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muyuu | 6 days ago

it's very odd that someone with no experience would take a big project like this and just jump to another language because he trusts the AI generated code of current models

if it works it works i guess, but it seems mad to me on the surface

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fmbb|6 days ago

Why do you think the creator behind SerenityOS has no experience? I mean it’s not the most popular OS out there but he seems like a capable individual.

muyuu|6 days ago

in case it's not glaringly obvious from the comment, he has plenty of cpp experience and little rust experience, and that's according to his own comments

the relevant bit here is that he's porting from a language in which he has plenty of experience into another one in which he doesn't, in a large project

that in itself sounds like putting a lot of faith in LLMs but maybe there are factors not mentioned here, which is why i said "on the surface"

simonask|6 days ago

It's hard to articulate, but as someone who knows first hand, I just want to say that manic productivity is not the same as solid engineering.

jibal|6 days ago

Did you read the OP? No trust, only thorough verification.

muyuu|6 days ago

I did, and the point stands because reading someone else's code is not the same as writing it, esp. when you're not able to do so to the same standard