I know nothing about Eclipse plugins. The AI built me one that works.

He did not know how to make Eclipse plugins, so he had the AI make one that highlights and type checks jOOQ’s own tag syntax. It took a single prompt, and the plugin already works.

How it works

Gives the AI a single prompt
The AI builds an Eclipse plugin that highlights and type checks jOOQ’s internal preprocessor tag syntax
The plugin works

Why it’s worth knowing

He had never made an Eclipse plugin and did not know how. One prompt to the AI, and the plugin already works.

Where it’s from

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

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