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The AI hacked together a private S3 for his code releases in about 45 minutes

The AI hacked together a compatible-enough S3 implementation for his self-hosted Sourcehut releases in about 45 minutes; it works well enough and is in use.

How it works

  1. The AI hacks together an S3 implementation compatible enough for his self-hosted code releases
  2. In about 45 minutes
  3. It works well enough and is in use

Why it’s worth knowing

Compatible enough is a real engineering target, and 45 minutes is the tell.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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