Hacker News Digest: AI, Prompt Engineering & Dev Trends
Welcome! This article summarizes high-impact discussions from Hacker News, focusing on AI, ChatGPT, prompt engineering, and developer tools.
Curated for clarity and relevance, each post offers a unique viewpoint worth exploring.
What’s Included:
- Grouped insights from Hacker News on Prompt Engineering, AI Trends, Tools, and Use Cases
- Summarized content in original words
- Proper attribution: 'As posted by username'
- Code snippets included where relevant
- Direct link to each original Hacker News post
- Clean HTML formatting only
Post 1: Show HN: FFmpeg in plain English – LLM-assisted FFmpeg in the browser
As posted by: bjano | 🔥 Points: 3
https://vidmix.app/ffmpeg-in-plain-english/
Summary
I found that I am using ChatGPT more and more to get the FFmpeg command I need, but the process can be a bit tedious: copy-pasting commands, dealing with input file names and locations, making sure the prompt contains enough info about the input files.
This site attempts to solve that. You just describe what you want to do, pick the input files and an LLM (currently DeepSeek) generates the FFmpeg command. You can then run it directly in your browser or use the command elsewhere.
Post 2: Show HN: Highlight Text to Send Directly into ChatGPT
As posted by: bluelegacy | 🔥 Points: 1
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chatgpt-search-use-on-any/ekamciedckbbigpojmkhbaoddfbdkphi
Summary
Hi everyone. This is a Chrome Extension which allows you to send any highlighted text directly to ChatGPT as a prompt. No account needed. Just right click and select the newly added menu option.
Final Takeaways
These discussions reveal how developers think about emerging AI trends, tool usage, and practical innovation. Take inspiration from these community insights to level up your own development or prompt workflows.