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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. bendmorris · 1790976655 · focus · HN ↗

            Sounds like you violated the clearly stated project rules and admitted to it. Are you surprised that they're not engaging with you?

            1. phoghed · 1790978658 · focus · HN ↗

               Yeah, the maintainers of a DOA hobby project should certainly be allowed to run it however they want imo

               1. miki123211 · 1790986035 · focus · HN ↗

                  That's honestly my biggest problem with Zig.

                  It's clearly a hobby project (constant breakages, the maintainer getting into politics, rejecting some safety mechanisms, the anti-LLM crusade, a strange focus on esoteric targets with little to no commercial significance), but the maintainer does not admit that it is a hobby project.

                  It makes me respect the Rust community even more.

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