DHH Rewrites Campfire in Three Languages with AI Agents, Sparking Performance Debate

DHH demoed AI agents implementing and optimizing Campfire in Elixir, Go and Rust, admitting Ruby was slowest but valuing productivity and fun. Critics pointed out clear performance flaws in the Go implementation, fueling debate over AI-assisted coding quality.

2026-10-05 ~ 2026-10-06 · 2 related posts

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