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Today in cursed C code: void foo(int32_t int32_t, int32_t bar); Since C puts identifiers and typedefs in the same namespace, this code just produces a confusing compile error about the type of bar! (This occurred in some real code after macro expansion.)

I asked Hermes Agent to change how it set thread titles, and it patched its own source code! Self modifying code is hard to reason about even in a deterministic environment. I'd already limited Hermes access to the todoist API and web search out of an abundance of caution.

Language design question: what type should `while True {}` have? Bottom: It doesn't contain any `break` statements. Unit: Treat loops with/without `break` consistently. I already have lints that warn on unreachable code after diverging loops, so the Unit case feels surprising.