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Not sure what kind of model you're interested in, but you may give Duck.ai[0] a try. It doesn't require any signup and let you use gpt-5.4 nano/mini, Haiku 4.5, Mistral Small 4 and…

Desktop app bundled with an ai model and a local-first agent so nothing leaves your machine. Last week I interviewed non-technical people about their experience with AI agents. Man…

I'm researching how people who don't code use AI tools for multi-step work on their actual files – renaming/organizing documents, filling forms on PDFs, cleaning up spreadsheets, t…

Not right now but I'm actually exploring this idea space — doing user research —. I would be happy to chat with you – or whoever happens to read this and is into this topic – about…

Hey! I'm Simone, a computer programmer from Italy living in Zürich. I have 12+ years of experience as a full stack developer building web and mobile applications across Europe. I h…

In Calabria — the very south of Italy — there this[0] 1000-years-old plane tree. [0] https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platano_di_Vrisi

I don't see low-code and LLMs really competing with each other. It may be true for quick throwaway projects, but they solve different problems and can potentially be used together.…

Use TextMate[0] as my daily driver. [0] https://macromates.com/

I would recommend Scratch, the blocks prevent syntax errors, plus there's a simple editor for drawing sprites and backgrounds — my niece used to play with it paired with the book "…

Thanks for sharing. By the editor being bare bones do you mean some missing feature might change your mind about using it, or do you find the text-based editor much more comfortabl…

Looks quite cool and I'd like to give a try. What is the main use case for compiling code to shortcuts? I ask because I'm working on a tool[0] that in a way does the opposite. [0] …

I'm working on Breadboard[0], a modern HyperCard for web apps. We recently added an AI integration, starting with a UI agent. We're experimenting with a BYOK approach so anyone can…

I'm working on it, Breadboard[0] is a visual app builder that mixes Figma-style UI design with Shortcuts-style logic. [0] https://breadboards.io/

Thanks for digging into the network requests :) That's a valid point, we can bundle or serve this dependency – hyperscript – from the domain where the app lives. The same goes for …

Thanks, I completely agree with what you say. That is actually how the "playgrounds"[0][1] I shared work under the hood. In the playground, the preview isn't a simulation, it is th…

Thanks, really appreciate the feedback! In the playground the apps can only be previewed in the canvas. Exported/live apps are available here: Weather App: https://late-cat-2043.br…

Hey HN! I’m Simone. We re-built Breadboard, a visual app builder that mixes Figma-style UI design with Shortcuts-style logic so you can build, preview, and publish interactive web …

I’m working on an app builder that combines a Figma-like canvas for design with Apple Shortcuts-style logic for functionality. Instead of writing code or connecting node graphs, yo…

I'm adding a Shortcuts‑like UI with Hyperscript syntax for defining logic to the app builder I'm building.

A few years ago I rebuilt a 3D model checker for the building industry and intentionally avoided a full frontend framework to keep the UI performant. I wrote a small internal mini-…

here's a quick demo video showing this in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg_W86tk_EM

That's cool! This resonates a lot with what I'm up to. I'm using SVGs as UI pieces and wiring them to composable logic blocks so to make things interactive without having to write …

Hey HN! I'm Simone, and along with Nurie, I'm working on Breadboard[0], an app builder where the UI, logic, and data live on the same canvas. We've been exploring visual and vibe c…

I'm working on a tool[0] to address how hard it is for non-technical people to understand the text-based code from vibe coding tools. Our approach is to make the complexity more re…