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FAWK: LLMs can write a language interpreter

(martin.janiczek.cz)
207 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 21 Nov 25 10:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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ikari_pl ◴[21 Nov 25 12:57 UTC] No.46004050[source]▶
Today, Gemini wrote a python script for me, that connects to Fibaro API (local home automation system), and renames all the rooms and devices to English automatically.

Worked on the first run. I mean, the second, because the first run was by default a dry run printing a beautiful table, and the actual run requires a CLI arg, and it also makes a backup.

It was a complete solution.

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shevy-java ◴[21 Nov 25 14:07 UTC] No.46004754[source]▶
Although I dislike the AI hype, I do have to admit that this is a use case that is good. You saved time here, right?

I personally still prefer the oldschool way, the slower way - I write the code, I document it, I add examples, then if I feel like it I add random cat images to the documentation to make it appear less boring, so people also read things.

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1. renegade-otter ◴[21 Nov 25 14:29 UTC] No.46004945[source]▶
The way I see it - if there is something USEFUl to learn, I need to struggle and learn it. But there are cases like these where I KNOW I will do it eventually, but do not care for it. There is nothing to learn. That's where I use them.