Why LLMs can't really build software(zed.dev)

321 points by srid 1 year ago | 196 comments

A Zed blog post by Conrad Irwin arguing that LLMs cannot really build software, drawing on his experience of what effective software engineers do.

A Faster Alternative to Jq(micahkepe.com)

358 points by pistolario 7 months ago | 226 comments

Blog post introducing jsongrep, a JSON query tool, explaining its automata-based search engine and benchmarks against jq, jmespath, jsonpath-rust, and jql.

How to make websites that will require lots of your time and energy(blog.jim-nielsen.com)

275 points by OuterVale 1 year ago | 225 comments

Everything Is Just Functions: 1 week with David Beazley and SICP(ezzeriesa.notion.site)

370 points by kurinikku 1 year ago | 211 comments

A Notion-hosted blog post recounting a week-long SICP course taught by David Beazley, covering functions, interpreters, and tail call optimization.

Hyrum’s Law in Golang(abenezer.org)

294 points by thunderbong 1 year ago | 176 comments

I built a programming language using Claude Code(ankursethi.com)

101 points by GeneralMaximus 7 months ago | 146 comments