The Bitter Lesson Is Misunderstood(obviouslywrong.substack.com)

335 points by JnBrymn 1 year ago | 218 comments

A Substack essay arguing the Bitter Lesson is really about data rather than compute, citing scaling laws where compute scales with data squared.

Grace Hopper's Revenge(thefuriousopposites.com)

46 points by ashirviskas 7 months ago | 38 comments

The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsustainable(trstringer.com)

205 points by pjmlp 2 years ago | 316 comments

How good engineers write bad code at big companies(seangoedecke.com)

348 points by gfysfm 11 months ago | 236 comments

Sean Goedecke blog post explaining why competent engineers at big tech companies produce sloppy code, citing short tenures and engineers working outside their expertise.

OpenTelemetry in 2023(bit.kevinslin.com)

313 points by kevinslin 3 years ago | 218 comments

Growing a Language (1998) [video](youtube.com)

101 points by swatson741 3 years ago | 19 comments