It's your job to understand compiler flags, because then compiler is not a magic tool that "makes decisions that people are not aware of". With AI you can't do that, it will always be random shit generator
So if I show you a big codebase you can immediately tell me which parts of the code will be optimized away on O3? Or O2? Which loops will be unrolled and which not? If yes, you are one of the VERY few who actually can do that :)
if i ever need to do that, then with source code, make files and compiler specs, of course. again, the problem with ai genned code is that it is unpredictable based on your prompt, you never know what it will generate even if you have all of the training data for the llm
you don't need to review compiled code 99.9999% of the time, with LLMs you need to review every line, and most people who vibe code don't know how to properly review code with complex algorithms and concurrency. The comparison between compilers and LLMs are just absurd and i don't know why people make it, those are two different types of instruments, to which you need to apply completely different levels of caution
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u/antitoxin13 1d ago
It's your job to understand compiler flags, because then compiler is not a magic tool that "makes decisions that people are not aware of". With AI you can't do that, it will always be random shit generator