I Love the Computer

kept by eddie jun 19

Hacker News commenters express nostalgic love for computers, lament modern AI non-determinism, yet acknowledge LLMs as useful for rapid prototyping.

LLMs and performative productivity - Josh Collinsworth blog
LLMs often create the illusion of productivity while actually reducing real output through cognitive debt, maintenance overhead, and misaligned incentives.
also on LLMs, #ai, #developer-tools
The Economics of Software Teams: Why Most Engineering Organizations Are Flying Blind - Viktor Cessan
Software teams costing €130k per engineer per year must generate 3–5× that to be viable, yet most lack financial visibility, a condition now exposed by AI.
also on LLMs, #ai
AI is Breaking Two Vulnerability Cultures
AI is disrupting traditional vulnerability disclosure methods by making analysis of security patches cheap and effective, forcing shorter embargoes and revealing the inadequacy of both coordinated disclosure and 'bugs are bugs' cultures.
also on #linux, Gemini, Claude, #ai
Google Engineers Launch "Sashiko" For Agentic AI Code Review Of The Linux Kernel - Phoronix
Google's Sashiko AI code review system for the Linux kernel found 53% of bugs in recent issues, all missed by human reviewers.
also on #linux, Gemini, #developer-tools