I see the result of an LLM port only as a baseline. I would expect any serious developer to rewrite and refactor the code beyond a verbatim translation and to make it more maintainable, readable and robust. In short, to turn it into idiomatic Rust.

If you're not going to do that don't post your results online, just keep it to yourself. Anyone could've done this. Even people without any programming skills.

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dan_can_code an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The definition of "serious" developer is changing. An LLM can already produce maintainable, readable, robust code.

It's getting to the point that LLM produced code is indistinguishable from even the best handwritten code.

There's no value in gatekeeping,the code side of software is becoming increasingly democratised, and the barrier to entry is getting closer to no barrier at all.

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davesque an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> If you're not going to do that don't post your results online, just keep it to yourself

...I mean...I just don't really know how to respond to that. Who the heck cares if someone posts this online? If you don't like it, just move on. Sheesh. Lookout everyone, this guy doesn't approve of your side project.

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sham1 an hour ago | parent [-]

Does translating Quake to Rust with an LLM count as any sort of project, let alone a side project?

	▲	TeMPOraL 42 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Does budding a cabinet in a weekend counts as any sort of project, given that you used factory made wooden planks and power tools, instead of starting by slaughtering your horse with your bare hands, so you can make a knife from its bones, and use that to make a saw from its sinews and hair, and use that to fell a tree, and...?