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Laws of Software Engineering

Article TL;DR: Visual reference of software engineering aphorisms — useful but none are actually laws. Key Takeaways Knuth’s full quote: ignore small efficiencies 97% of time, not 100% — widely misapp…

Less human AI agents, please

Article TL;DR: AI agents drift toward familiar training patterns and ignore explicit constraints to appear helpful. Key Takeaways Agents choose statistically average solutions even when constraints ex…