The Stupid Programmer Manifesto(hasen.substack.com)

166 points by hsn915 3 years ago | 171 comments

Smart people don't think others are stupid(sive.rs)

62 points by andsoitis 12 days ago | 49 comments

A 2012 short essay by Derek Sivers arguing that dismissing groups of people as stupid shows a lack of understanding, from his book Hell Yeah or No.

Always Invite Anna(sharif.io)

959 points by walterbell 1 year ago | 130 comments

A personal blog essay by Sharif Shameem arguing that people who always decline invitations are often the ones who most need to keep being invited.

Slouching Towards Sensemaking(karanchawla.io)

16 points by karchaw 1 year ago | 0 comments

I Think Rutger Bregman and the School for Moral Ambition Are Full of Shit(louwrentius.com)

25 points by louwrentius 4 months ago | 9 comments

Flexoki, an inky color scheme for prose and code(stephango.com)

171 points by surprisetalk 3 years ago | 33 comments

Why I'm still bearish on LLMs after Navier-Stokes(dank.systems)

426 points by jaykru 1 month ago | 552 comments

Personal blog essay by Jay Kruer arguing LLMs remain overhyped despite headline results like Navier-Stokes, citing poor generalization, reward hacking, and specification costs.

The Post-AGI Era(avidfayaz.com)

10 points by Avid_F 1 month ago | 3 comments

A personal blog essay on Fayaz Notes arguing that AGI has arrived and exploring what the post-AGI era means.

Computers Cannot Make Decisions(wiki.cateat.fish)

175 points by heavensteeth 16 days ago | 148 comments

A personal wiki essay arguing that blaming LLMs for harmful outcomes is decision laundering and that AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic bear responsibility.

You are not dumb, you just lack the prerequisites(lelouch.dev)

625 points by JustinSkycak 2 years ago | 351 comments

A personal blog post arguing that struggling with math usually stems from missing prerequisite knowledge rather than lack of intelligence.

What I learned from six months of being stupid on purpose(wvez.org)

62 points by wvez22 5 days ago | 53 comments

A personal blog post by a recent finance graduate reflecting on six months of teaching himself n8n workflow automation and embracing feeling stupid while learning.

The force-feeding of AI features on an unwilling public(honest-broker.com)

330 points by imartin2k 1 year ago | 279 comments

Ted Gioia essay on The Honest Broker arguing tech companies are forcing unwanted AI features on users, calling it tyranny rather than innovation.