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Thariq of Anthropic's Claude Code team argues AI cannot yet reliably rewrite legacy codebases but is on that trajectory

He notes extensive test coverage makes Bun an ideal target.

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OPThariq#861Thariq@TRQ212

to be clear I don't think the models are quite there yet, Bun is extremely verifiable and has incredible test coverage but I think they will get there

8:49 AM · May 24, 2026 View on X
REPLYNick Dobos#1894Nick Dobos@NICKADOBOS

@trq212 Codebases are prompts

ThariqThariq@trq212

my main takeaway from the Bun rewrite is that legacy codebases will be incredibly valuable as a source for "distilling" code into new forms every game should be crossplatform, all legacy software should work on the web, we don't need COBOL anymore

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