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1. jabedude · 1790975528 · focus · HN ↗

   How is Zig doing as a project? I remember they took a hard line against AI

   1. abc42 · 1790975852 · focus · HN ↗

      It looks like they're spending 5 months what should be a 1 month job these days.

      1. onlyrealcuzzo · 1790975988 · focus · HN ↗

         Filed a compiler bug related to dwarf tables that screws up debugging and line of code coverage that they completely ignored, just because I mentioned that I had every LLM check it to confirm it's a bug, since all I know is what kcov and every coverage tool generates incorrect coverage data for my repo, for 100% certain.

         1. UncleOxidant · 1790977353 · focus · HN ↗

            If they really insist on no LLM involvement at all then they're going to fall behind and lose out. Your LLM use case seems really very conservative - you didn't write any code with it, you just use it to confirm the bug. There are many OSS projects that are also taking a similar hardline against LLMs - people are going to fork them and then move on. I've had LLMs fix bugs/add features to a couple of projects like this and, well, they're missing out on the fixes/added features that I'm using locally.

            1. acedTrex · 1790977611 · focus · HN ↗

               They are doing fine, all this "left behind" talk has no basis other than cope.

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