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mort96yesterday at 3:26 PM6 repliesview on HN

We do not need vibe-coded critical infrastructure.


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rl3yesterday at 10:31 PM

>> ...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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falcor84yesterday at 3:31 PM

As I see it, the focus should not be about the coding, but about the testing, and particularly the security evaluation. Particularly for critical infrastructure, I would want us to have a testing approach that is so reliable that it wouldn't matter who/what wrote the code.

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rafaelmnyesterday at 3:46 PM

If you're trusting core contributors without AI I don't see why you wouldn't trust them with it.

Hiring a few core devs to work on it should be a rounding error to Anthropic and a huge flex if they are actually able to deliver.

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andaiyesterday at 6:04 PM

They're getting really good at proofs and theorems, right?

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scrameyesterday at 3:58 PM

Unfortunately we're going to get it whether or not we need it.

teaearlgraycoldyesterday at 5:54 PM

Well if the big players want to tell me their models are nearly AGI they need to put up or shut up. I don't want a stochastically downloaded C compiler. I want tech that improves something.