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Yes, I *am* that ESR. Well, it's the question people usually ask. Programmer, wandering philosopher, accidental anthropologist, troublemaker for liberty.
AI
A programmer who has written C since 1983 says LLMs now let them generate Rust or Go programs from specs and prompts.
AI
One poster argues that AI alignment leaders lack practical knowledge of distributed systems and model infrastructure, and questions how they define an AI agent.
World & Business
A user says they see none of the economic damage they expected from Trump’s tariffs. Replies cite a Canadian firm's reported U.S. factory project and argue that foreign sellers absorb tariff costs.
Technology
Open-source advocate Eric Raymond draws an analogy between today's AI coding debates and 1940s carpenters opposing power tools.
Technology
Uncle Bob Martin argues developers can steer AI agents to solid, tested code with discipline, without line-by-line checks. This view has developers sharing hard-won lessons on blending tools with timeless expertise.