AI Coding Tools Evolving Fast: From Hand-Holding to Autonomous Code Porting
rounak · x · 2026-08-12
Developer Rounak highlighted Mr.doob's observation on the rapid evolution of AI-assisted code porting.
- Then: Porting Quake to Three.js in January required a CLAUDE.md file full of footguns and extensive manual intervention.
- Now: Simply asking OpenAI Codex to port code is enough; it iterates autonomously until the task is done.
- Future: The author calls this the new "Rosetta," predicting that someday the OS will seamlessly port incompatible binaries on the fly when clicked.
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