I did not use too much LLM for anything as it does not work by itself,
but here is another repo with more insight on CRC32c (Castagnolli) and
how we generated the tables with ChatGPT and checking the RFC and
Wikipedia : https://github.com/thodg/ext4fs/tree/master/crc32c_table

On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 11:40 PM Tyler Anderson
<achaean@lists.sinelabs.ca> wrote:
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> On March 23, 2026 10:56:09 AM PDT, Matthias Pfeifer <matthias.pfeifer@hostserver.de> wrote:
> >
> >On 3/23/26 12:43, Thomas de Grivel wrote:
> >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2026, 09:32 Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>     On 2026/03/23 03:45, Thomas de Grivel wrote:
> >>     > I did check everything and it did look like ext2fs code with minor
> >>     > modifications that I fully understand to support ext4 extents and
> >>     > checksums it's not that big of a deal : ext4 is just ext2 with
> >>     64 bit,
> >>     > different checksums and extents tree walking.
> >>
> >>     Why standalone rather than done as diffs to ext2fs?
> >>
> >>
> >> Maybe that is what I will try to do without AI code. Just looking at the documentation. But it will take much more time.
> >
> >
> >What about other possible implications? Many projects where people engaged (not employed) - not only software - have additional important attributes than what they produce or serve materially:  reliability and trustworthy.  There are people out there who rely on what other people do. I cannot really code so I need to trust those who claim they can - which presupposes that they understand what they do.
> >
> >There are fundamental (at least social) principles which are really endangered and need to be recognized protected. This comes true for a wide range of places and situations.
> >
> >Reading the threat makes me pretty sure, the code lines - itself- weren't the issue ;)
> >
> >
> >Best, Matthias
> >
>
> There's another issue surrounding developer skill atrophy or stunting that I find particularly concerning on an existential level.
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> If we allow people to use LLMs to write code for a given project/platform, experience in that platform will potentially atrophy or under develop as contributors increasingly rely on out sourcing their applicable skills and decisions to "AI".
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> Even if you believe out sourcing the minutia of coding is a net positive, the "enshitification" principal in general should give you pause; as soon as the net developer skill for a project has degraded to a point of reliance,  even somewhat, I think we can be confident those AI tools will NOT get less expensive.
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> I'd rather be independently less productive, than dependent on some MegaCorp(TM)'s good will to rent us back access to our brains at a fair price.
>
> - achaean
>