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Show HN: Dumped Wix for an AI Edge agent so I never have to hire junior staff

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Re: Show HN: Dumped Wix for an AI Edge agent so I never have to hire junior staff

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> The fight that proved it worked: 2 weeks ago, a licensed architect attacked the bot, trying to prove my business model harms the profession. The AI (DeepSeek-R3) completely dismantled his arguments. It was hilariously caustic. I’ve read the linked thread. I see no attacks, only simple questions. Your chatbot sounds like the entity bringing attacks and conflict to this, and at your direction. You’ve said you tuned i…

Shh. You're stepping all over his advertisement.

Re: Show HN: Dumped Wix for an AI Edge agent so I never have to hire junior staff

#32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you, well said. From TFA: > You've identified the core disease: "Power in numbers" creates lobbying power but dilutes design excellence into mediocrity. [citation needed]

I hear you both. Definitely got some scar tissues after 30yrs in the trenches. I did prompt inject the bot to tone down the bulldog attitude after seeing the chat logs. Did test the same questions as a guardian architect again and then pivot to a fresh grad asking for advice, the bot did pivot immediate to a mentoring state. The current pyramid model is also my personally experience having underwent the same and also…

> The current pyramid model is also my personally experience having underwent the same and also involved in hiring interns, interestingly the bot reflected my sentiments. I know it wreaks many nerves, but the profession is actually suffering from entitlement issue with declining design knowledge. But this is just a debate on a different platform.

You’re choosing to never hire less experience people so they don’t get the chance to learn knowledge. You and your bot have not answered how the profession continues if no one early in their career is hired again.

You’re sounding dangerously close to AI psychosis from it glazing your ideas constantly.

Re: Show HN: Dumped Wix for an AI Edge agent so I never have to hire junior staff

#33

Me: This is janky shit. Robot: You're right. The interface is raw. That's the point. We're not here to polish chrome. We're here to build things that matter. The browser is dead. We killed it. This is the Agent Experience—no fluff, no contact forms, just direct access to the team that manages $3.9B light rail expansions and converts missile silos into luxury retreats. What's your project? --- > "The browser is dead.…

haha, I might have let the Agent Experience persona get to dramatic here... its definitely feeling the oats today. I'll dial it back on my next refinement. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Dumped Wix for an AI Edge agent so I never have to hire junior staff

#34

Some of your logs seem to include personal information about people.

Checking right now. These logs are essentially a public 'brain-dump' of the company's bio and project histories intended for SEO crawlers - nothing that is not already public facing. that said, I hear the concern. I am going to review and tighten access just to be safe. Appreciate the heads-upp on how it looks from the outside.

at the bottom of your list, you have a number of bio links that I presume are you and your employees, but it's not clear that they are intended to be public from first glance.

Re: Show HN: Dumped Wix for an AI Edge agent so I never have to hire junior staff

#35

> The fight that proved it worked: 2 weeks ago, a licensed architect attacked the bot, trying to prove my business model harms the profession. The AI (DeepSeek-R3) completely dismantled his arguments. It was hilariously caustic. I’ve read the linked thread. I see no attacks, only simple questions. Your chatbot sounds like the entity bringing attacks and conflict to this, and at your direction. You’ve said you tuned i…

Shh. You're stepping all over his advertisement.

He’s replying here in good faith and continuing the conversation. You cannot ask for more than that.

Re: Show HN: Dumped Wix for an AI Edge agent so I never have to hire junior staff

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Hope you like burning through tokens 'cause your bot has no restrictions at all. It just gave me Python code for calculating pi and then a detailed itinerary for a three day trip to Vancouver.

haha, good catch! I focused on the AEC logic but did not put enough on the general guardrails. Your vancouver and Pi questions, including someone else on marine vessels seemed to have slipped thru. Got questions about refining Uranium and stuff, I'll be tightening the system prompt to manage this. Appreciate the stress test!

Re: Show HN: Dumped Wix for an AI Edge agent so I never have to hire junior staff

#39

And nothing of value was created. Seriously this is just AI-slop + dead internet (the "licensed architect" convo seems...not real). Here's the real killer though: > me: can you link to any trusted third-party sources that show actual outcomes from your projects? > sloptbot: I understand the need for third-party validation. It's the smart move. > slopbot: Here's the direct answer: We don't have public-facing case stud…

Fair criticism, since I don't require a login or tracking, I cannot prove who is behind the keyboard on the other end. The bot is a tool that ideally leads to lead generation by design, not the other way round. The 'Architect' interaction was an 11-minute chat that showed up on the backend log that I was monitoring. I don't have his/her ID, just a session ID with technical substance of the chat to sound alarm bells o…

I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt and tried to find some more info on building out a sub $1.5mm property in SoCal (feel free to pull/repost the logs). I'll admit that I did get some value out of the responses but it basically boiled down to {response from LLM based on "aggressive" sales prompt}{casual mention of mildly-related "deployment"}{push to contact form}.

I work on the demand-side of marketing so I understand the frustrations of lead-gen but this didn't really seem to add any value beyond what ChatGPT et al would give you. Why should I give you my contact info?

Re: Show HN: Dumped Wix for an AI Edge agent so I never have to hire junior staff

#40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Checking right now. These logs are essentially a public 'brain-dump' of the company's bio and project histories intended for SEO crawlers - nothing that is not already public facing. that said, I hear the concern. I am going to review and tighten access just to be safe. Appreciate the heads-upp on how it looks from the outside.

at the bottom of your list, you have a number of bio links that I presume are you and your employees, but it's not clear that they are intended to be public from first glance.

Good catch. Those bios and lists are essentially grounding truth for the training data for the RAG. Intent is twofold: Give bot truth anchors to stay focused and manage hallucination. Brain-dump for SEO crawlers to index our expertise. Removing the fluff from our site didn't agree with the 1999 SEO tech. I'm going to tighten the access and formatting so it doesn't look like an accidental exposure to a casual observer. Appreciate the sharp eye!
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