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Converting C to ASM to specs and then to a working Z/80 Speccy tape


Damien Guard nerd sniped me and other folks wanted more proof that it is now cheap, easy and possible to cheaply rewrite software or clone existing "source available" businesses (see bottom of the post). So, let's get cracking by creating a toy application by sending this prompt to the LLM.

It works but the sales tax isn't being calculated properly so let's head on back and give the LLM the following prompt and attach the above screenshot to it. I discovered this back around Christmas where I asked an LLM to make me an Haskell audio library by transpiling a rust implementation. Sometimes it gets it wrong but if you trust it enough, provide enough guidance and understand how these coding assistants work under the hood you can achieve N factor more outcomes than ever before.

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