AI programming: a layered model
In the late 1960s and 1970s, people like David Parnas faced a problem. A decade earlier there were almost no programmers. Suddenly there were hordes of inexperienced ones. What could have been a golden era was turning into a mess: far more software, much of it falling apart.
It sent Edsger Dijkstra into a depression. Does this sound familiar?
AI-assisted coding is producing far more code. Whether the projects will work or crumble remains to be seen. There is a danger.
I’d like to propose the layered model.
Keep a small core that changes slowly and on purpose. For that part you actually read the code. You insist on tests. You can use AI assistance, but there is no vibe coding allowed.
Everything else can move fast. There will be bugs, but the AI fixes them quickly.
Dependencies should be one way: the outer layers depend on the core. The core cannot depend on the outer layers.
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Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board https://collusion.wiki/
collusion.wiki
Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board
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Python sets and dictionaries can have quadratic-time performance
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Python sets and dictionaries can have quadratic-time performance
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Daniel Lemire's blog
Python sets and dictionaries can have quadratic-time performance
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Audacity 4.0 https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases/tag/Audacity-4.0.0
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Release Audacity-4.0.0 · audacity/audacity
Audacity 4.0
Audacity 4 rebuilds the application interface on Qt and introduces many new quality-of-life improvements, including a new clip-editing model. Most Audacity 3 workflows remain available...
Audacity 4 rebuilds the application interface on Qt and introduces many new quality-of-life improvements, including a new clip-editing model. Most Audacity 3 workflows remain available...
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讲真的，DDR5 subchannel 这种事情，竟然需要来回 10 个月的邮件，看到带宽差了一半竟然不首先想到这个问题。
只能说明两边都是草台班子。
现在学术界已经这样了吗，培养出来的学生甚至PI just doesn't care why，视野狭窄的程度甚至要赶上大厂里的螺丝钉了。
讲真的，DDR5 subchannel 这种事情，竟然需要来回 10 个月的邮件，看到带宽差了一半竟然不首先想到这个问题。
只能说明两边都是草台班子。
现在学术界已经这样了吗，培养出来的学生甚至PI just doesn't care why，视野狭窄的程度甚至要赶上大厂里的螺丝钉了。
https://www.sigarch.org/7th-branch-prediction-championship-part-i/
SIGARCH
7th Branch Prediction Championship: Part I
Background The Next Generation Branch Prediction Championship (CBP-NG) aimed to address practical implementation challenges in branch prediction, moving beyond metrics used in earlier iterations. B…
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