The Claude C Compiler is the first AI-generated compiler that builds complex C code, built by @AnthropicAI. Reactions ranged from dismissal as "AI nonsense" to "SW is over": both takes miss the point. As a compiler🐉 expert and experienced SW leader, I see a lot to learn: 👇

I dug deep to see how it works, and how it was built - it's neither production quality, nor a trivial toy. It says a lot about how we as SW engineers should think about AI coding - how to get the benefit of new tech without losing the value of human innovation and judgement.