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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 2 Feb 2004 to 10 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under solar solar Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under design design Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under America America Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The vast majority of software development projects fail The vast majority of software developmentprojects fail Last stated 23 years ago 2 Feb 2004 JA Jeff Atwood — holds since 2004-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most projects fail before they even begin because the activation energy required to start is too high. — tap to centre the map on it Most projects fail before they evenbegin because the activation energyrequired to start is too high. Last stated 3 years ago 6 Feb 2024 DC David Crawshaw — holds since 2024-02-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most software rewrites fail and take longer than people expect them to. — tap to centre the map on it Most software rewrites fail and takelonger than people expect them to. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Apr 2025 BK Ben Kuhn — holds since 2025-04-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: The vast majority of open-source software developers are unpaid and go unnoticed. — tap to centre the map on it The vast majority of open-sourcesoftware developers are unpaid andgo unnoticed. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 YX Yihui Xie — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: The final 5% of a project takes a very long time and will likely be changed multiple times after launch. — tap to centre the map on it The final 5% of a project takes avery long time and will likely bechanged multiple times after launch. Last stated 10 years ago 12 Sept 2016 JK Jason Kottke — holds since 2016-09-12 — 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 2 years ago 1 May 2025 JS John Siracusa — holds since 2025-05-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Software projects should break downstream users as little as possible, and make any breakage they do cause obvious and easy to fix. — tap to centre the map on it Software projects should breakdownstream users as little aspossible, and make any breakage theydo cause obvious and easy to fix. Last stated 5 years ago 11 Dec 2021 DC David Crawshaw — holds since 2021-12-11 — 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 aproject: it has to reach a pointwhere everybody has given as much ofwhat makes them unique to it, andthen it is usually in a state itotherwise could not get to. Last stated 7 months ago 2 Apr 2026 MS Marvin Schwaibold — holds since 2026-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Almost every software project has cheap testing wins left on the table: basic random testing, static analysis and fault injection pay for themselves the first time they are run. — tap to centre the map on it Almost every software project hascheap testing wins left on thetable: basic random testing, staticanalysis and fault injection pay forthemselves the first time they arerun. Last stated 11 years ago 12 Dec 2015 DL Dan Luu — holds since 2015-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Carbon intensity" metrics let oil companies claim climate progress even as their total emissions rise from increased production. — tap to centre the map on it "Carbon intensity" metrics let oilcompanies claim climate progresseven as their total emissions risefrom increased production. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Energy essence personality" is as close as anyone can get to saying who or what Seth is — tap to centre the map on it "Energy essence personality" is asclose as anyone can get to sayingwho or what Seth is JR Jane Roberts — holds since c. 1963–1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. — tap to centre the map on it "Food from thin air" is not fromthin air: it runs on water,minerals, ammonia and industrialplant. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past. — tap to centre the map on it A future of constrained energy willneed more people working the land,and that is not the same as goingback to the past. Last stated 4 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufacturedobject that produces wealth ratherthan consuming it, at a hundredtimes the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: America stopped building reactors because Three Mile Island was mismanaged as a public-relations event, not because anyone was harmed by it. — tap to centre the map on it America stopped building reactorsbecause Three Mile Island wasmismanaged as a public-relationsevent, not because anyone was harmedby it. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation. — tap to centre the map on it American manufacturing output cannotmeaningfully rise without firstbuilding large amounts of newelectricity generation. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Apr 2025 MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Americans have repeatedly overreacted drastically to real problems like DDT, Y2K, and nuclear power, swept up in fear after one vivid incident. — tap to centre the map on it Americans have repeatedlyoverreacted drastically to realproblems like DDT, Y2K, and nuclearpower, swept up in fear after onevivid incident. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The vast majority of software development projects fail Last stated 2 Feb 2004 · 23 years ago Holds Jeff Atwood Read this korrent →