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rvz • today at 10:56 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

If true:

   Green light for the rewrite-it-in-rust and pro AI crowd.

   Amber light for the bugs that are in the rust rewrite.

   Red light for the 100% anti-AI folks.
Unfortunately, when to someone takes the absolute position of hating something such as AI and progress; there will always be someone else that is determined to turn that into marketing content and attempt to prove them wrong.

Anthropic is not only doing just that, but won't let the Zig community stop them even when they used Claude to improve the compiler (and have checked the code themselves) and will use this opportunity to market Claude to migrate Bun from Zig to Rust.

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vintagedave • today at 11:13 AM

> absolute position of hating something such as AI and progress

Most takes I've seen are far more nuanced.

Key is that 'progress' has a positive connotation. It is different from change. Mere change - such as new inventions - may not necessarily be aligned with progress in a field, society, etc.

Change may be inevitable, but it's up to us humans to sculpt it into progress.

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heldrida • today at 11:38 AM

Thats true, but the author might have decided on its own. Not everything is a marketing plan.