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Using Claude Code to modernize a 25-year-old kernel driver

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925 points dmitrybrant | 1 comments | 07 Sep 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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rvz ◴[08 Sep 25 00:48 UTC] No.45163702[source]▶
No tests whatsoever. This isn't getting close to being merged into mainline and it will stay out-of-tree for a long time.

That's even before taking on the brutal linux kernel mailing lists for code review explaining what that C code does which could be riddled with bugs that Claude generated.

No thanks and no deal.

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yeasku[dead post] ◴[08 Sep 25 01:04 UTC] No.45163791[source]▶
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geor9e ◴[08 Sep 25 01:15 UTC] No.45163851[source]▶
The authors using it. You're implying software created solely to fulfill one persons desires is a bad thing.
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1. anyfoo ◴[08 Sep 25 01:38 UTC] No.45163969[source]▶
I don't think the author is in the camp of unconditionally hyping AI: https://dmitrybrant.com/2023/03/25/artificial-stupidity

Even without that other article, this really reads like the author tried it for menial tasks on a neat passion project, and reports his success on it. (I'm a kernel developer, so I can empathize.)