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huijzer • today at 12:47 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

If you go that way, why not write LLVM Intermediate Representation? And if you know your server CPU anyway, why not write machine code?

I personally like Rust for web applications a lot because you can catch many bugs at compile time instead of during tests or runtime.


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lolakutty • today at 12:52 PM

>If you go that way, why not write LLVM Intermediate Representation? And if you know your server arch anyway, why not write machine code?

Nah, C is good enough for me.

> catch many bugs at compile time...

Rust borrow checker is too dumb that you catch many non-bugs as well...I don't like that.

Mmm..LLMs also generates false positives. But at least you can reason with it...

officialchicken • today at 12:54 PM

Reuse is bad / NIHS is good and it's hard to reach token metrics using accepted engineering practices. That leads to the point of having the LLM invent a new specialized job security chip architecture for your IR just to run CRUD app.

hmokiguess • today at 12:49 PM

Soon we're gonna need a way to catch bugs at prompt time