Starling is a functional desktop environment, including Wayland/X11 servers and bundled apps, written primarily by AI. The system consists of 335K lines of Swift, C, and C++, directed by a single person over six months to run real desktop applications like Chrome and Slack.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderThis serves as a proof-of-concept for using AI to manage high-complexity, low-level systems programming.
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founderThis demonstrates the potential for extreme developer leverage in building full-stack software products.