Evidence coding agents benefit from stable code identifiers.
"none of these tools give the model a stable, verifiable identifier for the lines it wants to change without wasting tremendous amounts of context and depending on perfect recall"
via @marianoguerra.org
blog.can.ac/2026/02/12/t...
“They will see further than anyone before, standing on the shoulders of giant machines”
open.substack.com/pub/davidbes...
Do you make drag-and-drop interfaces? Or do you wish you did, but they're just too hard?
We're working on a new way to drag & drop! Wanna try it out? Join our study – we'll ask you about your drag-and-drop experiences, and get your hands on the prototype.
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If humans won't use structure editors, maybe AIs will.
"We propose reframing the codebase as a structured action space where agents operate on named AST entities rather than text spans."
arxiv.org/html/2604.05...
We created an exhibition to go along with my 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 book! tomasp.net/cultures/exh...
It tells the story of how programming concepts methodologies emerge amidst clashes and collaborations between cultures.
🖼If you want to display this at your university or conference, let me know!
If AI takes over coding do we become methodologists now? github.com/unclebob/emp...
“Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.”
#BertrandRussell
What is the future of end-user programming research? AI can vibe disposable no-stakes code, but can it build long-lived multi-user software managing valuable state, without technical supervision? I disbelieve plain English can serve as a spec without full AGI. Many betting on that
Early registration for #prog26 ends Feb 20!
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Join us in Munich (Mar 16–19) for the art & science of programming!
Workshops: MoreVMs, PX/26, SCLIT, VIMPL, and Substrates.
Submit to the Substrates workshop until Feb 20:
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