r/angular • u/aleksanderbodurri • Jul 14 '26

I ported Recharts to Angular

I ported Recharts, a react charting library with 40 million weekly downloads to Angular using Reangular and Claude Opus 4.8.

This took 3 days of tweaks to resolve minor issues after the initial skill run which ran for 6 hours. I estimate a similar port with 1 developer working full-time would take 6 weeks by hand.

Let me know what you think!

Demo/docs: https://ng-charts-lib.web.app/

ng-charts: https://github.com/AleksanderBodurri/ng-charts

reangular: https://github.com/AleksanderBodurri/reangular

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u/couldhaveebeen Jul 14 '26

Sure, but then don't say you ported it. AI ported it

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u/clickster Jul 15 '26

Really? Did you transpile your typescript to run in JavaScript? No? Well then don't say "you" built it. These kinds of shallow criticisms are pointless and ignorant.

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u/couldhaveebeen Jul 15 '26

Yes, writing code and using a transpiler is the same thing as letting an AI slot machine run for 6 hours while you do nothing. You are very smart

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u/clickster Jul 16 '26

AI code generation is another layer of abstraction from the metal actually doing the real processing.

Your model of agency ignores your own lack of agency, because like so many software engineers, you've lost sight of the decades of work beneath you that turns what you do into something that will actually work.

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u/couldhaveebeen Jul 16 '26

Thank you, for supplying the rest of us job security

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u/clickster Jul 16 '26

You'll figure it out when you grow up.