Vibers are losing their minds, but afaik reverse engineering binaries, let alone mere obfuscated JS, has been a thing pre-LLMs. Still, their closed source work was visible in higher fidelity than it was before.
Source (may be DMCA'd eventually): https://github.com/VineeTagarwaL-code/claude-code
Documentation for it: https://www.mintlify.com/VineeTagarwaL-code/claude-code/introduction
Python port (presumably not subject to copywrite): https://github.com/instructkr/claw-code
From #1462723 yesterday:
What can possibly go wrong? 🤣
The community note is correct: it was just the Claude Code front-end. But, that is also their main "evidence" that LLM-coded production software is okay: "ship, don't think"
Now, they feel the skill loss. Pun intended. Yes, you can let LLMs code stuff for you, if you instruct them well and you improve the control structure with human review over time. Eventually, the human will not find much issues, because you have created a complete framework. But this requires one to think still. The experienced human backstop isn't a luxury, because humans have curiosity while LLMs have no such trait. That's only simulated, not driven.
So sure, do the LLM thing. But don't be a yoloboi. This is the pain Anthropic feels now. It's an error in execution, by willfully ignoring wisdom gathered through many years of industry experience, because there is too much focus on removing people's jobs, rather than enhancing the result.
"Shipping" isn't a moat on its own - any fool can do that now. The moat now is quality. Ship good shit.
The front end mistake is more evidence that Anthropic is a national security supply chain risk
From a technical perspective, and not having an opinion about the natsec component of your statement, I agree.
Anthropic sued the Department of Defense after their contracts were cancelled and a judge (Rita Lin) agreed with them and placed a temporary injunction on the cancellation.
AI nerds and a female judge presume to understand national security supply chain risks better than Hegseth and Trump
I'd not put my fate in either side of that, if I'm really honest.
Fair enough, the point is national security decisions should be made by elected officials not unelected judges or technocrats
https://twiiit.com/Jeremybtc/status/2039077799643005198
It is funny to see people lose their shit over this. It’s a client side JS app, it’s not the keys to anthropic’s kingdom
Thank you!
Why lose shit? Now when you tell Claude to build you a Claude Code clone, you can point it to the sources.
https://twiiit.com/Fried_rice/status/2038894956459290963