If you're going to vibe code, why not do it in C?

kept by eddie dec 10, 25

Hacker News commenters reject vibe coding in C, arguing that safer, higher-level languages like Rust are better for AI-generated code.

C++: The Documentary
A new documentary chronicles C++'s 40-year history from Bell Labs to becoming the fastest-growing top-four language, with 90% user growth in 3.5 years.
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https://t.co/U8rutTJffK
The author explores what evidence would be needed to believe AI has achieved super-intelligence in software engineering, questioning claims about agents writing entire compilers and browsers.
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What's the best programming language for coding agents?
Dan Luu's empirical tests with LLMs on Zstd and Pandoc implementations show that language popularity weakly correlates with better outcomes, but claims about dynamic or token-efficient languages being superior for coding agents do not hold across non-trivial tasks.
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Technology | 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey
Python adoption accelerated sharply in 2025, Docker saw a record +17 point usage jump, and Rust remained the most admired language, according to the Stack Overflow Developer Survey.
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