On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 2:00 AM Thomas de Grivel <thodg@kmx.io> wrote:
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> 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

unclear why there's a copy of crc32c in this "ext4fs" driver - openbsd
already has crc32c in the kernel. see sys/lib/libkern/crc32c.h.

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> 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.
> >
> > 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".
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
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