First (?) hacked Emacs package
Summary
This piece explores how software development relies on 'the illegible' knowledge held by programmers and argues that AI should augment human theory-building rather than replace it. Drawing on Peter Naur's Programming as Theory Building and James C. Scott's Seeing Like a State, it critiques legibility-focused organizational design and Agile norms, advocating AI as a tool for better questioning, red-teaming, and maintaining professional programmer agency.