I've done some simple Typst programming via Claude, and it worked fine. I expected it to be ignorant of Typst but that was not the case.
One of the best things about Typst is that most tasks are very simple. Compared to the reams of Latex BS I was replacing, building my book with Typst is momumentally simpler.
Sure but if the LLMs are making LaTeX easy to work with then why bother trying migrate everyone to a new language?
I think there are a bunch of assumptions behind your statement that I believe are not true:
1. Latex is sufficient for all document publishing needs. E.g. converting Latex to HTML is bad to non-existent, while Typst has HTML export.
2. LLMs are sufficient for solving all problems one can encounter.
3. Things that are easier for humans are not also easier for LLMs.
4. New releases of LLMs will not learn more about Typst
At the end of the day I'm not trying to migrate anyone. Use whatever you feel is best. For my use cases I'm convinced Typst is a better option than Latex.
> why bother trying to migrate everyone to a new language?
.. because a new language might be better?
But moving forward it’ll be harder to tell if any given new language is better than existing alternatives. LLMs burden their users with an almost insurmountable status quo bias.
Because LaTeX is ugly to write and not human-friendly. Adding an AI agent to the loop does not fix those issues.