alt Hacker News> tons of duplication that lead to whack-a-mole
The future is duplication. Code is no longer meant to be read by humans but by machines.
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How near/far is that future ?
Cuz what if a human has to intervene as the LLM can’t get it right?
Assuming a human then has till be able to comprehend it?
It’s not human readability I care about. The problem with duplicate code is that the agent will fix one instance, but leave the others buggy. Hilarity ensues.
If that's true (I very much doubt it), then have the LLMs generate something like WASM binary and run that everywhere instead. No need for human readable languages. Or if LLMs are not that good at binary format, then some textual representation optimized for LLMs instead of humans that compiles to WASM, the JVM or Rust binary.
No need for multiple programming languages anymore. But again, doubt that happens.
> Code is no longer meant to be read by humans but by machines.
That isn't true. Everyone knows it and you know it. So why would you make a statement like this? Does it make you feel like a "thought leader"? This isn't X or LinkedIn. Bulshitting here just makes you look like a fool.