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Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under Anthropic Anthropic Everything filed under developer tools developer tools Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Cannot both be trueSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: You cannot know what a program should do until you play with it, so in the agentic age you should be as vague as you can up front and then interact with what appears. You cannot know what a program should dountil you play with it, so in the agenticage you should be as vague as you can upfront and then interact with what appears. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Cannot both be true: With a good enough plan, a coding agent implements the whole change in one attempt. — tap to centre the map on it With a good enough plan, a codingagent implements the whole change inone attempt. Last stated 8 months ago 4 Mar 2026 BC Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Specifying what you want matters more now that agents write the code than it did when the work went to a human who could ask follow-up questions. — tap to centre the map on it Specifying what you want mattersmore now that agents write the codethan it did when the work went to ahuman who could ask follow-upquestions. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jul 2026 JD Jeff Dean — holds since 2026-07-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making a product work for agents is probably largely a matter of building the right primitives into it, almost as an infrastructural layer. — tap to centre the map on it Making a product work for agents isprobably largely a matter ofbuilding the right primitives intoit, almost as an infrastructurallayer. Last stated a month ago 10 Sept 2026 MK Mike Krieger — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: 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 askill you learn like an instrument;judging the tools after one try islike calling a piano bad after onego. Last stated 8 months ago 12 Feb 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Caring about the software is necessary to be excited about making it with agents. — tap to centre the map on it Caring about the software isnecessary to be excited about makingit with agents. Last stated 2 weeks ago 6 Oct 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-10-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Software is product management, and those are the skills the agentic era rewards — skills that are not evenly distributed among programmers. — tap to centre the map on it Software is product management, andthose are the skills the agentic erarewards — skills that are not evenlydistributed among programmers. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — 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 agentsis your own skill at stringing themtogether, not the capability of themodels. Last stated 7 months ago 20 Mar 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — 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 aburden rather than an advantage whenlearning to work with coding agents. Last stated 8 months ago 12 Feb 2026 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Traditional programming rewarded sustained attention to one problem, while agentic programming rewards how much work can be kept moving before usage limits reset. — tap to centre the map on it Traditional programming rewardedsustained attention to one problem,while agentic programming rewardshow much work can be kept movingbefore usage limits reset. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Aug 2026 KR Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-08-19 — 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 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 Codelast while it stays first in use ismeasuring the wrong thing, and hasbeen for a year. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill is a set of repeatable, specific instructions that augments what Claude Code can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill is a set of repeatable,specific instructions that augmentswhat Claude Code can do. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A story's quality depends on whether it engages and satisfies the reader, not on the tool used to write it. — tap to centre the map on it A story's quality depends on whetherit engages and satisfies the reader,not on the tool used to write it. Last stated 2 months ago 30 Aug 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: 95 percent of the software made in an age of abundance will be shitty, and shitty software is easy to deal with because it goes away. — tap to centre the map on it 95 percent of the software made inan age of abundance will be shitty,and shitty software is easy to dealwith because it goes away. Last stated 4 weeks ago 23 Sept 2026 GT Geoff Teehan — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feature added to a codebase is extremely difficult to remove once other code is built on top of it. — tap to centre the map on it A feature added to a codebase isextremely difficult to remove onceother code is built on top of it. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 VB Vicki Boykis — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre You cannot know what a program should do until you play with it, so in the agentic age you should be as vague as you can up front and then interact with what appears. Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago Holds David Heinemeier Hansson Read this korrent →