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Re: Show HN: Paseo – Beautiful open-source coding agent interface

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Post by appendjeff »

keyle wrote: post #12

"Ship on the go" is so insane to me. It's like people pulling their phones out while taking a piss standing, or having to pull their phones out when the traffic lights are red in a crossing. Just, do one thing at a time, live a life. Shipping code from your phone, whhhyy. Mates, this isn't a flex, it's depression.

This seems extreme. Maybe I’m just optimistic but I think people can be intentional and present while also having the convenience and accessibility that something like paseo offers.

- If I’m on-call, it would be great to just take my iPad mini around with me instead of my heavy MacBook Pro. - Sometimes I’m on the couch with my phone and want to query an agent with access to my computer’s file system.

Re: Show HN: Paseo – Beautiful open-source coding agent interface

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Post by boudra »

keyle wrote: post #12

"Ship on the go" is so insane to me. It's like people pulling their phones out while taking a piss standing, or having to pull their phones out when the traffic lights are red in a crossing. Just, do one thing at a time, live a life. Shipping code from your phone, whhhyy. Mates, this isn't a flex, it's depression.

Maintainer here. I get the concern, but that has not been my experience.

I don't think of the mobile side as a way to keep working on your phone on top of your full working day, although I will admit it can be used that way.

It is more about being able to step away from the desk without losing access to the work. Let's say you spend 6 hours at your desk, what if you could spend 2 of those hours walking instead?

To me, it has been valuable for steering long running agents, brainstorming ideas or triaging PRs/issues while taking a walk.

Fun fact, Paseo means "stroll" in Spanish, which is where the name came from.

Re: Show HN: Paseo – Beautiful open-source coding agent interface

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Post by LoganDark »

boudra wrote: post #22
keyle wrote: post #12

"Ship on the go" is so insane to me. It's like people pulling their phones out while taking a piss standing, or having to pull their phones out when the traffic lights are red in a crossing. Just, do one thing at a time, live a life. Shipping code from your phone, whhhyy. Mates, this isn't a flex, it's depression.

Maintainer here. I get the concern, but that has not been my experience. I don't think of the mobile side as a way to keep working on your phone on top of your full working day, although I will admit it can be used that way. It is more about being able to step away from the desk without losing access to the work. Let's say you spend 6 hours at your desk, what if you could spend 2 of those hours walking instead? To me…

I do sometimes wish I can monitor my agent on the go and keep drip-feeding it tasks. Because I do genuinely need to read how the last task went before I decide whether to correct or to move to the next task.

Re: Show HN: Paseo – Beautiful open-source coding agent interface

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Post by leoqa »

jjcm wrote: post #3

Not to undercut the open source nature of this, but what makes this "beautiful"? From a design standpoint, it's basic tailwind. Neutral grey tailwind at that, using Lucide icons. There's nothing wrong with these, but it'd be more apt to say that the design is unopinionated. It's the default choice when design intent is the afterthought and a focus is on functionality. Again, not trying to undercut - looks like a soli…

If anything it’s unglued me from my computer. I’ve been able to keep an agent working on a project while on long runs, bike rides, in transit. Much of our development workflow is the human in the loop refinement cycle now.

Re: Show HN: Paseo – Beautiful open-source coding agent interface

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Post by sgc »

So this is an alternative to using one coding agent with openrouter, changing the models between tasks? I am a neophite in these things, my ai use is more calling apis from scripts right now. Can somebody please explain the pros and cons (beyond to openrouter fees) of each?

Re: Show HN: Paseo – Beautiful open-source coding agent interface

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Post by swyx »

boudra wrote: post #16

I'm the maintainer of Paseo. I didn't submit this, so it was a nice surprise to see it on HN! I'm around if anyone has questions about the project.

very nice and well executed product for what i assume is a small team! (of one?)

i guess the obvious question is... if its FOSS and local only, whats the business game plan? you've impressed me that you can ship, but you've basically just matched what eg devin desktop and cursor now do. what next?

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