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Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under developer tools developer tools Everything filed under code generation code generation Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under vibe coding vibe coding Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Unit testing frameworks arrived so late because testing was a status divide, and testers had every incentive to keep a separate tool and language of their own. Unit testing frameworks arrived so latebecause testing was a status divide, andtesters had every incentive to keep aseparate tool and language of their own. Last stated 4 months ago 1 Jul 2026 KB Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: TDD fell out of fashion partly because its advocates turned it into a moral test of professionalism, when people write very good software with a wide variety of workflows. — tap to centre the map on it TDD fell out of fashion partlybecause its advocates turned it intoa moral test of professionalism,when people write very good softwarewith a wide variety of workflows. Last stated 4 months ago 1 Jul 2026 KB Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Facebook could ship safely without much unit testing because it had many independent layers of feedback, each one catching what the earlier layers missed. — tap to centre the map on it Facebook could ship safely withoutmuch unit testing because it hadmany independent layers of feedback,each one catching what the earlierlayers missed. Last stated 4 months ago 1 Jul 2026 KB Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Testing one user early in a project is better than testing 50 near the end — tap to centre the map on it Testing one user early in a projectis better than testing 50 near theend SK Steve Krug — holds since c. 2000–2014 — tap for who they are Same subject: Unit tests alone give little confidence in a program, because the mistakes people actually make are not the conveniently unit-testable ones. — tap to centre the map on it Unit tests alone give littleconfidence in a program, because themistakes people actually make arenot the conveniently unit-testableones. Last stated 9 years ago 5 Oct 2017 HW Hillel Wayne — holds since 2017-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A project that only shows the models are not ready yet is a win if it leaves behind an eval to retry with later models. — tap to centre the map on it A project that only shows the modelsare not ready yet is a win if itleaves behind an eval to retry withlater models. Last stated a month ago 10 Sept 2026 MK Mike Krieger — holds since 2026-09-10 — 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: Performance work used to mean half a day reading traces before writing a single fix, and language models have collapsed that step to minutes. — tap to centre the map on it Performance work used to mean half aday reading traces before writing asingle fix, and language models havecollapsed that step to minutes. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Aug 2026 AO Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Developer tools are consumer products, and the reason there are gaps to win is that programmers are horrible at consumer products and do not know it. — tap to centre the map on it Developer tools are consumerproducts, and the reason there aregaps to win is that programmers arehorrible at consumer products and donot know it. Last stated 5 months ago 27 May 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-05-27 — 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 3 months ago 27 Jul 2026 BC Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — 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 a month ago 12 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much. — tap to centre the map on it AI acceleration threatens 'lesssoftware': without the constraint ofscarce hours, even 37signals willlikely build too much. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — 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 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 nottrain its own model: it has to stayneutral ground for models to competeon. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — 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 IDEhas to be lazy and deferredthroughout — a different way ofbuilding compilers from the one thetextbooks teach. Last stated 5 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 whatpeople can build without loweringthe ceiling, and almost every toolquietly 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 howexisting apps were historicallybuilt undermines its ownintroduction Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 CH Craig Hockenberry — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Unit testing frameworks arrived so late because testing was a status divide, and testers had every incentive to keep a separate tool and language of their own. Last stated 1 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago Holds Kent Beck Read this korrent →