls a decade ago. — tap to centre the map on it
MCP is not a new foundation for anything — it is API design, and Kubernetes was already turning one intention into seven calls a decade ago.
Last stated 3 months ago
3 Jun 2026
KH
Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: MCP servers are worth removing outright: an agent reading the code directly is faster, and pollutes its context less, than one that can reach for a tool unasked. — tap to centre the map on it
MCP servers are worth removing outright: an agent reading the code directly is faster, and pollutes its context less, than one that can reach for a tool unasked.
Last stated a year ago
25 Aug 2025
PS
Peter Steinberger — holds since 2025-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Calling static typing the only way to build reliable systems is idiotic in the face of the evidence, starting with Shopify serving a million requests a second on Rails. — tap to centre the map on it
Calling static typing the only way to build reliable systems is idiotic in the face of the evidence, starting with Shopify serving a million requests a second on Rails.
Last stated a year ago
12 Jul 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ruby on Rails took off because its creator evangelized it by arguing its superiority against the competing alternatives. — tap to centre the map on it
Ruby on Rails took off because its creator evangelized it by arguing its superiority against the competing alternatives.
Last stated 2 years ago
2 Jun 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — no longer holds since 2024-06-02 — tap for who they are
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The human bottleneck is a safety property: remove it and small, individually harmless coding errors compound at a rate nobody feels until it is too late.
Last stated 25 Mar 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Mario Zechner
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Cannot both be true
Agents will eventually stop making the mistakes that require senior review, as self-driving cars did; the bet is on when, not whether.
Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Similar wording
For an experienced programmer the bottleneck is usually not thinking but typing, getting what is already in your head into the editor fast enough.
Last stated 22 Mar 2025 · a year ago
Holds TH ThePrimeagen
Similar wording
Most organisations are bottlenecked on ideas, vision and taste rather than on implementation, so making code cheap does not make them productive.
Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Similar wording
The bottleneck in AI is no longer the progress of the models but their diffusion — if the models froze today, the economy would still take decades to absorb what already exists.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds AW Alexandr Wang
Similar wording
AI did not create the bottlenecks in software delivery; it threw gas on processes everybody already knew were weak.
Last stated 22 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds NF Nicole Forsgren
Similar wording
Review became a worse bottleneck under AI, because companies removed the review automation they had once AI started writing the code.
Last stated 22 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds NF Nicole Forsgren
Similar wording
Two people with agents can reach enterprise-grade codebase complexity in weeks -- what took organisations years, and they at least adapted to it as it grew.
Last stated 25 Mar 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Mario Zechner
Similar wording
Concurrency is hard not because human brains cannot handle it but because nobody gets enough practice at it.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds HW Hillel Wayne
Similar wording
A swarm of agents with the right loop and the right metric can already out-produce a team of a hundred engineers.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds AW Alexandr Wang
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: MCP
Every tool is better as a CLI than as an MCP server: models are good at Unix commands, a CLI composes with jq, and MCP output clutters the context.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Peter Steinberger
Same subject: MCP
MCP is not a new foundation for anything — it is API design, and Kubernetes was already turning one intention into seven calls a decade ago.
Last stated 3 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds KH Kelsey Hightower
Same subject: MCP
MCP servers are worth removing outright: an agent reading the code directly is faster, and pollutes its context less, than one that can reach for a tool unasked.
Last stated 25 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds Peter Steinberger
Same subject: Ruby on Rails
Calling static typing the only way to build reliable systems is idiotic in the face of the evidence, starting with Shopify serving a million requests a second on Rails.
Last stated 12 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails took off because its creator evangelized it by arguing its superiority against the competing alternatives.
Last stated 2 Jun 2024 · 2 years ago
No longer holds David Heinemeier Hansson