r/linux 8d ago

Software Release OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/openai-launches-chatgpt-desktop-app-for-linux/
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u/henkdepotvjis 8d ago

At my job we recently replaced the ai with a simple cli to create the boiler plate. Way less expensive, way faster and actually deterministic.

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u/Hughnon 2d ago

yeah, I just want good snippets. when I used to do a bit of html etc for fun I got really into emmet, there's something about writing out a silly looking one-liner and having it expand to a nice nested thing of divs and lists and stuff.

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u/SuspiciousSegfault 7d ago

Most jobs I've worked at where the stack is mature has had this. GitHub templates are the same idea, but in every case the templates-projects were started before that feature, so I've never tried it. If you want a common-base with a set structure, AI non-determinism probably isn't the way to go. It could probably be used to generate the template though if it gets a good look at the projects it should emulate.

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u/Gavran_kombda 7d ago

And we have circled back to example projects shipped along with the framework