Jeff Atwood

co-founder stackoverflow.com, discourse.org, rgmii.org, blogger. I have no idea what I'm doing, but I know I'm doing it really, really well. Let's be kind to each other.

Blog: https://blog.codinghorror.com
Discourse: https://discourse.org
Stack: https://stackexchange.com
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RGMII: https://rgmii.org

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2025-10-11 22:56:35 UTC

I have no idea what the source of this image is, but yeah, I Laughed Out Loud.
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2025-10-04 13:55:31 UTC

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I said that once here, and I even posted a quote from chemist saying, literally, that I was pharmacologically correct and got totally *excoriated* for it. Looking at you, @npub19ua…53cv

2025-10-04 01:03:28 UTC

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NOPE. Try reading this. Any comments, email me directly and we'll have a call via any method you prefer and I can add a lot more detail. https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/115309244978524172

2025-10-04 00:04:41 UTC

> When their children ask, “Are we rich?” Betsy responds, “Well, we have everything we need!” That phrase has become their north star: “We have everything we need; how do we make sure everybody has what they need?”
That's the job. That is our responsibility as wealthy people. To make sure as many of our fellow Americans have what they need to get a fair shot in the land of opportunity. And I take that responsibility very, very seriously.
https://denver-frederick.com/2025/07/13/we-have-everything-we-need-jeff-atwood-and-betsy-burtons-bold-mission-to-guarantee-minimum-income-in-rural-america/

2025-09-28 03:06:32 UTC

bad news "AI bubble doomers". I've found the LLMs to be *incredibly* useful and reduce the workload (and/or make people much, MUCH more effective as their jobs with the "centaur" model).
**Is it overhyped? FUCK Yes.** Salespeople Gotta Always Be Closing. But this is NOTHING like the moronic Segway (I am still bitter about that crap), Cryptocurrency, which is all grifters and gamblers and criminals end-to-end, and the first dot-com bubble where not NEARLY enough people had broadband or even internet access, plus the logistics systems to support shipping products was nowhere REMOTELY where it is today.
If you are expecting this "AI bubble" to pop anytime soon, uh.. you might be waiting a bit longer than you think? Overhyped, yes, overbulding, sure, but not *remotely* a true bubble any any of the same senses of the three examples I listed above 👆. There's something very real, very practical, very useful here, and it is getting better every day.
If you find this uncomfortable, I'm sorry, but I know what I know, and I can cite several dozen very specific examples in the last 2-3 weeks where it saved me, or my team, quite a bit of time.

2025-09-18 04:55:41 UTC

"Is the swimming pool of the Titanic still full?" via Tim Krief at https://bsky.app/profile/timkrief.com/post/3lyxkhf3zns2a
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2025-09-06 12:43:10 UTC

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2025-09-02 01:46:33 UTC

Source https://www.reddit.com/r/chaoticgood/comments/1n5wqfd/fucking_smartest_maga_sign_youve_ever_seen_they/
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2025-08-30 22:54:27 UTC

Look, EU, it is difficult to take you seriously when you forced all this cookie notification bullshit on us. That feature a) should not exist and b) if it did, should be a BROWSER feature not "every website in the entire world now has to bother everyone forever about this stupid thing" https://blog.codinghorror.com/breaking-the-webs-cookie-jar/

2025-08-29 21:06:31 UTC

Does everyone in London make these actual sounds from The Clash song "London Calling"? And if not, why not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfK-WX2pa8c

2025-08-25 08:45:26 UTC

meanwhile, on LinkedIn..
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2025-07-17 01:11:11 UTC

I can prove this, thanks to my mom, who kept this stuff and sent it to me. Yes, I did work at Safeway as a bagger, then a cashier, both in high school and college. https://blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-america/
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2025-07-16 10:17:33 UTC

This is extraordinarily well done. https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1i02pcx/a_cool_guide_for_crossover_in_principles_chekhovs/
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2025-07-11 01:30:12 UTC

Teamwork 🤜💥🤛
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2025-07-03 23:47:18 UTC

With this cover image (and the Jefferson reference), you do, in fact, gotta give it to The Economist. 👏 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Just_a_Bill
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2025-01-23 15:36:16 UTC

I have a difficult time understanding Paul Graham's latest piece, which is (extremely!) long and meandering. What is the the point of all this, exactly? https://paulgraham.com/woke.html