- apache/maka
github-trending
Apache Maka (Incubating) is a local-first AI agent workspace. Model messages, tool calls, tool results, permission decisions, and termination events are recorded as an append-only log. Apache Maka (Incubating) Incubating at The Apache Software Foundation A local-first Agent workspace built for real work. Maka inspects projects, runs tools under a sandbox boundary, and records model messages and tool calls as recoverable execution facts — on your machine, through one Runtime Host. Note Apache Maka (Incubating) is an effort undergoing incubation at The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), sponsored by the Apache Incubator PMC. Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision-making process have stabiliz…
- NousResearch/hermes-agent
github-trending
The agent that grows with you https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com Hermes Agent ☤ Hermes Agent | Hermes Desktop The self-improving AI agent built by Nous Research. It's the only agent with a built-in learning loop — it creates skills from experience, improves them during use, nudges itself to persist knowledge, searches its own past conversations, and builds a deepening model of who you are across sessions. Run it on a $5 VPS, a GPU cluster, or serverless infrastructure that costs nearly nothing when idle. It's not tied to your laptop — talk to it from Telegram while it works on a cloud VM. Use any model you want — Nous Portal, OpenRouter, OpenAI, your own endpoint, and many others. Switch with hermes model — no code changes, no lock-in. A real terminal interface Full TUI with multiline …
- openai/codex
github-trending
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal Codex CLI is a coding agent from OpenAI that runs locally on your computer. If you want Codex in your code editor (VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf), install in your IDE. If you want the desktop app experience, run codex app or visit the Codex App page. If you are looking for the cloud-based agent from OpenAI, Codex Web, go to chatgpt.com/codex. Quickstart Installing and running Codex CLI Run the following on Mac or Linux to install Codex CLI: curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | sh Run the following on Windows to install Codex CLI: powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.ps1 | iex" The standalone installers download from https://releases.openai.com/codex by default and fall back to GitHub Relea…
- affaan-m/ECC
github-trending
The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond. https://ecc.tools Language: English | Português (Brasil) | 简体中文 | 繁體中文 | 日本語 | 한국어 | Türkçe | Русский | Tiếng Việt | ไทย | Deutsch | Español Warning Official sources only. Install ECC only from verified channels: the GitHub repository github.com/affaan-m/ECC, the npm packages ecc-universal and ecc-agentshield, the GitHub App, the plugin slug ecc@ecc, and the project website ecc.tools. Third-party re-uploads and unofficial mirrors are not maintained or reviewed by the project and may contain malware. Install with Claude Code Run these commands inside Claude Code: /plugin marketplace add https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC /p…
- ripienaar/free-for-dev
github-trending
A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev https://free-for.dev/ free-for.dev Developers and open-source authors now have many services offering free tiers, but finding them all takes time to make informed decisions. This is a list of software (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.) and other offerings with free developer tiers. The scope of this particular list is limited to things that infrastructure developers (System Administrators, DevOps Practitioners, etc.) are likely to find useful. We love all the free services out there, but it would be good to keep it on topic. It's a grey line sometimes, so this is opinionated; please don't feel offended if I don't accept your contribution. This list results from Pull Requests, reviews, ideas, and work don…
- ruvnet/ruflo
github-trending
🌊 The original agent meta-harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms, coordinate autonomous workflows, and build conversational AI systems. Features adaptive memory, self-learning intelligence, RAG integration, and native Claude Code / Codex / Hermes and many more Integrated https://Cognitum.One Ruflo An agent meta-harness for Claude Code and Codex. Agent = Model + Harness. The model writes; the harness gives it tools, memory, loops, sandboxes, and controls so it can actually work. Ruflo is the harness — the execution layer around Claude Code and Codex that adds 100+ specialized agents, coordinated swarms, self-learning memory, federated comms across machines, and enterprise security guardrails. So agents don't just run, they collaborate. One npx ruflo init gives Claude Code a nervo…
- tinyhumansai/openhuman
github-trending
Your Personal AI super intelligence. A brain that builds a local-first memory of your life, a fantastic orchestrator of agent fleets and workflows, and a deep researcher. https://tinyhumans.ai/openhuman OpenHuman OpenHuman is your personal AI super intelligence: a brain that remembers everything, a fantastic orchestrator, a deep researcher. Local-first, simple, powerful. Discussions • Discord • Reddit • X/Twitter • Docs • Follow @senamakel (Creator) 🇺🇸 English | 🇨🇳 简体中文 | 🇯🇵 日本語 | 🇰🇷 한국어 | 🇩🇪 Deutsch | 🇵🇰 اردو Early Beta: Under active development. Expect rough edges. OpenHuman is not AGI. But it is a meaningful architectural step closer, with better memory, better orchestration, and better tooling. 🎉 Within one week of launch, OpenHuman became the number one trending reposito…
- basecamp/omarchy
github-trending
Beautiful, Modern & Opinionated Linux https://omarchy.org Omarchy Omarchy is a beautiful, modern & opinionated Linux distribution by DHH. Read more at omarchy.org. The Omarchy Manual The manual lives in manual/, which is its authoritative source. It's mirrored to learn.omacom.io, where its screenshots are also hosted. Welcome to Omarchy! The Basics Getting Started Coming From Mac or Windows Navigation The top bar Themes Hotkeys Unified Clipboard & History Reminders Notices Text Extraction & Dictation Screenshots & Recording Toggles, idle & screensaver Omarchy CLI The Applications Terminal Neovim AI Development Tools Shell Tools Shell Functions TUIs GUIs Browsers Commercial apps/services Web Apps Gaming Filling out PDFs Windows VM Other Packages Configuration Updates Dotfiles Shell plugins…
- virgiliojr94/book-to-skill
github-trending
Turn any technical book PDF into a Claude Code skill — ready to study, reference, and use while you work. book-to-skill English · Русский Turn any technical book, document folder, or collection of sources into a unified agent skill — ready to study, reference, and use while you work in GitHub Copilot CLI, Amp, or Claude Code. Why · What it generates · Beyond books · How it works · Usage · Install · FAQ · Performance · Architecture · Changelog 24×–51× fewer tokens than dumping the book into context to answer one question, measured on real books (how it's measured). How it works, in 3 steps: Point it at a file, folder, or glob — /book-to-skill ./my-book.pdf It distills the book into a skill — frameworks, decision rules, anti-patterns, and per-chapter files. Structure, not a summary. Your ag…
- VoltAgent/awesome-agent-skills
github-trending
A curated collection of 1000+ agent skills from official dev teams and the community, compatible with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and more. https://officialskills.sh/ A collection of official Agent Skills from leading development teams and the community. Hand-picked, not AI-slop generated. Awesome Agent Skills Unlike many bulk-generated skill repositories, this collection focuses on real-world Agent Skills created and used by actual engineering teams, not mass AI‑generated stuff. This collection features official skills published by leading development teams, including Anthropic, Google Labs, Vercel, Stripe, Cloudflare, Netlify, Trail of Bits, Sentry, Expo, Hugging Face, Figma, and more, alongside community-built skills. Compatible with Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini …
- block/buzz
github-trending
A hive mind communication platform Buzz 🐝 A workspace where humans and agents build together, on a relay you own. Vision · Sovereign · Forge · Agents · Architecture · Releasing · Apache 2.0 People and agents building together in the same room. What is this, really? Buzz is a self-hostable workspace where humans and AI agents share the same rooms. A Buzz community is the workspace a user reaches by URL. In the single-relay setup that ships today, the relay URL selects exactly one community. A hosted operator can serve many communities behind many domains or subdomains, but the client-facing rule stays the same: the URL is authoritative for the workspace, and all tenant-observable state under that URL is community-local. It's a Nostr relay: every message, reaction, workflow step, review ap…
- Comfy-Org/ComfyUI
github-trending
The most powerful and modular diffusion model GUI, api and backend with a graph/nodes interface. https://www.comfy.org/ ComfyUI The most powerful and modular AI engine for content creation. ComfyUI is the AI creation engine for visual professionals who demand control over every model, every parameter, and every output. Its powerful and modular node graph interface empowers creatives to generate images, videos, 3D models, audio, and more... ComfyUI natively supports the latest open-source state of the art models. Partner nodes provide access to the best closed source models such as Nano Banana, Seedance, Hunyuan3D, etc. It is available on Windows, Linux, and macOS, locally with our desktop application, our portable install or on our cloud. The most sophisticated workflows can be exposed th…
- dani-garcia/vaultwarden
github-trending
Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs An alternative server implementation of the Bitwarden Client API, written in Rust and compatible with official Bitwarden clients [disclaimer], perfect for self-hosted deployment where running the official resource-heavy service might not be ideal. Important When using this server, please report any bugs or suggestions directly to us (see Get in touch), regardless of whatever clients you are using (mobile, desktop, browser...). DO NOT use the official Bitwarden support channels. Features A nearly complete implementation of the Bitwarden Client API is provided, including: Personal Vault Send Attachments Website icons Personal API Key Organizations Collections, Password Sharing, Member Roles, Groups, Event…
- Alishahryar1/free-claude-code
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Use Claude Code, Codex, Pi, and OpenCode for free (1.3B+ free tokens) from your terminal, app, IDE, or phone like OpenClaw (voice supported + ToS friendly) Quick Start · Providers · Clients · Integrations · Manage Independent open-source project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic. Claude and Claude Code are trademarks of Anthropic. What You Get 49 ToS-friendly providers. 1.3B+ free tokens every month. Use free, paid, subscription, and local models from one searchable UI without putting your account at risk. FCC follows provider terms and removes integrations if they stop being allowed. 9 coding agents. One model catalog. Run Claude Code, Codex, Pi, OpenCode, Cline, Hermes, DeepSeek Harness, Grok Build, or Muse Code with your FCC models. Keep coding through provider outages. Aft…
- freestylefly/awesome-gpt-image-2
github-trending
Prompt as Code | GPT-Image2 工业级提示词引擎与模板库，470+ 个案例逆向工程，20+ 套工业级模板，并提炼出Skills，持续更新中 https://gpt-image2.canghe.ai Prompt as Code | GPT-Image2 Industrial Prompt Engine & Template Library, 500+ Reverse-Engineered Cases, 20+ Industrial Templates English | 简体中文 | 日本語 Updated irregularly with new workflows. Stars are welcome. This project is sponsored by Ciyuan API, an AI aggregation platform for cost-effective GPT Image 2 access. 🌐 Visual Website Use the live site at gpt-image2.canghe.ai to browse the gallery as a product experience: open large previews, copy full prompts, filter by style or scenario, test generation after Google sign-in, and jump back to the source case on GitHub. Paid Community The GPT-Image2 discussion group is now a paid community. Sign in on the community page, make a one-…
- anthropics/claude-plugins-community
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Community plugin marketplace for Claude Cowork and Claude Code. Read-only mirror — submit plugins at clau.de/plugin-directory-submission. Claude Plugins — Community Community-contributed plugins for Claude Cowork and Claude Code. What this repo is A read-only mirror of the community plugin marketplace. The .claude-plugin/marketplace.json file here is the list of community plugins available to install. It is synced nightly from Anthropic's internal review pipeline. Every plugin listed here has been submitted via claude.ai, passed automated security scanning, and been approved for distribution. Using this marketplace Claude Cowork Install plugins from claude.com/plugins. Claude Code claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community claude plugin install <plugin-name>@claude-…
- Publish to 15 social media channels using AI agents, free
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://www.bulkpublish.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407919 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
- What do you think of AI website builders?
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://blog.webround.com/en/i-built-an-ai-website-builder-and-killed-it Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408013 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
- I Shouldn't Need an LLM to Explain My LLM
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://daviesgeek.com/I-Shouldn%E2%80%99t-Need-an-LLM-to-Explain-My-LLM Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49409282 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
- I spent $266 and four AI models to own my tablet. GLM-5.3 finished it in a day
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://ericpardee.github.io/fire-hd-ownership/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49409073 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
- Daimon – Local Privacy LLM
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://github.com/ar0per0/Daimon Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408697 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
- Claude Pacer: a menu-bar that says if your Claude session will last till reset
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://github.com/dkremsa/claude-pacer Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49409040 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
- Show HN: Writing-eval, local deterministic style checks for AI-written drafts
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://github.com/majesticlabs-dev/writing-eval Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49409152 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
- Prism Reviewer – Multi-agent AI code reviewer built with LangGraph and LiteLLM
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/prism-reviewer-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408247 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
- Show HN: Ever Wanted to Call Codex from Claude Code? My Harness Orchestrator
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://github.com/ptmrio/harness-subagent Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408449 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
- Show HN: Declarative, reproducible configuration materializer for AI agents
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://github.com/tooppoo/enozunu Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408038 Points: 5 # Comments: 0
- AI datasets (2.6k entries) – automated collection, updated daily
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://huggingface.co/gemmozero Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407665 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
- Ask HN: Will AI trigger mass IP protectionism in software?
hn-ai· 23-ago
One of the reasons AI is so "good" at software development is that it is trained on a snapshot of a large corpus of already solved software problems. In the future, wouldn't that make anyone who produces original code become more cautious of sharing it, being aware that it will just be fed into the "hive mind" and they'll never get any attribution or financial gain out of it? Or has the value of code, tools and software become so cheap it doesn't really matter anymore? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408691 Points: 2 # Comments: 2
- Do LLM quants impact as much as we think?
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://rakuensoftware.com/blog/which-quant-beats-how-many-bits Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408266 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
- Agentic AI in a Smolbox
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://remyhax.xyz/posts/smolbox/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407905 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
- AI Writing Without the Slop
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://sfactory.dev Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407489 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
- Andrew Ng: "AI Engineering Skills Map: Building and Deploying AI Applications"
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://twitter.com/AndrewYNg/status/2090840747738374568 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407944 Points: 15 # Comments: 0
- Flock camera backlash adds fuel to midterm anti-AI frenzy
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/08/23/flock-cameras-data-centers-ai-midterms-2026-tech Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49409392 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
- Product Owner Interview Questions for the Age of AI
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://age-of-product.com/product-owner-interview-questions/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408316 Points: 2 # Comments: 0
- AI Labels Are Big Tech's Most Basic Responsibility, Even Those Claude Watermarks
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/claude-watermarks-ai-labels-commentary-2026/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408011 Points: 1 # Comments: 1
- The search for consciousness inside AI
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2026/08/20/the-search-for-consciousness-inside-llms Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407858 Points: 2 # Comments: 3
- Show HN: Froging AI – image and video models in one workflow
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://www.froging.ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408724 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
- Evidence over Anecdotes: Running A/B Tests on AI Agent Tooling
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://www.pagerduty.com/eng/evidence-over-anecdotes-running-a-b-tests-on-ai-agent-tooling/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407872 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
- US corporate AI debt surge tests investor limits as fatigue emerges
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/us-corporate-ai-debt-surge-tests-investor-limits-fatigue-emerges-2026-08-21/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407625 Points: 6 # Comments: 1
- 'AI refuser' quit her dream job, and hopes others follow
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://www.smh.com.au/technology/this-ai-refuser-quit-her-dream-job-and-hopes-others-follow-20260818-p60pdu.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407785 Points: 34 # Comments: 39
- OpenAI leader warns of threat of 'persistent' AI cyber-attacks
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/23/openai-cyber-attacks-threat-chris-lehane Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49409030 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
- Oneiric, AI-generated, open source [video]
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAg9iDh9_BQ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49409332 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
- Claude is your insider threat now [video]
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvJYw2gR0cU Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49408329 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
- Why Einstein would fail today: The case for an automated AI Science Institute
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://zenodo.org/records/22067050 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407926 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
- Woe Is Em: The Sad Lifecycle of an AI Tell
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://stevekrause.org/blog/2026/08/woe-is-em-the-sad-lifecycle-of-an-ai-tell/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49409320 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
- Austrian mountain town [Leoben] finds niche in AI boom
hn-ai· 23-ago
Article URL: https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-austrian-mountain-town-niche-ai.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407615 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
- [AINews] 10% worse, 100x cheaper, 10000x faster: Why Simulation is taking over
latentspace· 22-ago
Did you think RSI stopped at model training?
- [AINews] Poolside gets $12B reverse-execuhire to NVIDIA; founders stay for $1B, employees go for $6B, Infraco scaling to 7GW neocloud
latentspace· 21-ago
Yes, we’re confused too.
- The Evolution of the Agent Harness
latentspace· 22-ago
Models keep absorbing the harness into their weights — soon, it will be a harness for human attention rather than for the model.
- Simulation: the new Scaling Law — Joon Sung Park, Simile AI
latentspace· 21-ago
Simile’s CEO about his journey from the viral Generative Agents to creating 8 Billion Digital Twins of every living human... and why it’s gone from fun exploration to very serious business.
- Quoting Linus Torvalds
simonw· 22-ago
<blockquote cite="https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/818bebeb63dd6bf5f4e07e145f6cdbace520a34c"><p>And this was a debug session from hell, enormously helped by an AI doing much of the grunt-work.</p> <p>I'd like to call it my tireless helper, but the AI several times stated flat out that this was impossible and unsolvable and that we should just write a report about it.</p> <p>I suspect those things have been trained by people who may not be quite as stubborn as I am.</p> <p>But while the AI was ready to give up several times, it did keep adding debug code and analyzing it faithfully when I pushed. So credit where credit is due and I let the AI write the commit message above.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">— <a href="https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/818bebeb63dd6bf5f4…
- llm 0.33
simonw· 22-ago
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm/releases/tag/0.33">llm 0.33</a></p> <p>My highlights from this release:</p> <blockquote> <ul> <li>Upgraded to the OpenAI Python library 3.x and switched the HTTP client dependency from <code>httpx</code> to <code>httpx2</code>. <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm/issues/1608">#1608</a>, <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm/pull/1631">#1631</a></li> </ul> </blockquote> <p>I shipped a quick <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/21/llm/">0.32.1 fix</a> for this yesterday, but this is the more comprehensive fix.</p> <blockquote> <ul> <li><code>llm embed</code> and <code>llm embed-multi</code> now accept <code>--key</code>. The Python <code>EmbeddingModel.embed()</code>, <code>EmbeddingModel.embed_multi()</code>, <c…
- llm-openrouter 0.7
simonw· 21-ago
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm-openrouter/releases/tag/0.7">llm-openrouter 0.7</a></p> <p>Now that this plugin is compatible with <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/4/new-release-of-llm/">LLM 0.32</a> it can display the reasoning traces for LLMs available through OpenRouter.</p> <blockquote> <ul> <li>Updated for compatibility with <a href="https://llm.datasette.io/en/stable/changelog.html#v0-32">LLM 0.32</a>.</li> <li>Models now use OpenRouter's implementation of the <a href="https://openrouter.ai/docs/api_reference/responses/overview">Responses API</a>.</li> <li>Three new server-side tools: <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm-openrouter#shell">Shell</a>, <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm-openrouter#web-fetch">WebFetch</a>, and <a href…
- Anthropic’s best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive
simonw· 23-ago
<p><strong><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5ee49718-c258-4f01-aa32-7e5b76ae5245">Anthropic’s best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive</a></strong></p> A few interesting numbers in this FT story gathered from "people with knowledge of the matter":</p> <ul> <li>Anthropic's "annualized revenue" for July is up to $65bn - it was $47bn in May, and I collected <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/29/anthropic/">more historic numbers here</a>.</li> <li>Anthropic expect Q3 to be profitable according to the same model they used to declare Q2 profitable. "It also told investors that it had 6,000 customers that spend $100,000 annually or more."</li> <li>As for OpenAI, "annualised revenue has jumped 35 per cent in the quarter to date and is now over $40bn, with the l…
- Quoting Drew Breunig
simonw· 23-ago
<blockquote cite="https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/08/23/fable-the-end-of-moore-s-law.html"><p>Prior to Fable, it felt silly to waste <em>too</em> much time improving your coding harness or context strategies. A new model would arrive at the same price (or cheaper!) and paper over most of your problems.</p> <p>But then Fable landed. It was (and still is!) <em>incredible</em>. But the cost was so high and Opus was <em>good enough</em> (as was 5.6, K3, and even GLM) for <em>most</em> of the code we needed.</p> <p><em>So we started to think about what work went where.</em></p></blockquote> <p class="cite">— <a href="https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/08/23/fable-the-end-of-moore-s-law.html">Drew Breunig</a>, Fable & The End of the Free Lunch</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/…
- More than just code review
simonw· 22-ago
<p>The key skill required to make productive use of coding agents is being able to confidently instruct them on how to make changes and then confidently verify that those changes have been applied in the correct way.</p> <p>Sometimes this involves reviewing every line of code they have written, but there are other ways to achieve that goal. Eyeballing every line of code has never been the most effective way to validate a change to a piece of software.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/code-review">code-review</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/coding-agents">coding-agents</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/generative-ai">generative-ai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/agentic-engineering">agentic-engineering</a>, <a href="https://simonwill…
- llm 0.32.1
simonw· 21-ago
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm/releases/tag/0.32.1">llm 0.32.1</a></p> <p>Fresh installs of LLM stopped working the other day because the OpenAI Python library dropped its usage of <code>httpx</code>, and it turned out LLM depended on that library but only installed it via a transitive <code>openai</code> dependency.</p> <p>This dot-release fixes that for the moment by pinning to <code>openai<3</code>, and a soon-to-drop 0.33 release will switch from <code>httpx</code> to <a href="https://github.com/pydantic/httpx2">httpx2</a>.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/httpx">httpx</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/openai">openai</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/llm">llm</a></p>
- Quoting Matt Webb
simonw· 21-ago
<blockquote cite="https://interconnected.org/home/2026/08/21/galactic"><p>After I released version 1.0, I figured I would have to do the rotations myself. So I sat down with ChatGPT and I didn’t get it to write the code, but I got it to educate me. With a patient, interactive tutor, I was able to finally do what I hadn’t by reading books and asking mathematician friends – I learnt how to use quaternions just enough to make the app work.</p> <p>So learning doesn’t stop just because I outsource a bunch of thinking to AI. It pushes me to learn more. I like that as an outcome.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">— <a href="https://interconnected.org/home/2026/08/21/galactic">Matt Webb</a>, Galactic Compass 2: now with new augmented reality mode</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.n…
- Stop Making TUIs
simonw· 21-ago
<p><strong><a href="https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/08/20/stop-making-tuis/">Stop Making TUIs</a></strong></p> Thomas Ptacek advocates for building real native user interfaces for even the smallest of personal tools, because coding agents have reduced the cost of getting a usable-enough GUI up and running to almost nothing.</p> <p>I wrote about my vibe-coded bandwidth and GPU monitoring macOS task bar apps <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/27/vibe-coding-swiftui/">back in March</a>, and I'm still using both of those on a daily basis.</p> <p>I'm not habitually knocking out real UIs for my other projects yet, but I'm running out of excuses!</p> <p>Thomas:</p> <blockquote> <p>If you haven’t tried your hand at turning one of your 500 throwaway CLIs into a native app, you’re doing y…