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Disposal8433 | 5 months ago

I had the same reaction. It's a big stretch to call a "tool" 500 lines of JS that could be replaced with a few Bash calls, a regexp, or a small self-contained Python+UV script. Even worse when it's limited in functionality.

We failed at creating automation tools for the users (even if Apple tried that with AppleScript or Automator), but vibe coding throwaway scripts is not the answer.

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simonw|5 months ago

I can't run a few bash calls or a Python+UV script in Mobile Safari on my phone. That's very much a goal of most of these as well.

I actually have a separate collection of vibe-coded UV+Python scripts on that site here: https://tools.simonwillison.net/python/