Simon Willison • 2/12/2026

Supervisor, not overseer

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The blog post details the author's decision to replace the term 'overseer' with 'supervisor' when referring to a person managing a coding agent, recognizing the former term's association with slavery and plantation management. This is a brief, reflective piece on the importance of language in technology contexts.

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