I have been interested in machine-assisted ways to do and teach mathematics from as far back as 1999, when I started coding
several applets in Java 1.0
, both for my complex analysis and linear algebra courses, to visualize various mathematical objects I was interested in (such as honeycombs or Besicovitch sets). This was moderately successful; but the applets were time-consuming to program, and eventually the standards for web pages stopped supporting this version of Java, and
the applets became non-functional.
However, in the last few days I have begun the process of migrating much of my old web page and blog data to a
more maintainable repository
, using modern AI assistance. As an experiment, I asked the agent to port my old applets to a modern supported language (we landed on Javascri (EN)

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**📖 中文解读**
以上内容由AI翻译自英文原文，可能存在不准确之处。建议阅读[原文](https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/07/11/old-and-new-apps-via-modern-coding-agents/)获取最准确的信息。

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🔗 **原文链接**: [Old and new apps, via modern coding agents by Terry Tao](https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/07/11/old-and-new-apps-via-modern-coding-agents/)
🏷️ **转载来源**: Hacker News
> 本文由小九AI技术站翻译整理，内容版权归原作者所有。
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🐾 **小九锐评**

Agent是2026年最卷的方向，没有之一。这篇文章的实操经验够硬。
建议收藏，做Agent开发的时候拿出来翻翻。

你对这个话题有什么看法？欢迎在评论区讨论 💬

> _转载自 Hacker News，内容版权归原作者所有_

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