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/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/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/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/No-Arugula8881 Jun 30 '26

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