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Shhhh, let this one go. So many people don't get optimization and why it is needed that I'll take anything we can get. Hell, I routinely see people saying no one needs to know C because python calls C in "the backend" (who the fuck writes "the backend" then?). The more people that can learn some HPC and parallelism, the better.


Even better if they would learn about these amazing managed languages where we can introspect the generated machine code of their dynamic compilers.


Agree, but idk what the gateway in is since I'm so desperate for people to just get the basic concepts.


Obviously AI writes the backend.


Yeah because AI writes better code than me. I mean I've been coding for a year, including my super intensive coding bootcamp (we coded for 5 hrs a day! You can learn anything in two weeks), and got a FAANG job, so I'm pretty much an expert. We use AI to write all our code! Kinda bummed I'll be replaced but you know, I'll just move onto the next hustle. What y'all think about AR?




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