Post #926514
2026-04-02 16:54 UTC
So many shocking things in this thread where @jonny digs into the leaked source for Claude Code. I want to focus on one: it's written in Typescript.
As I understand it, "vibe coding" is presented as an escape from the rigorous demands of an interpreter or compiler. But Javascript was also supposed to be that, and Typescript was supposed to restore some of the rigor.
So why not just have the LLM generate assembly language?
I'm guessing because it didn't work. At all.
https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116324676116121930
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@jonny@neuromatch.social 2026-04-02 17:08
@grvsmth Its also really bad typescript, pretty much all the types are like "yeah the type is whatever is passed in as an argument," like generics that get inferred dynamically where the LLM has concocted some excuse to use any in one place that masks the type checking problems everywhere else. Just like everything else with LLMs, the illusion of rigor masked in a cloud of chaff.
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@Sythelux@social.tchncs.de 2026-04-02 17:11
@grvsmth I think there isn't actually a lot of assembly in the trainingsdata so LLMs can't really generate assembly and I'm not sure if you could do modern software dev well with assembly (ignoring the readability) @jonny