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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: When an AI writes bad code the thing to fix is the context it was given, not the code, because fixing the output adds no leverage. When an AI writes bad code the thingto fix is the context it was given,not the code, because fixing theoutput adds no leverage. BT Bret Taylor — holds since 2025-08-18 Same subject: Coding models are worst at exactly the thing an AI research explosion would need: code that has never been written before. — tap to centre the map on it Coding models are worst atexactly the thing an AIresearch explosion would need:code that has never been… AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 Same subject: Forcing an AI to annotate every type would make its programs worse, not better: annotate where there is no context, and let inference do the rest. — tap to centre the map on it Forcing an AI to annotateevery type would make itsprograms worse, not better:annotate where there is no… AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 Same subject: Refusing to write code with AI can be a philosophical decision rather than a productivity one: the reason to program something is that you want to program it. — tap to centre the map on it Refusing to write code with AIcan be a philosophicaldecision rather than aproductivity one: the reason… CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 Same subject: AI writes code well only where a million repositories have already written it; getting it to do something genuinely new remains notoriously hard. — tap to centre the map on it AI writes code well only wherea million repositories havealready written it; getting itto do something genuinely new… TS Tim Sweeney — holds since 2025-04-30 Same subject: The meme that programmers no longer need to be competent is a trap: the path is competence, and AI does not change that. — tap to centre the map on it The meme that programmers nolonger need to be competent isa trap: the path iscompetence, and AI does not… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 Same subject: AI agents were reasonable to assume a broken exploit grader would check results causally, even though it turned out not to. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents were reasonable toassume a broken exploit graderwould check results causally,even though it turned out not… ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-08-29 Same subject: There is a world where AI coding tools change nothing except that engineers are happier, and for a lot of companies that is not good enough to keep paying for. — tap to centre the map on it There is a world where AIcoding tools change nothingexcept that engineers arehappier, and for a lot of… DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-05-27 Same subject: The programming practices taught as best practice are ruinous for performance and should not be followed. — tap to centre the map on it The programming practicestaught as best practice areruinous for performance andshould not be followed. CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2023-02-28
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At the centre When an AI writes bad code the thing to fix is the context it was given, not the code, because fixing the output adds no leverage. Holds BTBret Taylor Read this korrent →