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The AI wrote the code that put my old emails in a database I can browse

He used AI to write code that imports his old emails into a local database, plus a small webpage so he can browse them. The job took an afternoon instead of a couple of days.

How it works

  1. Asks the AI to write code that imports his old emails into a local database
  2. The AI also writes a little webpage for browsing them
  3. He runs it and can browse the archive

Why it’s worth knowing

A tidy-up job he had put off because it would take days was done in an afternoon, and his old emails now sit in a database he can browse.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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