Nikita Prokopov
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Polished UI is a reasonable signal that a team invested comparable effort in the underlying code quality.Their words
Users can't see the code, so UI is the only way for them to judge the quality of the app. If UI looks good, that means developers had time to polish it, which means that they probably spent a comparable amount of time to iron out the code.
3 March
From one piece Claude is an Electron App because we’ve lost native 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Bloated, slow software is caused by a lack of engineering care, not by the choice of technology stack.Their words
The real problem is a lack of care. And the slop; you can build it with any stack.
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These days, though, native is as bad as the web, if not worse.
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Native OS APIs are worse to develop against than web APIs, and platform vendors discourage native app development.Their words
Native APIs are terrible to use, and OS vendors use everything in their power to make you not want to develop native apps for their platform.
15 January
From one piece Podcast: На Маке нет никаких шкафов @ Думаем дальше 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Frontend-backend communication should be mediated through a shared database rather than a custom API.Their words
Communication between frontend and backend should be handled by database
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Making programming easier for more people has caused software to become bloated, slow and hard to manage.Their words
Компьютеры стали бытовым прибором, начать программировать легче, чем когда-либо, сложнейшие вещи делаются просто и даже тривиально, написаны горы готового кода. К сожалению, у этого есть и обратная сторона - программы становятся большими, медленными, неуправляемыми, непонимаемыми.
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Local-first software will not become the dominant architecture, and that is an acceptable outcome.Their words
Local-first is not going to win, but that's okay We'll explore the complexities of traditional stack (db-server-frontend), develop a theory of software evolution: which systems succeed and why.
5 January
From one piece It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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If every element in an interface is marked as distinct, none of them actually stand out.Their words
To stand out, things need to be different. But if everything has an icon, nothing stands out.
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There is no good icon metaphor for every possible action, no matter how much effort goes into finding one.Their words
It's delusional to think that there's a good icon for every action if you think hard enough. There isn't.
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Human-interface design principles from decades ago remain valid because human cognition hasn't changed.Their words
But the principles-as long as they are good principles-still apply, because they are based on how humans work, not how computers work.
15 December 2025
From one piece Statistics made simple 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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I mean, sure, you might try to guess people's tastes and only write about what's popular, but that will destroy your soul pretty quickly.
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Raw pageview or reader counts are not actionable information for a writer's editorial decisions.Their words
analytics is not actionable: what difference does it make if a thousand people saw my article or ten thousand?
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