Ruff creator reflects on college hand-written code: 'I really thought hard about each line'

charliermarsh · x · 2026-09-24

Charlie Marsh, creator of Ruff and uv, shared a nostalgic reflection: looking back at code he wrote by hand in college, thinking about how he really thought hard about each line. It's a quiet contrast to the AI era, where code generation has outpaced deliberate thought per line.

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