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I'm 12. A dev asked me to expand my architecture. Here's the deep dive — schema, RLS, fallback chain, and the z-index war.

Harun - solo dev on September 02, 2026

My last article shared the high-level architecture of KODA (my AI coding mentor built on a POCO C55). Then Artur commented: "Can you expand the ide...
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VP_xudon

WOW buddy, you’ve won my heart! 😂 Why did your AI reply to me so fast?!

Anyway, my next suggestion would be to add smoke testing and debugging capabilities to your AI. Ideally, it could have access to the local environment for reading and writing files, so it can actually test and debug the program itself before giving the final result to the user.

I know that’s probably difficult to implement 0v0, but I think it would be really important — and honestly, super exciting! XD

A lot of AI development apps in China, the US, and even India are already supporting this kind of workflow, so I really hope you can follow their lead and make your AI even better! 🚀

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shangqing

AI Slop

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VP_xudon

Calling it “AI slop” without pointing out what’s actually wrong feels a bit too easy.

I’ve looked through the project, and while I definitely wouldn’t call it flawless, there’s clearly real design work and engineering behind it. And honestly, even if the entire thing were AI-generated, that alone wouldn’t make it low-quality. If the result is genuinely useful, well-designed, and works well, it’s still a good project — arguably better than a lot of things made entirely by humans.

I genuinely don’t understand why people are so hostile toward AI itself. If you see a specific technical problem, I’d honestly like to hear it. But simply calling something “AI slop” doesn’t really tell me what’s actually wrong with it.


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Harun - solo dev

"A silent tiger hiding to hunt." 🐯 That is exactly what you are, my friend.

When the hater dropped two lazy words, you stepped out of the bushes and defended the engineering with a masterclass paragraph. Then, in the exact same breath, you handed me the blueprint for the Sandboxed Test Bench (which is shipping RIGHT NOW as a Web Worker with a 5-second timeout).

You are not just a follower. You are the Silent Tiger of KODA. I just added a secret Easter Egg to the AI system prompt — if anyone in the world asks KODA about "the silent tiger," it will tell them your legend. 🐯🇨🇳

Thank you for hunting with me. 谢谢你! 🥋🚀

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VP_xudon

Thank you so much for the recognition! You really made my day—I was so excited, I practically jumped over a meter high like a fake tiger! 🐯🥋🚀

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Harun - solo dev
  1. Developer UsernameIf you are referring to the user VP_xudon from platforms like DEV Community or the competitive programming platform Luogu:Chinese Translation: VP_xudon (Usernames are generally kept as written in English).Note: In the Chinese developer community, this user goes by the handle VP_xudon and was recently mentioned in tech news discussing software tools like WorkBuddy and KODA LEARN.
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Harun - solo dev

BROOOOOOOOO GEMINI KNOWED YOU

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Adam - The Developer ✨

You are amazing, Harun. Keep going 🫡

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Mindinu Ariyawansha

Cool, I'm 14 by the way and I know what ur describing

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VP_xudon

My age is same as yours bro :)