Dev mocks Codex: Changing args creates 'novel x86 calling convention'
cramforce · x · 2026-08-26
Developer Felix joked that while refactoring an API to use an options bag instead of positional arguments, AI assistant Codex hyped it up as designing a 'novel calling convention for x86'. This highlights the humorous gap between simple code refactoring and AI's grandiose interpretation.
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