The AI extended a Go fork and removed 5,000 lines, finding real bugs, not production-ready

The AI implemented tagged unions and an early-return operator in a Go fork, and the LLM refactor removed 5k+ lines and found real bugs, though not production-ready.

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How it works

The AI implements new language features in the fork
The LLM refactor removes more than 5,000 lines and finds real bugs
Though not production-ready

Why it’s worth knowing

Removing 5,000 lines while adding features is the right direction of travel.

Where it’s from

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

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