This Old Repo: LLMs and the Restoration of BattleTris
Podcast: Oxide and FriendsPublished On: Tue Jun 09 2026
Description: Bryan and Adam discuss the process of restoring a software project--BattleTris--untouched and unbuilt in over 20 years! How did LLMs help restore code Bryan started in the mid-1990s and what does that teach us about developing and maintaining software in the future?Your hosts were Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal.Previously on Oxide and FriendsOxF s03e24 - Fork in the road for Terraform?OxF s06e02 - Engineering Rigor in the LLM AgeOxF s06e01 - Predictions 2026!!Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:BattleTris on githubSurge 2011 ~ Closing Plenary ~ Theo SchlossnagleFrom the Governor of DelawareIf we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!
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