Curated Hacker NewsMar 16

FreeBSD risks losing relevance by ignoring AI tooling like Claude Code

https://discoverbsd.com/p/8a7660c31b

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FreeBSD risks losing relevance by ignoring AI tooling like Claude Code

Anthropic’s shift from an npm-based installer to a native installer for Claude Code has left FreeBSD users with a deprecation warning, signaling potential abandonment of the platform. The author argues...

Show threadBruce Simpson, Ph.D.Mar 16
@CuratedHackerNews No, we're working on #GenAI policy in #FreeBSD right now. It is not an automatic go or no-go; discretion is required. #Colin #Percival is looking into it. As the old saying goes, "it is important to keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out." @timnitGebru @emilymbender @pluralistic
Show threadBruce Simpson, Ph.D.
@CuratedHackerNews @timnitGebru @emilymbender @pluralistic And sure enough, I inadvertently attracted #AISlop : https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=293575
293575 – shutdown(8): accept -P (Linux) as a synonym for -p (power off)

Mar 16 at 6:07pmWeb