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

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.

The authors using it. You're implying software created solely to fulfill one persons desires is a bad thing.

The post was created to show how AI helped this person solve their particular problem - which it appeared to do successfully.

Other people commenting about AI hype on the post isn't an indication that the post itself was created to hype AI, or that that the post itself is "bad".

> I said nobody will use the driver. But I am terrible wrong because one person will?

Yes? The person who needs it is using it. Other people who need it (anyone who wants to archive tapes of that kind) now can, too.

> Second, another post on hackernews about how AI helps you code is not AI hype?

Do you think it was written with the intent to specifically hype AI, rather than to report on a passion project?

Why do you call what the author did shit? It is resurrecting an old tape driver for archival purposes. It may not have much commercial use, but anyone having those old tapes will appreciate it.

I think you should read to learn, instead.