Comment by MuffinFlavored
1 day ago
I wonder how many "behind the curve/not super modern" corporations were using Bun or Deno to begin with.
Part of me thinks it's a mild overreaction. It's not like people audit every line of kernel/driver/BIOS/EFI code before running Linux? As long as the tests pass and the performance doesn't regress and it's secure... why are people so mad that it was vibe coded? Is it because it was an irresponsible thing to do? Maybe?
I don't know, I see both sides.
> as long as the tests pass
To be pedantic, tests prove that the code passes the test suite, nothing else. They do not prove by themselves that the code is correct, secure, maintainable, efficient, etc. Those are much harder to measure and have a ton to do with organization, architecture, culture, shared knowledge of the maintainers, etc. All of which is lacking during and after this rewrite.
> As long as the tests pass and the performance doesn't regress and it's secure... why are people so mad that it was vibe coded?
Because the chances that they had a test suite that was actually comprehensive enough to guarantee correctness through this kind of refactor are approximately zero.
Normally we combine tests with careful "correctness by construction" design work and code review because we know that tests aren't sufficient.
It isn't about users auditing Linux. The Bun developers don't audit "their own" (stolen) vibe code output. How would anyone know if it is secure?
> It's not like people audit every line of kernel/driver/BIOS/EFI code before running Linux?
That's basically Torvolds full time job?