There’s a lot of big projects posted these days, hard to find traction. You built it all? or AI coded it and you orchestrated? I think look for IT work and get money for housing until the SWE market improves.
Best of luck to you, it’s a brutal job market in tech right now. Try to find local people and help them with tech, I think there are probably enough huge new projects being made for no one specific and no specific use case.
I architect everything. Every system design, every architecture doc, every interface contract, every integration decision. The kernel is a from-scratch Rust kernel. The hypervisor is a clean-room Rust implementation. The security model, the cognitive architecture, the 10-layer enforcement stack. All of that comes from 20 years of building systems and an autistic brain that can hold all of it in memory simultaneously.
I then orchestrate upto 10-12 parallel AI coding sessions, each working on a separate component with strict file ownership and interface contracts defined upfront.
It’s closer to being a lead architect directing a development team than it is to prompting ChatGPT and hoping for the best.
You can’t vibe code a kernel. You can’t vibe code a hypervisor. You can’t vibe code a BPF LSM policy compiler.
These things require deep understanding of what they are and how they connect. The AI types fast under my direction.
I’ve developed a methodology around this: roughly 25% of the codebase is architectural markdown that guides code generation, proto files coordinate between sessions, integration happens between batches.
It’s a disciplined process, not random prompting. Nobody accidentally produces 1.3M lines that compile and pass 3,900+ tests (that's the number of tests for the core project only, not the entire 1.3M LoC)
Have you spoken to https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ you should be able to get some help and advocacy. And they will help you find accomodation and apply for the benefits you are entitled to.
You're obviously smart and probably present as high functioning to someone working in the job centre who is not motivated to help you and frankly anything they give you, you will be massively underemployed.
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I will say something feels off with the project itself just by looking at the stats.
Obviously an LLM is doing the heavy lifting to write 1.3m lines in 4 months, but 3,900+ tests seems an order of magnitude too small to me.
What LLM are you using to generate this much code? Priority 1 right now is to get accomodation, not pay for expensive LLM API costs or subscriptions!
But I have to be honest: I’ve been through Citizens Advice and the benefits system for years. CA is a signposting service that directs you to the same services that have already rejected you. PIP requires a formal diagnosis, which requires years of waiting lists and assessments.
I’ve been fighting this system long before I ended up in a tent. The post explains that the state won’t help, and that’s not an exaggeration or an oversight on my part. I’ve tried.
On the test count: fair point. The 3,900+ is the core workspace (50 crates).
Satellite projects have their own test suites not included in that number. Coverage could be better. That’s part of what stability buys me.
On the LLMs: Claude Code for complex Rust architecture. Codex for pattern-heavy work. Gemini for docs and broad context. Qwen for parallel workloads. All running simultaneously with strict file ownership and pre-defined interface contracts.
But to be direct about what I’m actually looking for: I don’t want benefits. I don’t want PIP. I don’t want permanent support from the state. I want to use my brain, build complex systems, and turn AI research into reality.
What I need is 3 months of runway so I can do exactly that.
> What I need is 3 months of runway so I can do exactly that.
I think you need to be more realistic about your priorities right now, you need a job, any job, and a roof over your head mate.
The OS and runway for a start up can wait. This is not an investable proposition for anyone, what happens after 3 months of runway on a vibe coded OS?
Where's the go to market plan, where's the viable business here? I'm not saying none of that exists but you need to put yourself on more stable footing before working on it, otherwise it will remain a pipe dream.
10-12 parallel AI coding sessions running simultaneously.
1.3M lines over 4 months at ~18 hours a day works out to roughly 600 lines per hour total, or about 60 lines per hour per session. One line per minute per session.
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That’s a tragic story, sorry to hear it.
There’s a lot of big projects posted these days, hard to find traction. You built it all? or AI coded it and you orchestrated? I think look for IT work and get money for housing until the SWE market improves.
Best of luck to you, it’s a brutal job market in tech right now. Try to find local people and help them with tech, I think there are probably enough huge new projects being made for no one specific and no specific use case.
Thanks for the kind words.
To answer your question:
I architect everything. Every system design, every architecture doc, every interface contract, every integration decision. The kernel is a from-scratch Rust kernel. The hypervisor is a clean-room Rust implementation. The security model, the cognitive architecture, the 10-layer enforcement stack. All of that comes from 20 years of building systems and an autistic brain that can hold all of it in memory simultaneously.
I then orchestrate upto 10-12 parallel AI coding sessions, each working on a separate component with strict file ownership and interface contracts defined upfront.
It’s closer to being a lead architect directing a development team than it is to prompting ChatGPT and hoping for the best.
You can’t vibe code a kernel. You can’t vibe code a hypervisor. You can’t vibe code a BPF LSM policy compiler.
These things require deep understanding of what they are and how they connect. The AI types fast under my direction.
I’ve developed a methodology around this: roughly 25% of the codebase is architectural markdown that guides code generation, proto files coordinate between sessions, integration happens between batches.
It’s a disciplined process, not random prompting. Nobody accidentally produces 1.3M lines that compile and pass 3,900+ tests (that's the number of tests for the core project only, not the entire 1.3M LoC)
Sorry to hear about your situation.
Have you spoken to https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/ you should be able to get some help and advocacy. And they will help you find accomodation and apply for the benefits you are entitled to.
If you can get a proper diagnosis you can also claim PIP for more support: https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/personal-independence-paym...
You're obviously smart and probably present as high functioning to someone working in the job centre who is not motivated to help you and frankly anything they give you, you will be massively underemployed.
---
I will say something feels off with the project itself just by looking at the stats.
Obviously an LLM is doing the heavy lifting to write 1.3m lines in 4 months, but 3,900+ tests seems an order of magnitude too small to me.
What LLM are you using to generate this much code? Priority 1 right now is to get accomodation, not pay for expensive LLM API costs or subscriptions!
Best of luck!
I appreciate the thought, genuinely.
But I have to be honest: I’ve been through Citizens Advice and the benefits system for years. CA is a signposting service that directs you to the same services that have already rejected you. PIP requires a formal diagnosis, which requires years of waiting lists and assessments.
I’ve been fighting this system long before I ended up in a tent. The post explains that the state won’t help, and that’s not an exaggeration or an oversight on my part. I’ve tried.
On the test count: fair point. The 3,900+ is the core workspace (50 crates).
Satellite projects have their own test suites not included in that number. Coverage could be better. That’s part of what stability buys me.
On the LLMs: Claude Code for complex Rust architecture. Codex for pattern-heavy work. Gemini for docs and broad context. Qwen for parallel workloads. All running simultaneously with strict file ownership and pre-defined interface contracts.
But to be direct about what I’m actually looking for: I don’t want benefits. I don’t want PIP. I don’t want permanent support from the state. I want to use my brain, build complex systems, and turn AI research into reality.
What I need is 3 months of runway so I can do exactly that.
> What I need is 3 months of runway so I can do exactly that.
I think you need to be more realistic about your priorities right now, you need a job, any job, and a roof over your head mate.
The OS and runway for a start up can wait. This is not an investable proposition for anyone, what happens after 3 months of runway on a vibe coded OS?
Where's the go to market plan, where's the viable business here? I'm not saying none of that exists but you need to put yourself on more stable footing before working on it, otherwise it will remain a pipe dream.
It’s just ~8 lines per minute if you work 24/7 for 4 months. Maybe they don’t sleep.
10-12 parallel AI coding sessions running simultaneously.
1.3M lines over 4 months at ~18 hours a day works out to roughly 600 lines per hour total, or about 60 lines per hour per session. One line per minute per session.
The methodology is documented on the repo.