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msmash @ Slashdot · today 13:10 EDT

'Just Have AI Build an App For That'

Software engineer David Gomes writes in a blog post: I sometimes need to search for a website that will "convert a PNG to SVG", or "remove page from PDF" or "resize svg". And these apps are... okay. I don't really trust most of them with my data, and also a lot of times they just don't work or have too many ads. So, I've been noticing a trend of people just using AI agents to create full blown apps for these simple use cases.

I decided to try it myself for a "resize SVG" app since I recently had to go thr

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