Yes
Instead I wrote it alongside AI and it took me barely more than an hour
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barely more than an hour
In the thread “GPT-5 is behind schedule”, replying to this comment
Helped: Converting PDF protocol spec to working Python implementation.
… It would have been uncreative drudge work for a human, but I would have absolutely paid a week of junior dev time for it. Instead I wrote it alongside AI and it took me barely more than an hour. The best part is, I’ve never written any (substantial) python code before.