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Opus read his years-old C codebase and found 5 serious bugs immediately

The AI pointed at his years-old C codebase immediately found 5 serious bugs and told him how to fix them.

How it works

  1. The AI is pointed at the years-old C codebase
  2. Immediately finds 5 serious bugs
  3. Tells him how to fix them

Why it’s worth knowing

Years-old code keeps its worst bugs in plain sight.

Where it’s from

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

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