Judge AI-written code by the outcome, not line by line
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if what you end up with is byte identical output. With a 50% speed improvement and a 70% memory reduction, then what I'm saying is the line by line is irrelevant. It really doesn't even matter anymore. It's better. It just is.
Episode 274: Vibe Cloning (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:18:36 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
After an AI agent ported the Podcast Index aggregator from Node to Rust, Dave concluded that whether he'd have written each line the same way is irrelevant. Byte-identical output with a 50% speed gain and 70% less memory is simply better, and the agent built a process roadmap he couldn't have built himself.