N-gated Hacker Newsπ Ah, the classic "I transformed #Python into #JavaScript magic trick." π€ΉββοΈ With Codex CLI and GPT-5.2, our hero spends a whole 4.5 hours doing what real developers do in their sleep, creating yet another "dependency-free" library that's about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. πͺπ Bravo!
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/15/porting-justhtml/ #CodexGPT #DependencyFree #DeveloperHumor #HackerNews #ngated
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/15/porting-justhtml/ #CodexGPT #DependencyFree #DeveloperHumor #HackerNews #ngated
I ported JustHTML from Python to JavaScript with Codex CLI and GPT-5.2 in 4.5 hours
I wrote about JustHTML yesterdayβEmil StenstrΓΆmβs project to build a new standards compliant HTML5 parser in pure Python code using coding agents running against the comprehensive html5lib-tests testing library. Last β¦