This made me remember of a benchmark that I saw a few months ago about LLMs being unexpectedly _very good_ with Perl when compared to any other language. I couldn't find it right now. If someone knows what I'm talking about, please post it here :)
The problem is the signal/noise ratio in these articles. If the AI has written the article, then this same info could have been generated by my own AI, but tailored to my needs. So what, exactly, is the new info that this article is generating that I can use to consult with my AI? That's what I want to get out of this interaction.
Maybe my point is something on the lines of "Just send me the prompt"[0]
On a side note, _in the context of workstations_, I wonder if a hypothetical OS that reimplements the Windows APIs (like ReactOS, but with perfect modern hardware support) would be better for end users than a Linux distro with a modern DE.
In the past, this hypothetical OS would be a revolution. But I feel that, in recent years, this gap is not as big anymore and Linux supports way more apps than in the past. Such an OS might even not be relevant anymore, even if it exists.
Do I have a blind spot on this? Is there value in having a "working ReactOS" as of 2026 _for workstations_?
I don't have a stake on AI, but more and more I see the following patterns:
- people that give in to AI do so because the technical merits suddenly became too big to ignore (even for seasoned developers that were previously against it)
- people who avoid AI center their arguments on principles and personal discomfort
Just from that, you can kind of see where this is going.
Kinda off-topic, but I wonder if a hypothetical OS that reimplements the Windows APIs (like ReactOS[0], but with perfect modern hardware support) would be better for end users than a Linux distro with a modern DE.
In the past, this hypothetical OS would be a revolution. But I feel that, in recent years, this gap is not as big anymore and Linux supports way more apps than in the past. Such an OS might even not be relevant anymore, even if it exists.
Do I have a blind spot on this? Is there value in having a "working ReactOS" as of 2026?
I was pretty surprised when I learned recently that the Java alternative for green threads doesn't use colored functions. It put Java in a higher place in my perception.
Just because of the other examples, which even include C applications or GTK ones. Not strong contenders against something derived from old Delphi like Lazarus.
However, Electron & the web stack has clearly won.