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by rl3 59 days ago
>> ...give him unlimited model access

>We do not need vibe-coded critical infrastructure.

I think when you have virtually unlimited compute, it affords the ability to really lock down test writing and code review to a degree that isn't possible with normal vibe code setups and budgets.

That said for truly critical things, I could see a final human review step for a given piece of generated code, followed by a hard lock. That workflow is going to be popular if it already isn't.
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mort96 59 days ago
The availability or lack thereof of compute has absolutely nothing to do with my opinion. More vibe coded tests doesn't fix the problem.
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rl3 59 days ago
It might when an individual function has 50 different models reviewing it, potentially multiple times each.

Perhaps part of a complex review chain for said function that's a few hundred LLM invocations total.

So long as there's a human reviewing it at the end and it gets locked, I'd argue it ultimately doesn't matter how the code was initially created.

There's a lot of reasons it would matter before it gets to that point, just more to do with system design concerns. Of course, you could also argue safety is an ongoing process that partially derives from system design and you wouldn't be wrong.

It occurred to me there's some recent prior art here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47721953

It's probably fair to say the Linux kernel is critical infra, or at least a component piece in a lot of it.

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mort96 59 days ago
I do not care how strong your vibes are and how many claudes you have producing slop and reviewing each others' slop. I do not think vibe coding is appropriate for critical infrastructure. I don't understand why you think telling me you'd have more slop would make me appreciate it more.
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rl3 59 days ago
Fair enough. I respect the commitment to purity.

In the not so distant future you'll probably be one of the few who haven't had their actual coding skills atrophy, and that's a good thing.

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mort96 59 days ago
A terrifying thought but not implausible. IMO, the world needs more people with a deep understanding of how stuff works, but that's not the direction we're moving in.
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