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Read this korrent: The parts of a person that can be distilled into markdown files are not the most valuable parts of them.
The parts of a person that can be distilled into markdown files are not the most valuable parts of them.
Last stated 2 months ago
9 Sept 2026
KC
Kun Chen — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Companies waste their time hiring many specialists to own every area when that expertise can be deployed horizontally through Markdown files. — tap to centre the map on it
Companies waste their time hiring many specialists to own every area when that expertise can be deployed horizontally through Markdown files.
Last stated 2 days ago
3 Nov 2026
DB
Derek Briggs — holds since 2026-11-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody owns part of a codebase; once work is accepted into a company it is in the commons, and people are its stewards. — tap to centre the map on it
Nobody owns part of a codebase; once work is accepted into a company it is in the commons, and people are its stewards.
Last stated 10 months ago
18 Jan 2026
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-01-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Markdown is terrible because it has no standard and no two converters agree. — tap to centre the map on it
Markdown is terrible because it has no standard and no two converters agree.
Last stated 11 years ago
21 Mar 2016
JA
Joe Armstrong — holds since 2016-03-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Claude's hack of adding everything to git and then diffing it is definitely an option but very heavy-handed. — tap to centre the map on it
Claude's hack of adding everything to git and then diffing it is definitely an option but very heavy-handed.
Last stated a month ago
24 Sept 2026
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Armin Ronacher — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Code and files generated by tools are pollution: hand-writing them is worth the effort because the bloat slows everything down for everyone. — tap to centre the map on it
Code and files generated by tools are pollution: hand-writing them is worth the effort because the bloat slows everything down for everyone.
Last stated 7 years ago
15 Oct 2019
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Derek Sivers — holds since 2019-10-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What limits you with coding agents is your own skill at stringing them together, not the capability of the models. — tap to centre the map on it
What limits you with coding agents is your own skill at stringing them together, not the capability of the models.
Last stated 8 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The value of a piece of writing depends on whether the reader finds it good, not on how much effort the writer put into it. — tap to centre the map on it
The value of a piece of writing depends on whether the reader finds it good, not on how much effort the writer put into it.
Last stated 2 years ago
6 Jan 2025
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Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2025-01-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use. — tap to centre the map on it
You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use.
Last stated 2 months ago
25 Aug 2026
JB
John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Diversity" in practice means aiming for fewer white men in positions of authority. — tap to centre the map on it
"Diversity" in practice means aiming for fewer white men in positions of authority.
Last stated 7 years ago
19 Nov 2019
JP
Jordan Peterson — holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate needs prestige or wealth, while talent and even genius matter little to success — tap to centre the map on it
A candidate needs prestige or wealth, while talent and even genius matter little to success
GB
Gustave Le Bon — holds since c. 1895 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Dec 2024
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — 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 2 months ago
3 Sept 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A skill is a set of repeatable, specific instructions that augments what Claude Code can do. — tap to centre the map on it
A skill is a set of repeatable, specific instructions that augments what Claude Code can do.
Last stated 8 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A story's quality depends on whether it engages and satisfies the reader, not on the tool used to write it. — tap to centre the map on it
A story's quality depends on whether it engages and satisfies the reader, not on the tool used to write it.
Last stated 2 months ago
30 Aug 2026
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Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A compiler that also serves an IDE has to be lazy and deferred throughout — a different way of building compilers from the one the textbooks teach. — tap to centre the map on it
A compiler that also serves an IDE has to be lazy and deferred throughout — a different way of building compilers from the one the textbooks teach.
Last stated 6 months ago
13 May 2026
AH
Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feature-rich native 'view source' option for debugging sites with iPadOS would be beneficial. — tap to centre the map on it
A feature-rich native 'view source' option for debugging sites with iPadOS would be beneficial.
Last stated a year ago
11 Jul 2025
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Christian Oliff — holds since 2025-07-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling. — tap to centre the map on it
A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling.
Last stated a year ago
18 Sept 2025
TL
Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are
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The parts of a person that can be distilled into markdown files are not the most valuable parts of them.
Last stated 9 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Kun Chen
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Companies waste their time hiring many specialists to own every area when that expertise can be deployed horizontally through Markdown files.
Last stated 3 Nov 2026 · 2 days ago
Holds Derek Briggs
Similar wording
Nobody owns part of a codebase; once work is accepted into a company it is in the commons, and people are its stewards.
Last stated 18 Jan 2026 · 10 months ago
Holds Tobias Lütke
Similar wording
Markdown is terrible because it has no standard and no two converters agree.
Last stated 21 Mar 2016 · 11 years ago
Holds Joe Armstrong
Similar wording
Claude's hack of adding everything to git and then diffing it is definitely an option but very heavy-handed.
Last stated 24 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Armin Ronacher
Similar wording
Code and files generated by tools are pollution: hand-writing them is worth the effort because the bloat slows everything down for everyone.
Last stated 15 Oct 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds Derek Sivers
Similar wording
What limits you with coding agents is your own skill at stringing them together, not the capability of the models.
Last stated 20 Mar 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Andrej Karpathy
Similar wording
The value of a piece of writing depends on whether the reader finds it good, not on how much effort the writer put into it.
Last stated 6 Jan 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Jacob Falkovich
Similar wording
You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use.
Last stated 25 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds John Bai
Same subject: hiring
"Diversity" in practice means aiming for fewer white men in positions of authority.
Last stated 19 Nov 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds Jordan Peterson
Same subject: hiring
A candidate needs prestige or wealth, while talent and even genius matter little to success
Last stated c. 1895
Holds Gustave Le Bon
Same subject: hiring
A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better.
Last stated 17 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Charity Majors
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 · 2 months ago
Holds Dax Raad
Same subject: Anthropic
A skill is a set of repeatable, specific instructions that augments what Claude Code can do.
Last stated 19 Mar 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Kris Puckett
Same subject: Anthropic
A story's quality depends on whether it engages and satisfies the reader, not on the tool used to write it.
Last stated 30 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Eliot Peper
Same subject: developer tools
A compiler that also serves an IDE has to be lazy and deferred throughout — a different way of building compilers from the one the textbooks teach.
Last stated 13 May 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Anders Hejlsberg
Same subject: developer tools
A feature-rich native 'view source' option for debugging sites with iPadOS would be beneficial.
Last stated 11 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds Christian Oliff
Same subject: developer tools
A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling.
Last stated 18 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Tobias Lütke