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Why rewrite if thing exists? You can use those expensive engineers to build more stuff, not rewrite old stuff
by throwaw12 8mo ago
Why rewrite if thing exists?
You can use those expensive engineers to build more stuff, not rewrite old stuff
- oytis 8mo agoCause it's (allegedly) cheap and you can do much better? Avoiding rewriting things should become a thing of the past if these tools work as advertised.
- jachee 8mo agoWhy create Windows when MacOS exists? Why create Linux when UNIX exists? Why create Firefox when Internet Explorer exists? Why Create a Pontiac when Ford exists? Why do anything you think can be done better when someone else has done it worse?
- LordHumungous 8mo agoWhy not rewrite if code is free
- throwaw12 8mo agosuppose, for them generating code is indeed free (tokens), but autonomous coding is not solved (at least yet) if it gets solved, (1) we are all f....d! Not only software engineers. (2) they can rewrite it using Assembly. they == AGI
- topaz0 8mo agoFor some people the relevant properties of "thing" include not needing overpowered hardware to run it comfortably. So "thing" does not just "exist", at least not in the form of electron.
- xigoi 8mo agoWhy did they create Claude if ChatGPT already existed?