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A graphical desktop for the ZX Spectrum

131 points · 130 comments · graemep

  1. j4cobgarby · · focus · HN ↗
    It _does_ look really cool, genuinely, but calling it a "labour of love" and then having AI write the readme/docs seems conflicting.
    1. in_absentia · · focus · HN ↗
      Long-form comments in the code are AI-written too, so I assume the whole thing is vibecoded. I guess my question is why. This is obviously not a piece of software anyone will ever use. If the author didn't do this for themselves - to learn, to show off their skills - then why bring it to life?

      In business, there's this saying that "when a metric becomes a target, it ceases to be a good metric". I guess LLMs also make that true for hobby projects that used to make up a good portion of HN. We'd celebrate a project like that not because it's useful, but because it's a triumph of human ingenuity and a celebration of a personal achievement for the author. But now, it isn't, so is it still something we ought to celebrate?

      1. derac · · focus · HN ↗
        AI assisted or not, you have no idea how much of his personal effort went into the project.
        1. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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