SMRTR ProgrammingJan 14, 2026Hacker News

The Unbearable Frustration of Figuring Out APIs

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A developer learning Chinese creates a command-line translation tool in Swift, initially trying Zig before switching due to async function limitations. The journey involves wrestling with macOS Translation APIs, language model installation, and discovering that the built-in models require separate downloads despite being available in right-click menus.

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