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Codifying a ChatGPT workflow into a malleable GUI

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Wouldn't it be neat if you could use LLMs to create little personal utility apps as the need arises? Here's a story where I did just that... In my previous post, Malleable software in the age of LLMs, I laid out a theory for how LLMs might enable a new era of people creating their own personal software: I think it’s likely that soon all computer users will have the ability to develop small software tools from scratch, and to describe modifications they’d like made to software they’re already using. In other words, LLMs will represent a step change in tool support for end-user programming: the ability of normal people to fully harness the general power of computers without resorting to the complexity of normal programming. Until now, that vision has been bottlenecked on turning fuzzy informal intent into formal, executable code; now that bottleneck is rapidly opening up thanks to LLMs. Today I’ll share a real example where I found it useful to build custom personal software with an LLM.

July 2023 Codifying a ChatGPT workflow into a malleable GUI Wouldn't it be neat if you could use LLMs to create little personal utility apps as the need arises? Here's a story where I did just that... In my previous post, Malleable software in the age of LLMs , I laid out a theory for how LLMs might enable a new era of people creating their own personal software: I think it’s likely that soon all computer users will have the ability to develop small software tools from scratch, and to describe modifications they’d like made to software they’re already using. In other words, LLMs will represent

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