Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
Apr 08, 2026

Mario and Earendil

On a shared journey with Mario.

Apr 04, 2026

Absurd In Production

Five months of durable execution with just Postgres.

Mar 20, 2026

Some Things Just Take Time

On friction, patience, and planting trees.

Mar 05, 2026

AI And The Ship of Theseus

Slopforks: what happens when a library gets rewritten with AI?

Feb 13, 2026

The Final Bottleneck

AI speeds up writing code, but accountability and review capacity still impose hard limits.

Feb 09, 2026

A Language For Agents

What programming languages would agents want to program in?

Jan 31, 2026

Pi: The Minimal Agent Within OpenClaw

A gentle introduction to the Pi coding agent and why I think it’s a glimpse into the future of software.

Jan 27, 2026

Colin and Earendil

Introducing Earendil and my cofounder to the curious minds.

Jan 18, 2026

Agent Psychosis: Are We Going Insane?

What’s going on with the AI builder community right now?

Jan 14, 2026

Porting MiniJinja to Go With an Agent

Agents can now port code bases much better than before.