AI coding is eroding Emacs's edge in speed, customization and LISP, author argues
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A Hacker News front-page post on November 12 argues that AI coding tools are weakening Emacs's traditional strengths in editing speed, customization and LISP expressiveness. It cites excali-mode.el, a rewrite of the Excalidraw stack, and cooked.el, a self-built Rust terminal emulator, as examples of personal customization projects that AI now makes affordable. The author suggests software freedom may come to mean getting the computer to realize a personal vision, though users may not understand how the generated software works.
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- Hacker News front pageEmacs in the Age of Magic
AI 编程工具正在削弱 Emacs 在编辑速度、定制能力和 LISP 表达力上的传统优势，这是文章的核心判断。文章以 excali-mode.el 重写 Excalidraw 技术栈、cooked.el 自建 Rust 终端模拟器为例，讨论 AI 如何让过去成本过高的个人定制项目变得可行。作者进一步提出，软件自由可能转向让计算机实现个人想象，但用户未必理解生成的软件如何运作。
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