{"id":15334,"date":"2026-03-15T10:27:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=15334"},"modified":"2026-03-15T10:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:27:59","slug":"how-can-we-trust-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2026\/03\/15\/how-can-we-trust-them\/","title":{"rendered":"How can we trust them?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I found Algorithms with TypeScript<\/a> I told myself “wow, that’s an interesting book!” And the premises are really catching:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book grew out of a simple observation: most software engineers use algorithms and data structures every day, yet many feel uncertain about the fundamentals. \u2026 Algorithms with TypeScript<\/em> bridges that gap. It presents the core algorithms and data structures from a typical undergraduate algorithms curriculum — roughly equivalent to MIT’s 6.006 and 6.046 — but uses TypeScript as the language of expression. Every algorithm discussed in the text is implemented, tested, and available in the accompanying repository. The implementations are not pseudocode translated into TypeScript; they are idiomatic, type-safe, and tested with a modern toolchain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I noticed this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Built with Zenflow<\/a> by Zencoder<\/a> using Claude Code<\/a> and Claude Opus 4.6<\/a> by Anthropic<\/a><\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The question is: does it have hallucinations<\/a>? Does it “teach” mislabel exponential-time algorithms as merely cubic Time complexity<\/a>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The issue is: can we trust them? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is accountable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is in charge?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I found Algorithms with TypeScript I told myself “wow, that’s an interesting book!” And the premises are really catching: This book grew out of a simple observation: most software engineers use algorithms and data structures every day, yet many feel uncertain about the fundamentals. \u2026 Algorithms with TypeScript bridges that gap. It presents the…<\/p>\n

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