it's very odd that someone with no experience would take a big project like this and just jump to another language because he trusts the AI generated code of current models

if it works it works i guess, but it seems mad to me on the surface

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fmbb 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why do you think the creator behind SerenityOS has no experience? I mean it’s not the most popular OS out there but he seems like a capable individual.

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muyuu 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

in case it's not glaringly obvious from the comment, he has plenty of cpp experience and little rust experience, and that's according to his own comments

the relevant bit here is that he's porting from a language in which he has plenty of experience into another one in which he doesn't, in a large project

that in itself sounds like putting a lot of faith in LLMs but maybe there are factors not mentioned here, which is why i said "on the surface"

	▲	jacquesm 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Indeed, the hard part won't the port, but the maintenance of that which got ported. To be fair though, he's probably going to be able to use the same techniques for that.

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simonask 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's hard to articulate, but as someone who knows first hand, I just want to say that manic productivity is not the same as solid engineering.

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jibal 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Did you read the OP? No trust, only thorough verification.

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muyuu 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I did, and the point stands because reading someone else's code is not the same as writing it, esp. when you're not able to do so to the same standard

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jibal 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Non sequitur. Again, no trust was involved, only verification through extreme testing.

Also, as others have pointed out, "someone with no experience" simply isn't true.

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muyuu 3 hours ago | parent [-]

the trust element to me is jumping into a port, not specific code although code you didn't write in a language you're not an expert with, will ALWAYS introduce an added risk of falling into pitfalls you can only avoid with experience, the more the merrier

you're banking in the LLMs quite strongly when you do that, which may just work but i would be very worried about myself if i were in his boots

	▲	jibal 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> code you didn't write He did write it. > you're banking in the LLMs quite strongly when you do that, which may just work but i would be very worried about myself if i were in his boots I too would worry if it were you doing it.