AI ported his archive format from Dart to Rust, now in beta in many languages

Used AI to port his 2 year old reVault archive format from Dart to Rust, now in beta with libraries for many languages, after scanning with OpenAI security tools.

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How it works

He uses AI to port his 2-year-old archive format from Dart to Rust
Scans the result with security tools
The port reaches beta with libraries for many languages

Why it’s worth knowing

A personal format got a second life in a second language.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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