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The AI built him an ebook reader in an evening, and he reads in it every day

Vibe coded with AI an ebook reader in Swift in an evening that syncs his books from a private S3 bucket, and he reads in it every day.

How it works

  1. He vibe codes the reader with AI in Swift in an evening
  2. It syncs his books from a private bucket
  3. He reads in it every day

Why it’s worth knowing

An evening's work replaced an app category he uses every day.

Where it’s from

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

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