computational.chat introduces a simple idea: computations that can pause for user input with rich UI controls.
Unlike a typical chatbot, there's a real programming model here, and these conversational flows can include any mix of regular code, humans-in-the loop, and LLMs.
![A `main` function in Unison showing a postgres configuration and simple query for the birth date of some users.
```
main : '{IO, Exception} [LocalDate]
main = do
config =
PostgresClientConfig.default
(HostName "localhost")
(UserName "postgres")
(DatabaseName "userDB")
singleIO config do
Query.execute
(sql "SELECT birthday from users" |> typedQuery (Codec.date))
```](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i5ylt5pq2y4l6v5sc57wnv7u/bafkreihyyw3oqhhljhomnkc237vgh3mblfbaqxaac5bgh5656cnspagnpq)
