Cool! Your readme mentions Modify. What’s that? Does this use some generative UI?
Thanks! Modify is the part where you can ask your coding agent to update the app live - including UI changes.
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#12Very cool! Suggestion: would be helpful to include examples of what's possible, or some things to try (or things that are explicitly prevented).
Good point. I’ll add this to the README. Thanks!
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#13Reminds of smalltalk.
It would be even cooler if it was made with a Lisp and took advantage of it being homoiconic.
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#15I like it. I see this concept of allowing users to modify things to cater to their preferences being the future tbh.
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#17An app ui that can be modified by end users is a really cool idea. I hope to see that in more apps!
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#19does the userland persist across app updates? curious what happens to my modify changes when you ship a new version of y
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#20Reminds of smalltalk.
Also, a bit like emacs.