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How has AI changed the way that TigerBeetle does software engineering? Given the project’s idiosyncratic language/memory allocation choices, it’s an interesting
by rfw300 1mo ago
How has AI changed the way that TigerBeetle does software engineering? Given the project’s idiosyncratic language/memory allocation choices, it’s an interesting data point how well the frontier models work for you guys.
- jorangreef 1mo agoThey really don’t work for us. The quality is just so poor. We still write, read (and have an independent engineer review) each line of code by hand. We go faster like that, but, most of all, it’s the guarantee we make to our users, also to continue to invest in our own understanding, because second order that’s valuable for the kind of high performance safety work we do. Long term, I’m sure LLMs will improve, but right now they’re just not there.
- 27183 1mo agoThank you for this candid answer. In the current climate of people breathlessly, hyperbolically jabbering about how AI is "revolutionizing everything" it's extremely refreshing to hear this honest, measured statement.
- jorangreef 1mo agoAh it’s a pleasure. It’s our experience, and happy to share.
- sashank_1509 1mo agoThat sounds great, I wish I had a job like that. I just wrangle agents for everything now. I think an added benefit of what you’re doing is it is more fun and this the humans who are actually building the product are more motivated to continue giving their best. With Agents it’s common to just say good enough and move on.