'Code quality' doesn't matter because it won't make you successful, Block's CTO says

Block's chief technology officer, Dhanji Prasanna, says clean, elegant code is overrated — what matters is building products ...

This Former Google Engineer Reveals the One Thing to Focus On When Building a Product — and It's Not 'Perfect Code'

What matters is solving real problems for customers, says Dhanji Prasanna, CTO of fintech company Block and ex-Google ...

‘Perfect Code Doesn’t Make A Great Product,’ Says Block CTO

Block CTO Dhanji Prasanna argues that clean, elegant code does not guarantee success in solving real problems for users.
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AI tools won't get products out faster, but they'll solve 2 coding problems, says a16z partner

AI coding tools like Cursor aren't supercharging development speed, said a general partner at a16z. But AI can help create "more robust, maintainable code bases with less bugs," Martin Casado said. AI ...
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Watch: ‘Zombie code,’ or how a 60-year-old programming language can help solve new problems

AutoCAD is drafting and design software used to create everything from buildings to households items. But what if its connection to the 1960-founded LISP programming language could help engineers ...