Dissident computer scientist https://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3myacvsccjk2bWhat does it take for people to be able to adapt the computer systems they use? Under the term substrates, this workshop brings together past and present research directions that explore and realize the vision of systems people truly own. https://2027.programmingconference.org/home/substrates-2027#call-Call-for-Contributions19 Oct 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myacvsccjk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3mksjnercyc2xEvidence 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 https://blog.can.ac/2026/02/12/the-harness-problem/01 May 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksjnercyc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3mkdagohaw22y“They will see further than anyone before, standing on the shoulders of giant machines” https://open.substack.com/pub/davidbessis/p/the-fall-of-the-theorem-economy?selection=c95040c3-5a6b-4673-a51d-b6bf920892ed25 Apr 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdagohaw22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3mk5zwllvrc23If 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." https://arxiv.org/html/2604.05407v323 Apr 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5zwllvrc23https://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3mf3hzvusdc2eIf AI takes over coding do we become methodologists now? https://github.com/unclebob/empire-2025/blob/master/acceptanceTests/README.md17 Feb 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3hzvusdc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3meylzcuchk2aWhat 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 that16 Feb 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3meylzcuchk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3metn6ykozk2dTalking with @marianoguerra.org14 Feb 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3metn6ykozk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3mec3xw2zis2wIt seems the entire current tech stack will be the x86 (awful but who cares) for the post-human layer of programming.07 Feb 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mec3xw2zis2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3me7uqmmr622zThe LIVE Programming Workshop will be held online Oct 17. Submissions due July 21. liveprog.org https://liveprog.org06 Feb 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7uqmmr622zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3mcuqxrvufc2fBring Your Own Substrate to Substrates-26. Submission deadline Feb 20. https://2026.programming-conference.org/home/substrates-2026#Call-for-Contributions20 Jan 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcuqxrvufc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3mbxj3tao2k2aAI coding agents still need humans in the loop, so the bottleneck will still be human intelligence.09 Jan 2026 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbxj3tao2k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3ma2v5xhhac2nCultures of Programming Exhibition https://tomasp.net/cultures/exhibition/16 Dec 2025 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2v5xhhac2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3m7swpxdimk2nSome programming feels fun, other programming feels annoying. Why? Submit papers, essays, and demos to PX/26 by Jan 9 https://2026.programming-conference.org/home/px-2026/#Call-for-Papers-Essays-and-Demos12 Dec 2025 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7swpxdimk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3m7srgqqfqk2zTime to face the final boss: structure editing 😱12 Dec 2025 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7srgqqfqk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3m7pydlamf22zNew paper with @tomasp.net. Baseline: Operation-Based Evolution and Versioning of Data alarmingdevelopment.org?p=188611 Dec 2025 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pydlamf22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3m5zum22m322fSoftware Substrates Workshop. Submission deadline Feb 20 https://2026.programming-conference.org/home/substrates-202620 Nov 2025 03:53 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5zum22m322fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3m25kwe4ckk2aSubmitted. Now what?01 Oct 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25kwe4ckk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jonathoda.bsky.social/post/3m25ksq63yk2ahttps://andrewkelley.me/post/open-letter-everyone-butted-heads.html via @stuffwithstuff.com01 Oct 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:756bpc3blcpha4j4iwpj5ga3/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25ksq63yk2a