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Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by dieortin on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:49AM (#50390738)
> How much time do you spend surfing through your .o or .obj files today?

Those are not the source of truth for the application logic. But the higher level code is.

The application code describes the behavior of the program and the compiler translates it into a different representation following a set of known, deterministic rules. This is unlike an LLM producing code from a prompt, which is why the source code is still the source of truth, and not a bunch of prompts.

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Re:Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM by CamperBob2 on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:49PM (#50395707)
Determinism is something you'll have to give up if you want to stay employed, I'm afraid. Don't shoot the messenger.
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