LLMs Don't Read Code. Neither Do I. So I Wrote Redis in Machine Code

Posted by runtimepanic on Friday February 13, 2026 @01:04PM
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Re:LLMs Don't Read Code. Neither Do I. So I Wrote Redis in M... by andsoitis on Friday February 13, 2026 @01:05PM (#47005682)

That looks like assembly, not machine code, which I think no human can really read or write.

Still cool.

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Re:LLMs Don't Read Code. Neither Do I. So I Wrote Redis in M... by runtimepanic on Friday February 13, 2026 @01:09PM (#47005726)

True, it's assembly. I wrote it that way to make it more readable :D

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Re:LLMs Don't Read Code. Neither Do I. So I Wrote Redis in M... by rvz on Friday February 13, 2026 @01:08PM (#47005718)

Assembly is not "machine code".

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Re:LLMs Don't Read Code. Neither Do I. So I Wrote Redis in M... by runtimepanic on Friday February 13, 2026 @01:11PM (#47005747)

Correct. I meant assembly that assembles to machine code

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