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MCP Cannot both be true Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: There is no accumulated advantage in agentic coding: someone who ignored the whole of the past year could catch up to the frontier in two weeks. There is no accumulated advantage in agentic coding: someone who ignored the whole of the past year could catch up to the frontier in two weeks. Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Cannot both be true: Working with coding agents is a skill you learn like an instrument; judging the tools after one try is like calling a piano bad after one go. — tap to centre the map on it Working with coding agents is a skill you learn like an instrument; judging the tools after one try is like calling… Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody in the coding-agent market is using AI so much better than everyone else that their competitors cannot keep up — the gap you would expect to see simply is not there. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody in the coding-agent market is using AI so much better than everyone else that their competitors cannot keep… Last stated 3 months ago
27 May 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The winning move in coding agents was inverted: take share with a merely good-enough harness first, then go back and make the harness smart. — tap to centre the map on it The winning move in coding agents was inverted: take share with a merely good-enough harness first… Last stated 3 months ago
27 May 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-05-27 — 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 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The way software gets built flipped in December: writing code yourself is now the exception, not the default. — tap to centre the map on it The way software gets built flipped in December: writing code yourself is now the exception, not the default. Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The very large productivity gains from agents require working with them directly; putting another human in between is too slow to preserve the gain. — tap to centre the map on it The very large productivity gains from agents require working with them directly; putting another human in… Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Capability does not generalise for free: a model that will move mountains on an agentic task still tells the same bad joke it told five years ago. — tap to centre the map on it Capability does not generalise for free: a model that will move mountains on an agentic task still tells the same bad… Last stated 6 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Computer-use agents had to wait for language models: without pre-trained representations the reward is too sparse to ever learn from. — tap to centre the map on it Computer-use agents had to wait for language models: without pre-trained representations the reward is… Last stated 11 months ago
17 Oct 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — 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… Last stated 4 days ago
3 Sept 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces. — tap to centre the map on it A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it… Last stated 5 days ago
2 Sept 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A trust that owns the mission protects a company better than founder control does, which is why Anthropic needs no dual-class shares. — tap to centre the map on it A trust that owns the mission protects a company better than founder control does, which is why Anthropic needs no… Last stated 4 months ago
10 May 2026
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Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI takeover is not the thing to worry about: physical constraints bound recursive self-improvement, and humans reliably act once a risk becomes immediate. — tap to centre the map on it AI takeover is not the thing to worry about: physical constraints bound recursive self-improvement, and humans… Last stated 2 years ago
3 Feb 2025
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Nathan Lambert — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Coding is not just another application domain for AI; it is the meta-skill that lets AI generate its own training material and start the recursive self-improvement loop. — tap to centre the map on it Coding is not just another application domain for AI; it is the meta-skill that lets AI generate its own training… Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Aug 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Recursive self-improvement has already started, because AI research itself is now being automated. — tap to centre the map on it Recursive self-improvement has already started, because AI research itself is now being automated. Last stated 7 months ago
22 Jan 2026
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Jan Leike — holds since 2026-01-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every tool is better as a CLI than as an MCP server: models are good at Unix commands, a CLI composes with jq, and MCP output clutters the context. — tap to centre the map on it Every tool is better as a CLI than as an MCP server: models are good at Unix commands, a CLI composes with jq, and MCP… Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: MCP is not a new foundation for anything — it is API design, and Kubernetes was already turning one intention into seven calls a decade ago. — tap to centre the map on it MCP is not a new foundation for anything — it is API design, and Kubernetes was already turning one intention… Last stated 3 months ago
3 Jun 2026
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Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are
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There is no accumulated advantage in agentic coding: someone who ignored the whole of the past year could catch up to the frontier in two weeks.
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Working with coding agents is a skill you learn like an instrument; judging the tools after one try is like calling a piano bad after one go.
Holds
Nobody in the coding-agent market is using AI so much better than everyone else that their competitors cannot keep up — the gap you would expect to see simply is not there.
Holds
Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents.
Holds LF Lex Fridman
The winning move in coding agents was inverted: take share with a merely good-enough harness first, then go back and make the harness smart.
Holds
What limits you with coding agents is your own skill at stringing them together, not the capability of the models.
Holds
The way software gets built flipped in December: writing code yourself is now the exception, not the default.
Holds
The very large productivity gains from agents require working with them directly; putting another human in between is too slow to preserve the gain.
Holds
Capability does not generalise for free: a model that will move mountains on an agentic task still tells the same bad joke it told five years ago.
Holds
Computer-use agents had to wait for language models: without pre-trained representations the reward is too sparse to ever learn from.
Holds
A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year.
Holds
A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces.
Holds
A trust that owns the mission protects a company better than founder control does, which is why Anthropic needs no dual-class shares.
Holds ER Eric Ries
AI takeover is not the thing to worry about: physical constraints bound recursive self-improvement, and humans reliably act once a risk becomes immediate.
Holds NL Nathan Lambert
Coding is not just another application domain for AI; it is the meta-skill that lets AI generate its own training material and start the recursive self-improvement loop.
Holds
Recursive self-improvement has already started, because AI research itself is now being automated.
Holds JL Jan Leike
Every tool is better as a CLI than as an MCP server: models are good at Unix commands, a CLI composes with jq, and MCP output clutters the context.
Holds
MCP is not a new foundation for anything — it is API design, and Kubernetes was already turning one intention into seven calls a decade ago.
Holds KH Kelsey Hightower