Physics labs shun GitHub and Claude Code, handwrite CUDA kernels
vxnuaj · x · 2026-09-22
Quoting a master's student who notes nobody in their CS/AI program uses X ('a real bubble'), @vxnuaj adds that undergrads are still taught to index numpy arrays by hand, and some computational physics labs refuse even GitHub — shunning Codex and Claude Code and handwriting their CUDA kernels and C++. The thread highlights the widening gap between AI Twitter hype and frontline research and teaching reality.
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