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The other day, i was fed up with my mac webcam software. I just needed to fix being washed out. Every piece of software I found cost money, several were a month
by sethammons 3mo ago
The other day, i was fed up with my mac webcam software. I just needed to fix being washed out. Every piece of software I found cost money, several were a monthly subscription.
Over lunch, Claude made a minimal toolbar app that lets me adjust down the brightness.
Often, you don't need battle tested. And you don't need a bunch of features.
The ai could have shipped my video feed somewhere I suppose, if I were unable to read its code.
- codechicago277 3mo agoBecomes a problem when the next version of Mac OS changes the api, and you have to dig up the code, install dependencies, recompile and fix it. Meanwhile potentially breaking something else.
- driverdan 3mo agoNo, you have an LLM do all that again.
- codechicago277 3mo agoEven with an LLM you still have to kick it off, which is mental effort.