Web CGI programs aren't particularly slow these days(utcc.utoronto.ca)

79 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 57 comments

Why good content gets posted on the wrong platform?(danluu.com)

193 points by firstSpeaker 2 years ago | 131 comments

PyPy has been working for me for several years now(utcc.utoronto.ca)

153 points by throw0101c 2 years ago | 56 comments

Some reasons to measure (2021)(danluu.com)

32 points by colonCapitalDee 2 years ago | 2 comments

Free software hasn't won(dorotac.eu)

312 points by LorenDB 1 year ago | 351 comments

Daemonization in Unix programs is probably about restarting programs(utcc.utoronto.ca)

69 points by ingve 2 years ago | 40 comments

We should be more ambitious with the software we build(danluu.com)

865 points by ltratt 1 day ago | 755 comments

Dan Luu essay arguing that advancing AI coding models let developers build more ambitious software, citing pgrust, a regex engine, ripgrep fork, and board game AI projects.

Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance(larsfaye.com)

490 points by larsfaye 2 months ago | 479 comments

Blog essay by Lars Faye arguing that reliance on AI coding tools removes the friction needed to develop long-term programming expertise.

I'm addicted to being useful(seangoedecke.com)

519 points by swah 9 months ago | 265 comments

Sean Goedecke's blog essay on loving his software engineering job because he is driven by being useful, drawing on Gogol's The Overcoat.

Coding is not solved(blog.alexewerlof.com)

458 points by firstSpeaker 28 days ago | 459 comments

Alex Ewerlöf's opinion essay arguing that AI and LLM coding tools have not solved software coding, drawing on his experience building AI systems.

Challenge Is Gone(blog.alxgsv.com)

46 points by alxgsv 1 day ago | 84 comments

Personal blog essay by Uploadcare CTO Alex Gusev reflecting that AI coding agents have removed the engineering challenge that once motivated him.

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.