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compilers 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 Same subject Read this korrent: Users like security in the abstract and experience it as breakage: hardening the project made things slower, harder to update, and broke what people depended on. Users like security in the abstract and experience it as breakage: hardening the project made things slower, harder to update, and broke what people depended on. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Software becomes more robust when the names used inside its code reflect the intention behind it. — tap to centre the map on it Software becomes more robust when the names used inside its code reflect the intention behind it. Last stated 3 months ago
17 Jul 2026
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Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-07-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI safety restrictions on cybersecurity-adjacent requests make it harder for individual developers to build software as robust as large organizations' products. — tap to centre the map on it AI safety restrictions on cybersecurity-adjacent requests make it harder for individual developers to build software as robust as large organizations' products. Last stated 3 months ago
10 Jul 2026
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Steve Klabnik — holds since 2026-07-10 — 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 break downstream users as little as possible, and make any breakage they do cause obvious and easy to fix. Last stated 5 years ago
11 Dec 2021
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David Crawshaw — holds since 2021-12-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Security for a platform that runs other people's code is never finished: hard real-world problems often have no simple fix, only defences built thicker and thicker. — tap to centre the map on it Security for a platform that runs other people's code is never finished: hard real-world problems often have no simple fix, only defences built thicker and thicker. Last stated 6 years ago
29 Jul 2020
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Kenton Varda — holds since 2020-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building a system that does the prompting for you is not a break with software history but the next rung on the same ladder of rising abstraction. — tap to centre the map on it Building a system that does the prompting for you is not a break with software history but the next rung on the same ladder of rising abstraction. Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
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Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A compiler that names every place a change breaks turns refactoring into fixing errors until the compiler stops shouting. — tap to centre the map on it A compiler that names every place a change breaks turns refactoring into fixing errors until the compiler stops shouting. Last stated 5 months ago
20 May 2026
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Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Users split into two camps on seeing an agent's work, and the split has not faded as trust builds, so an interface has to balance both. — tap to centre the map on it Users split into two camps on seeing an agent's work, and the split has not faded as trust builds, so an interface has to balance both. Last stated 8 months ago
17 Feb 2026
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Luke Wroblewski — holds since 2026-02-17 — 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
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Thomas Depierre — holds since 2024-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither. — tap to centre the map on it A business making hundreds of millions from an open source project owes it money or contribution, and can be refused its trademarks if it gives neither. Last stated 2 years ago
26 Sept 2024
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Matt Mullenweg — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it. — tap to centre the map on it A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it. Last stated 5 months ago
31 May 2026
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Jean-Baptiste Kempf — holds since 2026-05-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead. — tap to centre the map on it A company that will not accept a project’s terms is free to go and use a more permissive project instead. Last stated 2 years ago
26 Sept 2024
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Matt Mullenweg — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An open-weight model is already all anyone needs; it is as good as the frontier models. — tap to centre the map on it An open-weight model is already all anyone needs; it is as good as the frontier models. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — no longer holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chinese AI companies are the clear leaders in open-weight models. — tap to centre the map on it Chinese AI companies are the clear leaders in open-weight models. Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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Nathan Lambert — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Countries will adopt open-weight models to get frontier-level AI capability inside controlled, sovereign environments. — tap to centre the map on it Countries will adopt open-weight models to get frontier-level AI capability inside controlled, sovereign environments. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Sriram Krishnan — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being blunt to the point of abuse on the kernel mailing list is who I am and the right way to run the project. — tap to centre the map on it Being blunt to the point of abuse on the kernel mailing list is who I am and the right way to run the project. Last stated 8 years ago
16 Sept 2018
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Linus Torvalds — holds since 2013-07-15 — tap for who they are
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Linus Torvalds — no longer holds since 2018-09-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Linux now offers a desktop experience superior to the Mac's in many areas, though not all, just as open source already won the server and the web. — tap to centre the map on it Linux now offers a desktop experience superior to the Mac's in many areas, though not all, just as open source already won the server and the web. Last stated a year ago
1 Jul 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Linux kernel is unique in having thousands of contributors paid to work on it; Rust does well by any other standard and is still nowhere near that. — tap to centre the map on it The Linux kernel is unique in having thousands of contributors paid to work on it; Rust does well by any other standard and is still nowhere near that. Last stated 5 months ago
20 May 2026
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Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are