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Stories by jkoppel

Developer tools can be magic. Instead, they collect dust (pathsensitive.com)
L 91 pts 36 comments by jkoppel Mar 28, 2021 pltprogramming Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
The JJ VCS Workshop: A Zero-to-Hero Speedrun (github.com)
L 63 pts 45 comments by jkoppel Jul 27, 2025 vcs Programming (General) thread
The Best Refactoring You've Never Heard Of (pathsensitive.com)
L 45 pts 13 comments by jkoppel Jul 15, 2019 pltprogramming Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Book Review: Practical TLA+ (pathsensitive.com)
L 44 pts 14 comments by jkoppel May 17, 2019 bookformalmethods Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Every vibe-coded website is the same page with different words. So I made that page (vibe-coded.lol)
L 34 pts 7 comments by jkoppel Oct 17, 2025 satirevibecoding AI / Machine Learning thread
How to (and how not to) design REST APIs (github.com)
L 33 pts 22 comments by jkoppel Nov 23, 2023 programmingweb Web DevelopmentProgramming (General)Design / UX / Visualization thread
Abstraction: Not What You Think It Is (pathsensitive.com)
L 33 pts 26 comments by jkoppel Mar 28, 2022 pltprogramming Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
The Benjamin Franklin Method of Reading Programming Books (pathsensitive.com)
L 33 pts 13 comments by jkoppel Jan 22, 2018 programming Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Book Review: A Philosophy of Software Design (pathsensitive.com)
L 32 pts 5 comments by jkoppel Oct 29, 2018 bookpltprogramming Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryDesign / UX / VisualizationCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
9 puzzles to convince you you don't understand dependence (pathsensitive.com)
L 28 pts 18 comments by jkoppel Sep 30, 2022 pltprogramming Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
'Modules Matter' Most for the Masses (pathsensitive.com)
L 27 pts 23 comments by jkoppel Mar 31, 2023 mlpltprogramming Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
The Three Levels of Software: Why code that never goes wrong can still be wrong (pathsensitive.com)
L 25 pts 23 comments by jkoppel Jan 16, 2018 formalmethodsprogramming Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Why Programmers Should(n't) Learn Theory (pathsensitive.com)
L 21 pts 5 comments by jkoppel Mar 15, 2021 formalmethodsplt Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Should you split that file? (pathsensitive.com)
L 19 pts 7 comments by jkoppel Dec 1, 2023 programming Programming (General) thread
Increase Test Fidelity By Avoiding Mocks (testing.googleblog.com)
L 18 pts 12 comments by jkoppel Mar 2, 2024 testing Programming (General) thread
Data Model Debt is Forever (emmanuelgenard.com)
L 18 pts 11 comments by jkoppel Jan 20, 2024 programming Programming (General) thread
The Design of Software is A Thing Apart (pathsensitive.com)
L 18 pts 0 comments by jkoppel Jan 19, 2018 programming Programming (General)Design / UX / Visualization thread
Linguistic Antipatterns catalog (linguistic-antipatterns.com)
L 17 pts 15 comments by jkoppel Aug 11, 2022 programming Programming (General) thread
The art of good code review (philbooth.me)
L 16 pts 16 comments by jkoppel Jan 30, 2024 programming Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Solving the Dog-Bunny Puzzle with Program Verification Technology (pathsensitive.com)
L 16 pts 2 comments by jkoppel Sep 21, 2022 compsciformalmethodsprogramming Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Book Review: Elements of Programming (pathsensitive.com)
L 16 pts 7 comments by jkoppel Sep 30, 2020 bookc++programming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Strange Loop 2018: You are a Program Synthesizer (video + transcript) (pathsensitive.com)
L 10 pts 11 comments by jkoppel Dec 9, 2018 designformalmethodspltprogramming Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryDesign / UX / Visualization thread
Book Review: "Tidy First?" by Kent Beck (pathsensitive.com)
L 9 pts 0 comments by jkoppel Apr 1, 2024 programming Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Automating dead code cleanup (engineering.fb.com)
L 9 pts 0 comments by jkoppel Oct 27, 2023 compilerscompsciprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Improve Readability With Positive Booleans (testing.googleblog.com)
L 9 pts 6 comments by jkoppel Oct 20, 2023 programming Programming (General) thread
What Predicts Software Developers’ Productivity? (newsletter.getdx.com)
L 9 pts 10 comments by jkoppel Sep 29, 2023 programmingscience Programming (General)Science / Math / PhysicsProductivity / Career / Business thread
The 11 Aspects of Good Code (pathsensitive.com)
L 9 pts 6 comments by jkoppel Jul 18, 2023 philosophyprogramming Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
State of emergency! The four ways your state might be wrong (note89.github.io)
L 9 pts 7 comments by jkoppel Jun 19, 2022 pltprogramming Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (whitehouse.gov)
L 8 pts 1 comments by jkoppel Oct 31, 2023 lawvibecoding AI / Machine Learning thread
Lessons From Debugging (matt-rickard.com)
L 8 pts 1 comments by jkoppel Oct 3, 2023 programming Programming (General) thread