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1. applfanboysbgon · 1790193367 · focus · HN ↗

   tl;dr if you make absolute dogshit software that takes 4.38 seconds to stabilize its first paint you can make really nice headline claims by "optimizing" it later

   1. sashank_1509 · 1790193752 · focus · HN ↗

      Unironically true, can someone question, what is Claude desktop app doing that needs 500k+ lines of code?

      Agents complicate something that should be much smaller and simpler and then agents speed it up adding more complexity. I suppose functionally you may say this is fine but aesthetically it is hideous!

      1. bigwheels · 1790195233 · focus · HN ↗

         TempleOS had kernel, compiler, 2D and 3D graphics drivers + libs, and tons of games and applications and the entire thing weighed in at less than 100kloc.

         AI coding agents of today definitely bloat things up [egregiously].

         1. theshrike79 · 1790195758 · focus · HN ↗

            On the other hand applications on TempleOS are expected/assumed to be perfect and have no bugs. It makes things a lot simpler =)
         2. phoghed · 1790204439 · focus · HN ↗

            That’s pretty cool. What are you using temple os to do?

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