Sue SmithPeople keep talking about llms killing saas but we were quoted a ludicrous amount for a previously free platform during the week and I'm rustling up an alternative that's completely free aside from a few days of my own labour using the magical automation that is ✨bash scripting✨
lornajane@lornajane honestly I am currently feeling like doing a bash scripting beginner coding exercise lol, it feels like the kind of activity that can give people the thrill of having made computers do stuff that prompting an llm doesn't
@sue the real irony is that I mostly write shell type scripts in python now. I do still use a Makefile in any project where I can't be overruled about that sort of choice though
@lornajane I weirdly find I write more of this type of thing now than ever, it feels especially odd as everyone is evangelising about LLMs
Mateusz 🏳️🌈@sue I’ve noticed that Anthropic’s models do excessively use these old-fashioned tools you use for bash scripting (grep, sed, awk…). It’s partially a reason for their success in coding tasks, I guess 🤷🏻♂️