Summary

Jeff Atwood announces a new monthly show called 'Off By One with Jeff Atwood' on the TWiT network, co-hosted with Leo Laporte, born from a guest appearance on 'Intelligent Machines.' The post shares highlight quotes from episode two and the original guest appearance, covering topics ranging from coding philosophy to wealth inequality to LLMs. Atwood frames the show as another vehicle for 'making happiness real' through sharing, extending his Coding Horror writing practice into audio and video. The post reflects his longstanding belief that the best engineering is human-centered, and that tech's social responsibilities extend far beyond building software.

Key Insight

Atwood uses a new video show to extend his core philosophy — that great engineering is about human collaboration, not heroic coding — while pressing uncomfortable questions about wealth, responsibility, and what technology is actually for.

Spicy Quotes (click to share)

• 7

  The best code is none.

• 4

  I am not an elite coder by any stretch of the imagination... I am very persistent.

• 3

  I advocate for good engineering. Good process. A process that recognizes that we're human and we should do this together, and we should actually kinda like each other, even.

• 7

  It has no actual understanding. It's playing a game of global brain statistics and copy paste.

• 9

  JPEG for words.

• 4

  We have the means to do it. We lack the will.

• 2

  My happiness only becomes real when I share it with all of you.

• 5

  What is money even FOR?

Tone

enthusiastic, opinionated, socially conscious