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31 Oct 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-10-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most of software is not the new stuff; it is old, crappy code somebody has to maintain, and it is full of genuinely hard problems. — tap to centre the map on it Most of software is not the new stuff; it is old, crappy code somebody has to maintain, and it is full of genuinely hard problems. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Non-technical people are already spinning up personal software, whatever tech people think. — tap to centre the map on it Non-technical people are already spinning up personal software, whatever tech people think. Last stated 3 weeks ago
11 Oct 2026
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most of the time spent working on software goes to reading, understanding and editing existing code, not writing new code. — tap to centre the map on it Most of the time spent working on software goes to reading, understanding and editing existing code, not writing new code. Last stated 7 years ago
4 Feb 2020
TB
Thorsten Ball — holds since 2020-02-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Veterans of the 1990s free software movement do not understand the world today’s maintainers work in, and should listen before proposing fixes for it. — tap to centre the map on it Veterans of the 1990s free software movement do not understand the world today’s maintainers work in, and should listen before proposing fixes for it. Last stated 3 years ago
1 Apr 2024
TD
Thomas Depierre — holds since 2024-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 95 percent of the software made in an age of abundance will be shitty, and shitty software is easy to deal with because it goes away. — tap to centre the map on it 95 percent of the software made in an age of abundance will be shitty, and shitty software is easy to deal with because it goes away. Last stated a month ago
23 Sept 2026
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Geoff Teehan — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person does not truly control a piece of software if they do not control its source code. — tap to centre the map on it A person does not truly control a piece of software if they do not control its source code. Last stated 3 months ago
31 Jul 2026
AK
Andrew Kelley — holds since 2026-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Formal methods are not standard practice even in high-assurance software such as medical devices and aircraft. — tap to centre the map on it Formal methods are not standard practice even in high-assurance software such as medical devices and aircraft. Last stated 8 years ago
21 Jan 2019
HW
Hillel Wayne — holds since 2019-01-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Software is not uniquely unpredictable; other engineering disciplines are hit by the same surprises and overruns. — tap to centre the map on it Software is not uniquely unpredictable; other engineering disciplines are hit by the same surprises and overruns. Last stated 6 years ago
20 Jan 2021
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Hillel Wayne — holds since 2021-01-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 4 months ago
15 Jul 2026
DH
Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
PC
Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — 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 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
Same subject: A new API framework that ignores how existing apps were historically built undermines its own introduction — tap to centre the map on it A new API framework that ignores how existing apps were historically built undermines its own introduction Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
CH
Craig Hockenberry — holds since 2026-08-31 — 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
MZ
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
DR
Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
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The vast majority of software today is not end-user modifiable in any useful way.
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Most of software is not the new stuff; it is old, crappy code somebody has to maintain, and it is full of genuinely hard problems.
Holds
Non-technical people are already spinning up personal software, whatever tech people think.
Holds
Most of the time spent working on software goes to reading, understanding and editing existing code, not writing new code.
Holds
Veterans of the 1990s free software movement do not understand the world today’s maintainers work in, and should listen before proposing fixes for it.
Holds
95 percent of the software made in an age of abundance will be shitty, and shitty software is easy to deal with because it goes away.
Holds
A person does not truly control a piece of software if they do not control its source code.
Holds
Formal methods are not standard practice even in high-assurance software such as medical devices and aircraft.
Holds
Software is not uniquely unpredictable; other engineering disciplines are hit by the same surprises and overruns.
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Holds
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Holds
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.
Holds
A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling.
Holds
A new API framework that ignores how existing apps were historically built undermines its own introduction
Holds
"I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out.
Holds
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.
Holds
A coding-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on.
Holds