6 points | by fagnerbrack 3 days ago ago

4 comments

  • shhsshs a day ago ago

    I am a bit confused and very curious what purpose this site is trying to serve. They seem to have many articles all talking about the same concept which I think could be summarized as: "code is fungible". That is to say, the tests, specifications, and other supporting documentation are the truly important pieces of a system. The code part is easily replaceable. Every article on the site is about that concept in some way.

    Human language is imprecise and it seems to be a common thought on HN that it is impossible to clearly and completely define the requirements of a sufficiently complex system of software without, well... writing the software. I just don't see a scenario where The Phoenix Architecture would actually make sense.

    > The deletion test is not a recommendation. It’s a diagnostic.

    > That’s not robustness. It’s entanglement.

    > This isn’t a tooling fad. It’s an economic shift.

    I have a strong feeling this article would survive regeneration well.

    • warkdarrior a day ago ago

      > I have a strong feeling this article would survive regeneration well.

      That does not make the article incorrect.

      • ryanhiebert a day ago ago

        AI says many true things. That doesn’t mean I want to read someone else’s AI generated output. I want something in the article to show that the author spent more time writing than I will spend reading, and by a wide margin, or else I know they feel that my time is not valuable.

  • PKop a day ago ago

    AI slop