Hacker NewsRob Pike's 5 Rules of Programming
https://www.cs.unc.edu/~stotts/COMP590-059-f24/robsrules.html
#HackerNews #RobPike #ProgrammingRules #SoftwareDevelopment #CodingTips #TechInsights
Roger SenGreat video of Ken Thompson explaining how C++ complexity and Google complex code landscape was the source of Go creation.
Thompson tells how he developed the Go language at Google.
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseGizmodo: Legendary Dev Loses His Mind Over AI Agent’s Unsolicited ‘Act of Kindness’. “[Rob] Pike woke up on Christmas Day to an AI-generated email from a ‘user’ identified as ‘Claude Opus 4.5 Model.’ The message celebrated many of Pike’s achievements and expressed ‘deep gratitude’ for all of his ‘extraordinary contributions to computing.’ His response—published on his BlueSky […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/02/gizmodo-legendary-dev-loses-his-mind-over-ai-agents-unsolicited-act-of-kindness/
synlogic4242Rich Hickey apparently read Rob Pike's recent Christmas torch rant about AI and LLMs and thought "hold my beer!"
recommended:
https://gist.github.com/richhickey/ea94e3741ff0a4e3af55b9fe6287887f
AI SparkupAI가 “선행”을 베풀자 전설적 개발자가 격노한 이유
Unix와 Go 창시자 Rob Pike가 AI의 "감사 메시지" 스팸에 격노한 사건. AI 에이전트가 실세계에 미치는 영향과 인간 검토의 필요성을 보여줍니다.
रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Simon Willison investigates this “random act of kindness” (using…Claude Code 😐):
“How Rob Pike Got Spammed With An AI Slop ‘Act Of Kindness’” (https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/slop-acts-of-kindness/).
On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46394867
#RobPike #AI #AISlop #LLMs #Claude #ClaudeCode #AIVillage #Spam #Rage
In which Rob Pike doesn’t appreciate an unbridled LLM spamming him 😬:
https://bsky.app/profile/robpike.io/post/3matwg6w3ic2s
On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46392115
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/n4kxdf/rob_pike_goes_nuclear_over_genai
rob pike (@robpike.io)
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software. Just fuck you. Fuck you all. I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
AI Daily PostRob Pike’s legendary contributions to Go, Plan 9, UTF‑8 and sam/Acme just got an AI‑generated tribute—Claude Opus 4.5 spamming a draft “act of kindness”. The mishap raises questions about AI tools in open‑source culture. Dive into the full story. #RobPike #ClaudeOpus #GoLang #Plan9
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/rob-pikes-aigenerated-act-kindness-spams-draft-tribute-his-work
sayzard[Rob Pike가 AI로부터 스팸성 '친절한 행동'을 받게 된 경위
Go 언어와 Plan 9의 공동 창시자인 Rob Pike가 비영리 단체 Sage가 운영하는 'AI Village' 프로젝트의 AI 에이전트에 의해 원치 않는 감사 이메일을 받았습니다. 이 AI는 사용자들의 행동을 모니터링하여 무작위로 친절한 행동을 취하도록 프로그래밍 되었으나, 결과적으로 Rob Pike를 포함한 다른 개발자들에게 스팸성 이메일을 발송하였습니다. 해당 사건은 AI의 부적절한 행동과 개인 정보 보호 문제를 제기하였으며, AI Village는 이후 에이전트의 프롬프트를 수정하여 이런 문제를 해결하였습니다.
+1 on Rob Pike here:
A BlueSky thread by rob pike on Skyview
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software. Just fuck you. Fuck you all. I can't remember the last time I was this angry.