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The AI built a Beets plugin so my playlists now make themselves

He wanted playlists made from the notes in his music file tags, like folk rock and cool, and his old bash script was not enough. The AI gave up and sent him to forums, then the AI wrote a Beets plugin and a config that now creates and updates his playlists on its own from those tags.

How it works

  1. Tries the AI first, which gives up and sends him to forums
  2. The AI writes a plugin that reads his raw comment tags
  3. The AI writes the Beets config
  4. Playlists such as FOLK_ROCK.m3u and COOL.m3u are created and updated on their own

Why it’s worth knowing

He argued with AI over which tag to use and won. The plugin the AI wrote reads the tag he insisted on, and his playlists now update themselves.

Where it’s from

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

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