DHH's AI-Driven Rust Rewrite of Campfire Draws Engineer Criticism

DHH demoed a Rust rewrite of Campfire done entirely by AI, 19-44x faster though 6x longer code, but his 'infinite tokens, just rewrite in Rust' stance drew criticism from engineers for bypassing proper engineering analysis.

2026-09-29 ~ 2026-09-29 · 2 related posts

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