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Rob Beynon
@originalastacus.bsky.social
Retired biochemist. Technologically overstimulated ex-scientist. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Proudly a FLSW, currently VP STEMM 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Keen 📷 of mostly 🦜. See Bird pics: http://rjbwild.smugmug.com

Inventor of Zwitter!
Web site: http://www.phbuffers.org
As a welshman, I appreciate the Dylan Thomas, albeit mutated :)
July 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I asked Claude to writ ethe annotation guide, and it built in features I did not ask for, and did not know about! I hope this will actually be of use..

phbuffers.org/Claude/pepti...
PeptideMapper Annotation Syntax Guide
phbuffers.org
June 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
yes, me too. frequent saves, and 'start over' with that version. The dialogue with Claude, from the tool, actually talked about protein chemistry! I, and I suspect you, and the future generation will learn to give clear instructions.
June 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
BTW, 1600 lines of code. SO impressed
phbuffers.org/Claude/pepti...
PeptideMapper by Rob Beynon
phbuffers.org
June 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
And here it is. OK, there is no doubt that writing the original taught me how to specify the task, and there is less functionality in some areas, but more in others, yet, within about 6h, here it is! phbuffers.org/Claude/pepti...
PeptideMapper by Rob Beynon
phbuffers.org
June 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I wrote a neat little tool to draw peptide maps a long time (In Livecode/Hypercard) and in 4h have had Claude create a near identical web app...when it works well I'll share a hyperlink. @catfranco.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I asked it to ‘prettify’ my buffer program.. made a total mess of it over and over again…so not perfect
June 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Neat tool though… and it can always be improved . In fact hard to leave alone..
June 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Loved it.. now you know where ‘MEERCAT’ came from…
June 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Loved it! We are still looking for marilin- watch this space! Fantastic interview! Will see Kathryn in the BSPR meeting in Liverpool in July, www.bspr.org/annual-meeti... when there is a ‘putting Beynon out to pasture’ session! Payback for the embarassment!
www.bspr.org
June 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
neat - screenshot?
June 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"vibe coding" 🤮 😂
June 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
capsaicin? Cathepsin is a cysteine proteinase e.g. papain, bromelain, so maybe in papaya and pineapple? :)
June 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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June 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Any other stories like this? end/ Anyone used Ai to code scientific applications? I do think the main limitation is in specifying the parameters of the tools that I want to make. That is on me. end/
June 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
But, for ordinary, inept folk like me, this makes simple tasks completely within reach. e.g. I asked Claude for an SVG viewer for my peptide mapper programme -easy. Of course, I will now rewrite the entire tool as a web app.. so much more user friendly. 8/
(phbuffers.org/Research/Pma...)
June 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Scarily, Claude not only correctly interpreted the Python code but also intimated that if I had the exe file, it could probably reverse engineer that too. 7/
June 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM