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I ported Kubernetes to the browser

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Re: I ported Kubernetes to the browser

#7
Interesting project and (possibly more) interesting explanation of the development process. I agree with the author that the primary difference between vibe slop and real engineering is just reading the lines of code. However it does feel like we are just on the cusp of only needing to read the tests and _not_ all the lines of code. Maybe a few more model generations and we will be there.

Re: I ported Kubernetes to the browser

#8
Perhaps to anticipate the multiple jokes about kube complexity, I think there's an interesting argument to make that something like kube is the necessary complexity level for the kinds of tasks that kube is intended to accomplish, ala Fred Brooks' rule about essential complexity vs accidental complexity.

Kube rapidly becomes accidental complexity when you use it to accomplish things that could be done more simply, of course.

Re: I ported Kubernetes to the browser

#10
First thing is first, this is really cool. This feels like the right way to frame LLM-assisted engineering. AI can generate a shocking amount of code, but the actual value is in the review discipline, and tests around it. The browser Kubernetes angle is cool, but what I find more interesting is the workflow, and especially testing behaviour against k8s instead of just trusting “looks right.” I do wonder how many teams are already doing this level of verification for AI-written code. It might be the direction everyone goes in over the next few years.
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