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Deutsch(DE) Jemand "portiert" Lightroom mit Claude agentisch zu Linux. Heraus kam aber eher eine Doku-Anleitung. Spannend daran ist doch vielmehr: 55M Token kosten wohl 550

AI agent's Lightroom port to Linux yields documentation, not software

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An attempt to port Adobe Lightroom to Linux using Anthropic's Claude AI resulted in a documentation guide rather than a functional application. The process highlighted the significant cost of processing large token volumes, with 55 million tokens estimated to cost around €550, suggesting potential token dumping by providers. This expense, equivalent to roughly one person-day of work, raises questions about the current cost-effectiveness and practical advantages of AI agents for such complex tasks. AI

IMPACT Highlights the current limitations and high costs of using AI agents for complex software porting tasks, questioning their practical advantage over manual methods.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a user attempting to use an AI model to port software, which resulted in documentation rather than a functional product, fitting the 'tool' category for AI-adjacent product development.

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AI agent's Lightroom port to Linux yields documentation, not software

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 Deutsch(DE) · [email protected] ·

    Someone "ported" Lightroom agentically to Linux with Claude. But it turned out to be more of a documentation guide. What is more exciting about it: 55M tokens probably cost 550

    Jemand "portiert" Lightroom mit Claude agentisch zu Linux. Heraus kam aber eher eine Doku-Anleitung. Spannend daran ist doch vielmehr: 55M Token kosten wohl 550€ (?), weil massives # tokendumping von den Anbietern stattfindet. Also ein halber Manntag. Realistischer Tokenpreis (de…

    LINKS golem.de/…/auswahl.html golem.de/…/auswahl.html

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