Show HN: LLM Rescuer – Fixing the billion dollar mistake in Ruby

6 months ago

LLM Rescuer is an experimental Ruby gem that uses AI to handle runtime errors when methods are called on nil.
It dynamically asks GPT to guess what the user probably intended, introducing unpredictable behavior and potential security risks.
The gem is not recommended for production use due to its unpredictable nature and high OpenAI API costs.
Features include monkey-patching NilClass, analyzing code context with GPT, and returning AI-generated responses for nil method calls.
Potential humorous outcomes include users being named by AI, shopping cart totals replaced with haikus, and boolean flags returning philosophical treatises.
Costs can escalate quickly, with estimates ranging from $50-100/month in development to $500-5000/month in production.
Dependencies include ruby_llm, ruby_llm-schema, and binding_of_caller, along with a sense of humor and a healthy bank account.
The project is licensed under MIT License, absolving the creators of responsibility for any AI-induced chaos.

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