DHH: AI-generated code can be hilariously hideous—it's just a prompt compilation target
mitsuhiko · x · 2026-09-30
DHH shared AI-generated code, calling it "hilariously hideous" but irrelevant: since the code is merely a compilation target for a prompt, he doesn't intend to spend time writing or reading it—a notable reframing of code readability in the AI coding era.
mitsuhiko then got curious how Ruby vs Rust compare in this scenario and ran a quick comparison.
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