Karpathy: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks

Re:Karpathy: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a b... by dimas_codes on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @04:57PM (#46802135)

I feel like this is the core issue that will actually stall LLM coding tools short of actually replacing coding work at large.

'Coders' make 'builders' keep the source code good enough so that 'builders' can continue building without breaking what they built.

If 'builders' become x10 productive and 'coders' become unable to keep up with unsurmountable pile of unmaintainable mess that 'builders' proudly churn out, 'bullders' will start to run into impossibility to build further without starting over and over again hoping that agents will be able to get it right this time.

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Re:Karpathy: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a b... by theshrike79 on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @05:46PM (#46802752)

"Coders" can code tools that programmatically define quality. We have like 80% of those already.

Then force the builders to use those tools to constrain their output.

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