#software-design
Wiki 6
- Anatomy of a test Jonathan Frere dissects one real Gleam test line by line - a test constructor, a real database, arrange through the public API, whole-value asserts
- antirez (Salvatore Sanfilippo) Creator of Redis; writes prolifically about programming with LLMs; building DwarfStar, a local inference engine
- Being Linux Torvalds antirez: Linus's rare move was quitting code to hold the design, the role LLM work now asks of you
- Control the Ideas, Not the Code antirez argues line-by-line review of LLM code is mostly wasted effort — own the design, spend the hours on QA and direction
- Redis and the Cost of Ambition Leifer on Redis's feature-set inflation tracking each year's HN trend, the protocol second-system effects, and Valkey as the market's verdict
- So, you want to make a game engine lisyarus on what a game engine is, what it contains, and why to start by making games
talks 1
- Software Fundamentals Matter More Than Ever Matt Pocock argues AI coding rewards old fundamentals — shared design concept, ubiquitous language, TDD, deep modules — and bad code costs more than ever