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Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under optimism optimism Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under code generation code generation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The worst thing an application can do is tell a user their action succeeded when it did not. The worst thing an application can do istell a user their action succeeded when itdid not. Last stated 5 years ago 3 Aug 2021 KV Kenton Varda — holds since 2021-08-03 — 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 a year ago 19 Apr 2025 BK Ben Kuhn — holds since 2025-04-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A pre-mortem has to treat the failure as certain and ask why it happened; asking what could go wrong is too tentative to work. — tap to centre the map on it A pre-mortem has to treat thefailure as certain and ask why ithappened; asking what could go wrongis too tentative to work. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: The vast majority of software development projects fail — tap to centre the map on it The vast majority of softwaredevelopment projects fail Last stated 23 years ago 2 Feb 2004 JA Jeff Atwood — holds since 2004-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI safety worriers and AI optimists both believe AI will be a hugely transformative economic success, unlike the AI-bubble skeptics. — tap to centre the map on it AI safety worriers and AI optimistsboth believe AI will be a hugelytransformative economic success,unlike the AI-bubble skeptics. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 MY Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: America is a country that rewards first-principles thinkers and builders and encourages reinvention despite cynicism. — tap to centre the map on it America is a country that rewardsfirst-principles thinkers andbuilders and encourages reinventiondespite cynicism. Last stated 3 months ago 5 Jul 2026 SW swyx — holds since 2026-07-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: As soon as founder mode is an established idea people will misuse it: founders excusing an inability to delegate, and managers deciding to act like founders. — tap to centre the map on it As soon as founder mode is anestablished idea people will misuseit: founders excusing an inabilityto delegate, and managers decidingto act like founders. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Sept 2024 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2024-09-01 — 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 Same subject: A feature shipped in a product's official release is fair to judge, regardless of whether the company labels it a beta. — tap to centre the map on it A feature shipped in a product'sofficial release is fair to judge,regardless of whether the companylabels it a beta. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Sept 2026 JS Jason Snell — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model can now port essentially any codebase from one programming language to another, work that used to take a team over a year. — tap to centre the map on it A model can now port essentially anycodebase from one programminglanguage to another, work that usedto take a team over a year. Last stated 2 months ago 27 Jul 2026 BC Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agent-generated pull requests have exploded in size with no signs of slowing down — tap to centre the map on it Agent-generated pull requests haveexploded in size with no signs ofslowing down Last stated 2 weeks ago 16 Sept 2026 GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agents are the new compilers that compile intent into fast software. — tap to centre the map on it Agents are the new compilers thatcompile intent into fast software. Last stated 3 weeks ago 12 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The worst thing an application can do is tell a user their action succeeded when it did not. Last stated 3 Aug 2021 · 5 years ago Holds Kenton Varda Read this korrent →