Post #4850979 · Elektrine

2026-09-25 16:24 UTC

While I'm still feeling meh, I want to at least call your attention to some projects that are worth highlighting: cproc C compiler https://sr.ht/~mcf/cproc/ Did you know that GCC allows fully LLM generated tests and some amount of LLM code in codegen? Did you know that LLVM allows even more? That tinycc main branch is free for all with vibe code? That author of chibicc is now full on in vibe coding, and even vintage pcc, watcom and tack might be endangered to slop? It's all very, very sad and scary. Cproc is the only C compiler that I know of that is explicitly not allowing LLM output in its code. It is reasonably mature, as it can compile a Linux distribution called oasis, and it is fairly portable - e.g. I had very little problems of building simple programs with it on NetBSD amd64 - but it is not a drop in replacement for GCC. (I forgot 9front's compiler, it's fine too, but it's not the C flavour I know) 🧵 Continues

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@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt 2026-09-25 16:34

Software projects you probably should know about, continues servo browser engine https://servo.orgSea Monkey https://www.seamonkey-project.orgPaleMoon https://palemoon.orgDillo https://dillo-browser.orgNetsurf www.netsurf-browser.org Chromium and Firefox rely on LLM generated code extensively. This means Firefox forks and Chromium forks are AI-tainted. WebKit, too, has Claude and Codex generated code in it. This means ways of browsing the web, the modern web, without slop, are critically endangered. If you want to reduce the harms of LLM usage, even moving to a Firefox fork would be a net positive thing, but our next best bets for slop-free web browsing are either Servo (warning: Rust and some dependencies needed for it are somewhat AI tainted) or forks of old Firefox, I think. And alternative js-free browsers. I'm really, really sorry, but I think modern web might not make it. Smolweb? Sure. Let's use smolweb more 🧵 Continues

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