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		forty 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vibecoding isn't as fun as writing code by hand "H. W. BASIC" seems to work too if you want to golf it ;)
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seki285 12 days ago [–]

Tried it in a incognito tab with ChatGPT and "H. W. BASIC" did not work while "BASIC" had it explain the history and show an example of Hello World

forty 12 days ago | [–]

Yeah of course the result is a bit random by nature, probably we should define a threshold of success rate when we make prompt golfing an official sport. It worked on first try with claude.ai

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