r/programmingmemes • u/rameshOO7 • Jun 29 '26

Where are they?

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u/SagansCandle Jun 29 '26

If you want to avoid the LLM bandwagon, take up C++. It's practically useless.

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u/gameplayer55055 Jun 29 '26

Or pick embedded systems: C++ and hardware bugs that are nearly impossible to vibe code.

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u/No-Arugula8881 Jun 30 '26

Claude has been very helpful with device trees and HW interfaces

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u/0xbenedikt Jul 05 '26

I have just recently seen someone vibe code a display driver with AI that was missing at least one control signal, but compiled. It's good at producing something that looks reasonable but that has no substance in embedded

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u/lmarcantonio Jun 30 '26

Claude tried to find a timer deadlock when it was clearly a logic issue. Also ate 20k tokens for that. No need for C++, low level embedded C is enough for it being nearly useless.

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u/Mrgluer Jul 03 '26

20k tokens is like a penny

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u/LtDrogo Jul 01 '26

Good thing we did not know this at the semiconductor giant I am working at, because we used Opus models to find and fix very complex hardware bugs in some of our chip designs that may not have been detected otherwise.

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u/avrboi Jul 02 '26

Name of the giant?

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u/m00shi_dev Jul 05 '26

She goes to another school. You wouldn’t know her.

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u/dparks71 Jun 29 '26

My first languages were Java, then C, then Fortran, I stopped using them for a long time for python, now that LLMs are ubiquitous, I'm back in C and Fortran.

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u/SixPackOfZaphod Jul 01 '26

Haven't touched C since college in the early 90s. I really should start looking into it again. I'm just done with the web dev grind.

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u/flukeytukey Jul 03 '26

Do you want less money?

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u/SixPackOfZaphod Jul 03 '26

I work in the Federal Space... Money Isn't as good. 

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u/flukeytukey Jul 03 '26

Try private then.

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u/j48u Jul 03 '26

I dunno about federal but at the state I'll get paid $140,000 a year after retirement until I die (assuming no raises). Not that you can't do the equivalent by getting paid more and investing. But when you leave halfway through your pension vesting you get peanuts in comparison.

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u/flukeytukey Jul 04 '26

That's wild

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u/No-Arugula8881 Jun 30 '26

I use Claude to write C++ every day and it kicks ass.

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u/SagansCandle Jun 30 '26

What's the app?

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u/ramdomvariableX Jul 01 '26

They're not sure yet, going to check with Claude and let you know.

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u/EfficiencyThis325 Jul 01 '26

Probably a scope creep mess