"Works though": the dilemma of unreadable but functional Astra-generated code
aryaman2020 · x · 2026-09-16
Responding to complaints that Astra's code is unreadable, aryaman2020 adds "works though" — highlighting the core tension of RL-generated code: performance comes at the cost of readability and maintainability.
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