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Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under JavaScript JavaScript Everything filed under vibe coding vibe coding Cannot both be trueIn tension — David Heinemeier Hansson said bothSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The pie of software work is exploding, not growing: with the cost of exploring a hunch down a thousandfold, projects nobody would have contemplated get done. The pie of software work is exploding, notgrowing: with the cost of exploring ahunch down a thousandfold, projects nobodywould have contemplated get done. Last stated 6 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Cannot both be true: Coding agents made implementation cheap without making roadmaps shorter or software better -- the binding constraint was never how fast code gets written. — tap to centre the map on it Coding agents made implementationcheap without making roadmapsshorter or software better -- thebinding constraint was never howfast code gets written. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SP Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are In tension: Peak programmer has passed: the economic value of writing code by hand has peaked, and Jevons' paradox will not bail every programmer out. — tap to centre the map on it Peak programmer has passed: theeconomic value of writing code byhand has peaked, and Jevons' paradoxwill not bail every programmer out. Last stated 6 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Software development does not proceed along a straight, predictable path — tap to centre the map on it Software development does notproceed along a straight,predictable path Last stated a year ago 1 May 2025 JS John Siracusa — holds since 2025-05-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building at the AI frontier is science rather than programming: you pose hypotheses and invalidate them again and again. — tap to centre the map on it Building at the AI frontier isscience rather than programming: youpose hypotheses and invalidate themagain and again. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI has sharply cut the cost of experimenting with software ideas. — tap to centre the map on it AI has sharply cut the cost ofexperimenting with software ideas. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Apr 2025 RK Rita Kozlov — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: The complexity of a JavaScript bundling and transpiling toolchain is a bargain worth making, and the right default for building web applications. — tap to centre the map on it The complexity of a JavaScriptbundling and transpiling toolchainis a bargain worth making, and theright default for building webapplications. Last stated 5 years ago 12 Aug 2021 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — no longer holds since 2021-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of achievement in software survives writing almost none of the code yourself. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of achievement in softwaresurvives writing almost none of thecode yourself. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: The economic trade-off between language verbosity and programmer cost has changed. — tap to centre the map on it The economic trade-off betweenlanguage verbosity and programmercost has changed. Last stated 2 weeks ago 4 Oct 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Companies with sunk cost in an existing paradigm find it very painful to build the new thing from scratch. — tap to centre the map on it Companies with sunk cost in anexisting paradigm find it verypainful to build the new thing fromscratch. Last stated a month ago 8 Sept 2026 RU Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Demand for software will be extremely large precisely because software just got much cheaper to produce. — tap to centre the map on it Demand for software will beextremely large precisely becausesoftware just got much cheaper toproduce. Last stated 7 months ago 20 Mar 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — 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'redying" is truer of the person thanof the company. Last stated 9 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC 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 closerto the present day than it is to thebest futures actually available tous. 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 pacesustainably without constantoverwork 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: "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 ofsuperpower when you can work withClaude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP 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 fromits mistakes the way a person does-- it repeats the same errorindefinitely unless a human noticesand writes it down. Last stated 7 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over aweekend returns work that is halfgood, a quarter garbage and aquarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A developer using AI coding tools remains responsible for reviewing the code they ship. — tap to centre the map on it A developer using AI coding toolsremains responsible for reviewingthe code they ship. Last stated 7 months ago 10 Mar 2026 JS Jon Seager — holds since 2026-03-10 — tap for who they are DH A view that moved — David Heinemeier Hansson: this claim 8 Apr 2026, then the centre claim 8 Apr 2026
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At the centre The pie of software work is exploding, not growing: with the cost of exploring a hunch down a thousandfold, projects nobody would have contemplated get done. Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago Holds David Heinemeier Hansson Read this korrent →