Simon Willison 12/29/2025

Quoting Jason Gorman

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The article, quoting Jason Gorman, argues that the fundamental difficulty in software development is not writing code, but the process of converting vague and contradictory human requirements into unambiguous, logical computational thinking that can then be formally expressed. It posits that this has been the consistent challenge throughout programming history and remains so even with modern tools like AI code generation.

Quoting Jason Gorman

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