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Open-source Zig book

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692 points rudedogg | 2 comments | 16 Nov 25 19:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.437s | source
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eibrahim ◴[16 Nov 25 23:53 UTC] No.45949622[source]▶
So many comments about the AI generation part. Why does it matter? If it’s good and accurate and helpful why do you care? That’s like saying you used a calculator to calculate your equations so I can’t trust you.

I am just impressed by the quality and details and approach of it all.

Nicely done (PS: I know nothing about systems programming and I have been writing code for 25 years)

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1. johnfn ◴[17 Nov 25 02:22 UTC] No.45950334[source]▶
Because site site explicitly says:

> The Zigbook intentionally contains no AI-generated content—it is hand-written, carefully curated, and continuously updated to reflect the latest language features and best practices.

If the site would have said something like "We use AI to clean up our prose, but it was all audited thoroughly by a human after", I wouldn't have an issue. Even better if they shared their prompts.

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2. wkjagt ◴[17 Nov 25 12:30 UTC] No.45953025[source]▶
Exactly. Hard to trust the contents of a book that starts with a lie.