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 Also this story is beginning to smell like #AIHype in disguise. Issues like us not having #eBPF support yet are surely more important. #FreeBSD doesn't "risk losing relevance" for the given reason. The original author is frankly talking b*llocks.
Show thread0mp at FreeBSDMar 16
@bms48 @CuratedHackerNews How important is the #eBPF support actually?
Show threadBruce Simpson, Ph.D.
@mpts @CuratedHackerNews #ebpf in #FreeBSD may be extra important now for semi-commercial reasons specific to me and technology I have a stake in now. Patent worthy, but not the eBPF stuff itself. We'd plan to do #DOSP and free-the-future though.
Mar 23 at 6:48pmWeb
Show threadBruce Simpson, Ph.D.5d ago
@mpts @CuratedHackerNews I have now published my FreeBSD 2026 work plan: https://people.freebsd.org/~bms/devsummit/bms-devsummit-2026.pdf