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Wouldn't it have made more sense for Claude to suggest using the existing Linux-Airprint-VM project/product that already does this exact thing? There's even a
by oneplane 1mo ago
Wouldn't it have made more sense for Claude to suggest using the existing Linux-Airprint-VM project/product that already does this exact thing?
There's even a zero-install method via https://printervention.app https://printervention.app where it runs that Linux VM isolated inside a WebUSB-capable browser. That website itself was posted right here on HN not too long ago.
I get that the LLM code assistant software prefers writing stuff, but constantly re-writing the same solution seems a bit inefficient.
- Lucasoato 1mo agoBut it wouldn’t have used so many tokens ;)
- kuberwastaken 1mo agoused like $10 of tokens btw :)
- moffkalast 1mo agoAre you sure that approach would work? Usually I find these sort of projects end up not working just for the specific device I happen to have, which is always unsupported lol.
- oneplane 1mo agoIt usually does, in this case as well since it's SPL.