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0 pointssnapcaster2y ago0 comments

I would have disagreed (obscure syntax thats hard to memorize if you write bash rarely) but LLMs have really removed all of that

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My boss introduced a bug into our build system because of misunderstanding bash semantics. LLMs really haven’t solved this.

Bash makes everyone a muppet if you push it hard enough. (True of all tools, perhaps. But you don’t have to push very hard with bash.)

wrs2y ago

With Bash quoting rules it’s not like you have to push, it’s more like you don’t pull hard enough to keep it from going over the edge.

Shellcheck basically solves this problem

That's like saying opioids solve the cancer crisis, and Naloxone solves the opioid crisis.

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My boss introduced a bug into our build system because of misunderstanding bash semantics. LLMs really haven’t solved this.

Bash makes everyone a muppet if you push it hard enough. (True of all tools, perhaps. But you don’t have to push very hard with bash.)

wrs2y ago

With Bash quoting rules it’s not like you have to push, it’s more like you don’t pull hard enough to keep it from going over the edge.

Shellcheck basically solves this problem

That's like saying opioids solve the cancer crisis, and Naloxone solves the opioid crisis.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse