[krupan]

I think you are correct on how it's playing out because AI cannot write software very well all on its own. The dream is that AI is so good that it can write all the code you need from scratch, replacing all and any code written by anyone else, but that's not happening

[sshine]

With guidance, it kind of is happening.

While, simultaneously, an abundance of slop is being made.

[selectodude]

GPT-5.6 just finished writing a shim for me in rust that sits between Broadcom’s bullshit kernel and a standard Linux user space to turn my mesh routers into standard computers. At some point I’m not sure what the difference is in practice.

Note: I can’t code. Not a line.

[adithyassekhar]

That is amazing, I am surprised how the other replies to your comment just ignore that aspect pf it.

[selectodude]

I thought it was cool too, though I understand AI use is a heated debate and I think people get their backs up that some dumb illiterate like me who can't code has ghidra on my laptop decompiling kernel headers. I get it, the deluge is coming for my job too.

[vinceguidry]

What do you need your tiny routers to do?

[selectodude]

Not run all of ASUS's unstable garbage software.

[smcnally]

Does this work on early Velop mesh nodes, by chance?

[selectodude]

Doubt it - Linksys encrypts their firmware. ASUS not only doesn't, but left everything in the binary that made it really easy for GPT-5.6 to crack it open and decompile everything in ghidra.