I went from literature/language to Rust systems programming in under a year

Re:I went from literature/language to Rust systems programmi... by whispem on Monday January 19, 2026 @02:25PM (#46683320)

I didn't use LLMs for my projects. I learned by myself.

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Re:I went from literature/language to Rust systems programmi... by ritcgab on Monday January 19, 2026 @04:19PM (#46684630)

I just don't see the point of denying that. People use LLMs for coding for sure and it is not a bad thing, and no one can automate a full project 100% with LLMs.

What I saw is that you created initial commits one file at a time via GitHub's web UI, with multiple follow-up commits just to remove emojis from your scripts:

https://github.com/whispem/minikv/commit/c611897f05235ea4410...

https://github.com/whispem/minikv/commit/59369fcbb2a94c5dd07...

https://github.com/whispem/minikv/commit/0e86e9e328b21170e77...

https://github.com/whispem/minikv/commit/9a4cedcd30c3a00e7ea...

Care to share why those emojis were there in the first place? I guess the next step is to say the Rust codes are 100% handwritten but scripts/docs are AI-assisted? ;)

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Re:I went from literature/language to Rust systems programmi... by whispem on Sunday January 25, 2026 @07:07AM (#46753385)

I already said that the code was 100% handwritten but the .md files and scripts. I don't see the problem here.

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Re:I went from literature/language to Rust systems programmi... by ritcgab on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @10:36PM (#46790752)

huh

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Re:I went from literature/language to Rust systems programmi... by jabron on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @10:56AM (#46872621)

Well that's not true.

> I tend to over-comment my scripts out of habit—no AI tools were involved here (nor elsewhere in the code). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46662378

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