This is a great example of how people waste our planet's resources faster with AI.
Seriously, in what world do we need a rust compiler in php? I'd rather have cheap RAM and storage, which I can't because of this kind of stupid idea.
I wonder how much energy was wasted on this. How many people got poisoned or killed in mines to create the GPUs that spewed out this useless code.
The fact that we can do something doesn't mean we should. It's time to end this madness.
EDIT: yeah keep your downvotes coming. Ignore the obvious problem. Easy, it's invisible, just don't think about it.
But it is not something new that came with AI, even if it is most recent and most visible symptom of the sickness. We keep buying tons of useless crap and convert to tons of trash. We waste tremendous amount of energy for most trivial whims. Frugality was never dominant idea.
Why do we assume this was created with AI? Is there some marker we can use to detect that?
The amount of code committed per day suggest some kind of automation.
Also, a passionate programmer usually will add a "why this exists" in his readme.
I'd be very surprised if this wasn't AI.
> Seriously, in what world do we need a rust compiler in php?
This is described in the README:
> Useful if you need to compile Rust on a shared hosting server from 2008 where the only installed runtime is PHP.
So I guess that world? I mean there's working around a problem and then there's working around a problem...
It would be amusing if, in such a highly limited environment, the compiled binary was still unusable due to restrictions on setting the executable flag.
Time to extend https://github.com/TheFox/i8086emu to x86_64
Flipside: how much RAM and storage do you need? What do you need it for? What are you going to fill it with? Vibe code? Porn? Pirated movies? One man's treasure is another's trash I suppose.
FWIW I didn't downvote you, I don't have much use for a Rust compiler at all, let alone a toy one written in PHP.
"It's time to end this madness" - this is like trying to shut the barn doors after the horses have bolted and are on a cruise ship that's already sailed, drinking martinis by the pool.
People are having fun with a new way to code, trying things out they couldn't have ever done before. It's been just over a year since Claude code was launched, blowing the doors off all of the other coding models. Compared to the years of hype around cryptocoins and all the GPU cycles wasted on that, this is a bresh of fresh air for many people.
Why are you assuming this was AI? It doesn't show any obvious indications of being AI. Maybe this is just someone's random side project. I advise you against jumping to conclusions.
Just look at the commit cadance, the bulk of the 8k lines of code was added in a couple of hours. Most commits 2-4 minutes apart. This is 100% vibe coded and it's pretty obvious.
> It doesn't show any obvious indications of being AI.
I agree that he probably asked the AI to omit some common AI tells, like excessive comments, verbose readmes etc.
And then there's me...
`git commit --amend`
People are weird, I for one started to use em dash more often — look at me!
He also built a 3d engine from scratch using only 2d line function, way before ai:
https://github.com/mrconter1/IntuitiveEngine
Prove me wrong :)