Dev read vLLM codebase line-by-line with a debugger for hours — wouldn't do it again with AI agents
gordic_aleksa · x · 2026-10-28
gordicaleksa recalls understanding vLLM by walking through the codebase line-by-line with a debugger for many hours, taking Notion notes — a ritual he says he won't repeat now that he has Codex/Claude Code. He also notes AI was only used for grammar edits in his blogs, never the actual content.
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