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The AI built a working home for the NFL pool we ran on Excel for 15 years

A man who cannot code beyond R had the AI build a working home for the complicated NFL pool he and a friend have run on Excel for more than 15 years. He says the result felt like magic to him.

How it works

  1. Describes the NFL pool he and his friend run on Excel
  2. The AI codes a working home for the pool

Why it’s worth knowing

He cannot code beyond R, yet the AI built a working home for a pool that had lived in Excel for over 15 years.

Where it’s from

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

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