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

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925 points dmitrybrant | 2 comments | 07 Sep 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.489s | source
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DrNosferatu ◴[08 Sep 25 10:24 UTC] No.45166576[source]▶
Uses like this will only get more pervasive.
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fruitworks ◴[08 Sep 25 10:26 UTC] No.45166595[source]▶
If we allow it
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DrNosferatu ◴[08 Sep 25 11:39 UTC] No.45167078[source]▶
Compilers also came a long way.
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1. fruitworks ◴[08 Sep 25 14:07 UTC] No.45168476[source]▶
compilers are deterministic
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2. DrNosferatu ◴[08 Sep 25 14:25 UTC] No.45168714[source]▶
barely so - in practice they display (local) chaotic behaviour.

And LLMs are deterministic too if you freeze the seed.