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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject You cannot reallyunderstand the code youwrite unless you are also… CM Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 Reading code and writing code are separate skills, and being able to read a language is no evidence you could write it. Reading code andwriting code are… TH ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 The way software gets built flipped in December: writing code yourself is now the exception, not the default. The way software getsbuilt flipped in… AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 It is no longer worth not reading the code in exchange for the occasional two-week hand fix, because the volume of code we can now generate has gone up ten to a hundred times. It is no longer worthnot reading the code in… DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 The case for sweating every line of code was premised on humans doing the modifications, and it now survives only because tokens are scarce. The case for sweatingevery line of code was… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 Saying that coding will be automated away first betrays a misunderstanding of software engineering, because coding is only a small part of the work. Saying that coding willbe automated away first… KB Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 You cannot be best of breed in an ecosystem by telling its developers to write in a different programming language. You cannot be best ofbreed in an ecosystem… AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 Developers who defined the job as being the only person who could write code have just watched the only thing they were good at get commoditised. Developers who definedthe job as being the… KH Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 The specific rules taught as clean code are simply bad programming practices, and they get worse when you apply them together. The specific rulestaught as clean code… CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26
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