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I built the fastest PHP webserver in the world

44 points · 77 comments · EGreg

  1. BatchJob · · focus · HN ↗
    You can see the slop through the headline. No need to click. Posts like this are turning the internet into a trash pile. Nobody needs this slop, abandonware.

    Heres the template:

    "I" <--- prompted some LLM

    "built" <--- to generate code for a

    "fastest" <-- insert specious claim here

    "PHP server" <-- thing

    "And I prompted the LLM to build a website" <---- link

    Im sorry folks but this just doesnt cut it anymore. I dont think it ever did.

    1. croisillon · · focus · HN ↗
      Just because LLMs can write copy for webpages doesn't mean they should. A landing page should not warrant a tl;dr.

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49665895">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49665895

      1. EGreg · · focus · HN ↗
        The grandfather comment is pants-on-fire wrong. “No need to click” while they opine on something you’ve never seen.

        As far as the landing page — there are truly many features that this webserver enables. That’s why the website lists 9 categories and links to other pages. It also has expandable sections like “how can it be this fast?”

        I do use LLMs in my toolchain, to generate text and code, and compilers to generate code, but I also cover it heavily with automated tests and also battle-test it in my own environments on actual workloads. I mean sheesh, I am literally sharing it so that you can download and run it yourself, and if you run into something obscure on your environment, report any issues and it’ll be fixed.

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