Comment by theturtletalks

1 day ago

In a similar vein, I've been using Claude Code to "read" Github projects I have no business understanding. I found this one trending on Github with everything in Russian and went down the rabbit hole of deep packet inspection[0].

0. https://github.com/ValdikSS/GoodbyeDPI

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dinkleberg  1 day ago

That's a cool idea. There are so many interesting projects on GitHub that are incomprehensible without a ton of domain context.

  • theturtletalks  1 day ago

    I got the idea from an old post on here called Story of Mel[0] where OP talks about the beauty of Mel's intricate machine code on a RPC-4000.

    This is the part that always stuck with me:

    I have often felt that programming is an art form, whose real value can only be appreciated by another versed in the same arcane art; there are lovely gems and brilliant coups hidden from human view and admiration, sometimes forever, by the very nature of the process. You can learn a lot about an individual just by reading through his code, even in hexadecimal. Mel was, I think, an unsung genius.

    0. http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html

    • coolewurst  17 hours ago

      Thank you for sharing that story. Mel seems virtuousic, but is that really art? Optimizing pattern positioning on a drum for maximum efficiency. Is that expression?

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