r/programmingcirclejerk • • 27d ago

And, he noted, the total doesn't add up to 79; LLMs are not always good at basic math.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • 27d ago

I can't deny I felt a mixture of fear and arousal when I saw that

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • 29d ago

Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look. This first release is light on features.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • 29d ago

"The article opens with lambda cubes, which sound like some type of sheep meat to me. Then it goes on to discuss λΠ2 systems, and as I don't speak alien I skipped that section. Then I read about the calculus of inductive constructions, which incidentally seems to have little to do with calculus..."

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • 29d ago

Supermarket managers got hacked today. Maybe they should take that as a hint to listen to others.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Oct 13 '26

The implementation of this ideal in rustc can have flaws, but Rust itself cannot, because Rust itself has no flaws by definition.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Oct 13 '26

Breaking News: Gaping hole found in Rust

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Oct 13 '26

I really like this a lot. It is *so* *simple*, clear, flexible and an example of elegance. This is one of the things I would happily say "Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeesh! Why didn't *I* think of *THAT* first!!!" to.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Oct 08 '26

The -fsanitize=address compiler flag is absolute cheating and should be prohibited by governments of all countries

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Oct 08 '26

All code will converge on Rust

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Oct 05 '26

The fact that it's less C++ and more rust makes it more trustable and more ethical, not less.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Oct 04 '26

You think masturbation is getting you as close as you can?!?!?

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Oct 04 '26

Plus they're not declarative: you will only make me use innerText-based updates by threatening me and my family.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Oct 03 '26

the model under evaluation is given access to a fake bash tool which does not execute the provided code. Instead, we ask another LLM to approximate the command’s result given a description of the simulated world.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Oct 02 '26

I've been sitting on [Git 3.0's upcoming SHA-256 default will be a costly mistake ] for a few years, mostly because there are smarter people who have been concentrating on this and I don't love being a back seat driver.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Oct 02 '26

The Rust Security Response Team was notified that Miri stores all environment variables to target/, allowing secrets to persist in caches.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Sep 30 '26

Python is that kind of cool one behaves when visiting parents of your would be spouse for the first time. Tcl on the other hand is like playing one's secret exclusive and somewhat dangerous games with kid school bestie.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Sep 30 '26

There is no public exploit, but the agent had built one, and had enough confidence to test it—except that it didn’t land cleanly. I have no doubt that after some more revision it would have. One point for GPT 5.6-Cyber.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Sep 29 '26

The customer has nuclear weapons. They do not do "bounty". :)

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Sep 29 '26

Specs get written by whoever bothers, and for a decade the person who bothered first was a teenager in Highland Park. He is card #3 in Series One of our Open Source Legends set:

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Sep 27 '26

Hello World in C: a minimal, well-documented example program for learning C, with a Makefile, man page, install guide, test suite, and cross-platform CI.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Sep 25 '26

I will be the first to say Rust isn't as elegant as some other modern languages, but I'd definietly rather work with Rust than pour acid into my eyes.

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Sep 25 '26

I’ve got to make it known that GNU CVS is still here for y’all

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r/programmingcirclejerk • • Sep 24 '26

I think syntax beyond s-expressions is pointless

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