SMRTR ProgrammingJan 27, 2025Daily.dev

Building personal software with Claude

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A software engineer utilized Claude, an AI assistant, to port an Emacs package to Rust, significantly enhancing performance. The AI efficiently translated complex Elisp to Rust and created Emacs patches with little human input. This process, normally taking days, was finished in an afternoon. The experience showcased AI's advancing coding abilities and its potential to streamline development, while also prompting questions about evolving coding skills and the need for better AI interaction tools.

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