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The AI grades his kid's video history well, and the banning hand stays his

Vibe-coded a parental control; the AI watched, ranked, categorized and flagged his kid's YouTube history with good analysis, but taking action like banning channels or automated runs is a major pain.

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How it works

  1. He vibe-codes a parental control
  2. The AI watches, ranks, categorizes and flags his kid's video history with good analysis
  3. Taking action like banning channels stays manual

Why it’s worth knowing

Ranking what a kid watches is data; banning is parenting. The split is right.

Where it’s from

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

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