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tcldr on July 20, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nobody knows how to build with AI yet

I think the audience who can appreciate handcrafted code will be vastly smaller than the audience who appreciates hand carved wood.

Anamon 12 months ago [–]

What about the audience which appreciates software that actually works without one billion subtle bugs and devastating security issues, and which also can be built upon and extended?

tcldr 12 months ago | [–]

Maybe not possible with today's SOTA AI but I have no doubt it's within reach.

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