Claude Is Not a Compiler

Post by davidpapermill » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 6:09 PM UTC

QuercusMax wrote: post #162

davidpapermill wrote: post #82

I've heard something along the lines of "Claude is like a compiler: source code is the new object code, you don't look at that anymore" many times. And I don't really think this is true. Compilers are usually deterministic, and whilst we can find edge cases, it's nothing like an AI agent writing all the code for you. I think you have two choices, given the Claude is a code generator and not a compiler: (a) you review…

Part of the value of LLMs and humans is nondeterminism. Pair nondeterministic output with strictly verified results (proper tests) and you can create a useful working system. Humans can't build a system perfectly, and agents definitely can't. And agents (like humans) will build a different system every time even with the same prompt. Even if it's just trivial differences like array vs linked-list, there are still dif…

Post by indigodaddy » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 5:57 PM UTC

dspillett wrote: post #155

eigencoder wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always don't know enough about DNS. This is great stuff. If exe.dev is running their own DNS zone, then wouldn't they be setting the expiry value in the SOA record themselves? So they could set it to something short, and secondary servers are supposed to honor it, right?

> wouldn't they be setting the expiry value in the SOA record themselves? If they thought about it. But it is something that even people relatively experienced in DNS matters forget about until it bites them and they've spent ages diagnosing the initially odd looking problems caused.