Ask HN: How much of the stack will be rewritten from scratch this century?
A lot of the foundational layers of software are quite old. Kernel: Linux/Darwin, Compiler: GCC/LLVM, Database: Postgres/MySQL/SQLite, Browser: V8/WebKit.
The more low-level, the older it gets.
The industry is still extremely young. It's hard to imagine that we won't eventually rewrite everything in time.
What do you think will be re-written, and what benefits will it bring?
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Once AI can write better software, I wouldn't be surprised to see lots of low-level code rewritten and projects integrating vertically to the hardware more since it will become as simple as a prompt.