don’t learn to write code, learn to read code

ai can think. i no longer think you should learn to think

last weekend pierre [dot] co went down for a bit – this felt bad. But also a good time to add git blame?? And then i made a dumb video about it.

turns out vibe coding is just software development where code quality/correctness is assumed. If i’m working with a small group of engineers i trust – I'm also NOT reviewing their code. I just don't care. I’m “vibe” coding. Most software, starts here – llm or not.

Exciting to see people in sf are now vibe coding cars

Code wants to be reviewed

When your deadline is in an hour and Claude just said “oh I see what the problem is” for the 10th time in a row so you start invoking the coding gods for help

me interacting with your chat bot

pierre proprietary mug allocation services coming soon

In my entire career, I've never fought with a single piece of tech as much as I have RSC. The amount of staff+ level eng we've thrown at it over the last 2 1/2 years to try to make sense of it… is honestly depressing.

👋 Some news! I've started a software company. Headquartered in Toronto. We're building a product to augment devs for the new era. We have S-tier backers and we're aiming high. If you're a strong engineer or designer who wants to try something ambitious – we should talk.

still dont trust an llm to write css, but it is my lawyer and doctor

I'm the co-creator of twitter bootstrap… so yes, it's a skill issue.

Pretty much all software tool adoption right now is fear based: "YOU BETTER STOP USING VIM AND START USING CURSOR MAX YOU ANALOG PIECE OF SHIT, OR YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR JOB IN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS". Interesting times…

*45 min into morning standup*

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Whoever designed this deserves a raise. That diff icon, the toggle feel, even the typeface. Elite stuff. 👌