2026-10-20 11:37 UTC
and in the process he introduced a race condition, a performance regression costing up to 9% when making reads of files around 1 MiB and dumped the responsibility of fixing his mess on co-maintainers and went on vacation.
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@monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 2026-10-20 12:46
Yeah but it sounds like three steps forward half a step back. Also, reviews/testing caught it. Sounds like the system is working. I’ve written quite a few race condition bugs in my 25 year career. That nobody caught until weeks in prod. I understand the reluctance of AI but there’s no denying that AI in capable hands can be useful.
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@dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-20 13:59
How does this compare to his usual patches?