On AI

A developer reflects on their evolving relationship with AI coding tools, from early skepticism to practical use of Claude Code and local models via Ollama. The post is framed around a personal project: writing a modern web browser for classic Mac OS by hand, on actual vintage hardware. The author grapples with the emotional impact of vibe-coded projects flooding the vintage computing community — work that can replicate years of careful effort in days — and questions whether hand-crafted software still has value when AI can outpace it so quickly. The conclusion is tentatively accepting: if AI-generated tools serve the community, that's fine, but the author will keep building their own way.

Source: https://jcs.org/2026/07/23/ai. 8sync News only summarizes and links out; content copyright belongs to the authors and original sources.