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I asked Meta’s Muse for its filesystem and it sent me 6.8GB

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  1. tolugenius · · focus · HN ↗
    > About 20 Markdown files described browser use, connectors, payments, credentials, data handling, generated files, voice, goals, and scheduling.

    This the state of software engineering in 2026.

    Edit: clarified engineering to software engineering, which is more correct

    1. aogaili · · focus · HN ↗
      "Engineering is the practical science of designing, building, and testing structures, machines, systems, and processes to solve real-world problems"

      Did this system go through: design? yes, building: yes, testing: yes, is it a system: yes, does it solve real-world problem: yes.

      but markdowns and LLMs with their fuzzy probabilistic feelings are beneath you i assume? you can ignore the fact that we have intelligence deployed to the billions, understand english, follow instructions..yeah, in case you missed, machines can now understand english better than you and me.

      1. Sharlin · · focus · HN ↗
        You conveniently omitted the critical word: science. Not nearly everything that involves design and those others is engineering. You know, the whole "necessary but not sufficient" thing in logic? Engineering is almost diametrically opposite to "vibing", and trying to call prompting-based LLM coding "engineering" is a massive insult against all real engineers who know that vibing can get people maimed or killed.
        1. aogaili · · focus · HN ↗
          You are generalizing all llm-aided building to "vibing", which is not the case..and most engineering are based on science but they are not scientist (i.e discovering new science).

          I think of a lot of people with this mindset never built anything substantial with the new tools to understand the new set of challenges with these processes and systems. It makes sense given your/their negative take on it which doesn't allow any room for exploration.

          I think it is mostly pride issue honestly, because you use terms such "insult" and "real engineers etc". Some are learning and using those new tools and others are refusing given their pride. Similar to how Blackberry executives dismissed iPhone as a toy, and the rest is history.

          <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.news18.com&#x2F;photogallery&#x2F;business&#x2F;in-2007-blackberry-dismissed-the-first-iphone-as-a-toy-the-rest-is-history-ws-akl-9458572.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.news18.com&#x2F;photogallery&#x2F;business&#x2F;in-2007-blackbe...

          I invite you to build something substantial with those tools on the side.

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