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Read this korrent: Your haters usually have a real point, and it is dumb to ignore them completely.
Your haters usually have a real point, and it is dumb to ignore them completely.
Last stated 2 years ago
20 Aug 2024
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Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When something you make attracts a lot of irrational haters, you are usually on to something. — tap to centre the map on it
When something you make attracts a lot of irrational haters, you are usually on to something.
Last stated 2 months ago
29 Aug 2026
PL
Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-08-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When somebody accuses you of being arrogant about an idea, almost all they ever mean is that they disagree with you. — tap to centre the map on it
When somebody accuses you of being arrogant about an idea, almost all they ever mean is that they disagree with you.
Last stated 3 years ago
22 Apr 2024
SC
Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Finding yourself attacking a particular group referred to in the post is evidence that you are evil. — tap to centre the map on it
Finding yourself attacking a particular group referred to in the post is evidence that you are evil.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nothing of note in this world is allowed to succeed without spawning a counteracting force of haters — tap to centre the map on it
Nothing of note in this world is allowed to succeed without spawning a counteracting force of haters
Last stated a year ago
25 Oct 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-10-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Trying to prove how right one is leads to ignoring the evidence to the contrary. — tap to centre the map on it
Trying to prove how right one is leads to ignoring the evidence to the contrary.
Last stated 3 years ago
3 Oct 2023
SP
Shane Parrish — holds since 2023-10-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: One has to allow for the self-serving bias of everybody else, and failing to do so is foolish — tap to centre the map on it
One has to allow for the self-serving bias of everybody else, and failing to do so is foolish
Last stated 19 years ago
13 May 2007
CM
Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Shunning people with controversial views is a self-defeating strategy. — tap to centre the map on it
Shunning people with controversial views is a self-defeating strategy.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
7 Oct 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anyone who does something that matters will be called an idiot, and the attacks scale with how well the thing works. — tap to centre the map on it
Anyone who does something that matters will be called an idiot, and the attacks scale with how well the thing works.
Last stated 3 months ago
28 Jul 2026
SA
Sam Altman — holds since 2026-07-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A 'Low Data Mode' setting being available to web developers via a JavaScript API would be great. — tap to centre the map on it
A 'Low Data Mode' setting being available to web developers via a JavaScript API would be great.
Last stated a year ago
11 Jul 2025
CO
Christian Oliff — holds since 2025-07-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A proprietary language licensed from Microsoft had zero chance in the JavaScript ecosystem: TypeScript had to be open source or nobody would come. — tap to centre the map on it
A proprietary language licensed from Microsoft had zero chance in the JavaScript ecosystem: TypeScript had to be open source or nobody would come.
Last stated 6 months ago
13 May 2026
AH
Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: After an AI catastrophe the AIs themselves would shape how we react to it, as the best spin doctors in the world — tap to centre the map on it
After an AI catastrophe the AIs themselves would shape how we react to it, as the best spin doctors in the world
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
YH
Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A programming language functions as a lens that shapes how a problem is perceived when solving it. — tap to centre the map on it
A programming language functions as a lens that shapes how a problem is perceived when solving it.
Last stated 8 years ago
9 Apr 2019
TB
Thorsten Ball — holds since 2019-04-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A programming language is a ten-year play: version one has issues, version two fixes them, version three is finally good — and only then does adoption start. — tap to centre the map on it
A programming language is a ten-year play: version one has issues, version two fixes them, version three is finally good — and only then does adoption start.
Last stated 6 months ago
13 May 2026
AH
Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Because its types are erased before the program runs, TypeScript can afford not to be sound: checking 99% beats the 0% JavaScript checked, and buys features a sound language cannot offer. — tap to centre the map on it
Because its types are erased before the program runs, TypeScript can afford not to be sound: checking 99% beats the 0% JavaScript checked, and buys features a sound language cannot offer.
Last stated 6 months ago
13 May 2026
AH
Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A theme system's styles should be low-specificity rather than targeted directly at specific elements. — tap to centre the map on it
A theme system's styles should be low-specificity rather than targeted directly at specific elements.
Last stated 2 months ago
17 Aug 2026
DR
Dave Rupert — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Animation libraries that only wrap built-in CSS transitions and keyframes are not worth using, because they add main-thread work and bundle size and offer nothing new — tap to centre the map on it
Animation libraries that only wrap built-in CSS transitions and keyframes are not worth using, because they add main-thread work and bundle size and offer nothing new
Last stated 5 months ago
26 May 2026
JC
Josh Comeau — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Attribute behavior that depends on CSS layout size rather than an element's natural or declared size is a design trap web authors should avoid relying on. — tap to centre the map on it
Attribute behavior that depends on CSS layout size rather than an element's natural or declared size is a design trap web authors should avoid relying on.
Last stated 2 months ago
14 Sept 2026
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Terence Eden — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
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Your haters usually have a real point, and it is dumb to ignore them completely.
Last stated 20 Aug 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Pieter Levels
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When something you make attracts a lot of irrational haters, you are usually on to something.
Last stated 29 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Pieter Levels
Similar wording
When somebody accuses you of being arrogant about an idea, almost all they ever mean is that they disagree with you.
Last stated 22 Apr 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Sean Carroll
Similar wording
Finding yourself attacking a particular group referred to in the post is evidence that you are evil.
Last stated 13 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Paul Graham
Similar wording
Nothing of note in this world is allowed to succeed without spawning a counteracting force of haters
Last stated 25 Oct 2025 · a year ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Similar wording
Trying to prove how right one is leads to ignoring the evidence to the contrary.
Last stated 3 Oct 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Shane Parrish
Similar wording
One has to allow for the self-serving bias of everybody else, and failing to do so is foolish
Last stated 13 May 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Charlie Munger
Similar wording
Shunning people with controversial views is a self-defeating strategy.
Last stated 7 Oct 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Noah Smith
Similar wording
Anyone who does something that matters will be called an idiot, and the attacks scale with how well the thing works.
Last stated 28 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Sam Altman
Same subject: JavaScript
A 'Low Data Mode' setting being available to web developers via a JavaScript API would be great.
Last stated 11 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds Christian Oliff
Same subject: JavaScript
A proprietary language licensed from Microsoft had zero chance in the JavaScript ecosystem: TypeScript had to be open source or nobody would come.
Last stated 13 May 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Anders Hejlsberg
Same subject: JavaScript
After an AI catastrophe the AIs themselves would shape how we react to it, as the best spin doctors in the world
Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Yuval Noah Harari
Same subject: TypeScript
A programming language functions as a lens that shapes how a problem is perceived when solving it.
Last stated 9 Apr 2019 · 8 years ago
Holds Thorsten Ball
Same subject: TypeScript
A programming language is a ten-year play: version one has issues, version two fixes them, version three is finally good — and only then does adoption start.
Last stated 13 May 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Anders Hejlsberg
Same subject: TypeScript
Because its types are erased before the program runs, TypeScript can afford not to be sound: checking 99% beats the 0% JavaScript checked, and buys features a sound language cannot offer.
Last stated 13 May 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Anders Hejlsberg
Same subject: CSS
A theme system's styles should be low-specificity rather than targeted directly at specific elements.
Last stated 17 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Dave Rupert
Same subject: CSS
Animation libraries that only wrap built-in CSS transitions and keyframes are not worth using, because they add main-thread work and bundle size and offer nothing new
Last stated 26 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Josh Comeau
Same subject: CSS
Attribute behavior that depends on CSS layout size rather than an element's natural or declared size is a design trap web authors should avoid relying on.
Last stated 14 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Terence Eden