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Re: Show HN: Zuckerman – minimalist personal AI agent that self-edits its own code

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Post by pillbitsHQ » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Zuckerman – minimalist personal AI agent that self-edits its own code

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Post by neomindryan » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC

This looks interesting, but I'm stuck on step 4 of the web setup: where do I get agents to start with? Shouldn't there be a default one that can help me get other ones?

Re: Show HN: Zuckerman – minimalist personal AI agent that self-edits its own code

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Post by dzonga » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC

could've made it in PHP ;) to be zuck-like

Re: Show HN: Zuckerman – minimalist personal AI agent that self-edits its own code

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Post by with » Mon, Feb 02, 2026, 2:45 AM UTC

The logo is slightly creepy

Re: Show HN: Zuckerman – minimalist personal AI agent that self-edits its own code

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Post by kscarlet » Mon, Feb 02, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC

plagiarist wrote: post #45

joonate wrote: post #26

|The agent can rewrite its own configuration and code. I am very illiterate when it comes to Llms/AI but Why does nobody write this in Lisp??? Isn't it supposed to be the language primarily created for AI???

If hot reloading is a goal I would target Erlang or another BEAM language over a Lisp.

Why? Many Lisp systems and Common Lisp in particular have great hot reloading capability, from redefining functions to UPDATE-INSTANCE-FOR-REDEFINED-CLASS to update the states.

Re: Show HN: Zuckerman – minimalist personal AI agent that self-edits its own code

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Post by ddaniel10 » Mon, Feb 02, 2026, 5:09 AM UTC

neomindryan wrote: post #52

This looks interesting, but I'm stuck on step 4 of the web setup: where do I get agents to start with? Shouldn't there be a default one that can help me get other ones?

Hi, can you please contact me at dd@zuckerman.ai

Re: Show HN: Zuckerman – minimalist personal AI agent that self-edits its own code

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Post by pillbitsHQ » Mon, Feb 02, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Zuckerman – minimalist personal AI agent that self-edits its own code

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Post by deaux » Mon, Feb 02, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC

ddaniel10 wrote: post #35

falloutx wrote: post #18

Terrible name, kind of a mid idea when you think about it (Self improving AI is literally what everyone's first thought is when building an AI), but still I like it.

Thanks for the feedback. Are you going to forget this name though?

No, in the sense that I wouldn't forget an AI agent called "Epsteinman" or "Prolapseman" either.

Re: Show HN: Zuckerman – minimalist personal AI agent that self-edits its own code

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Post by falloutx » Mon, Feb 02, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC

ddaniel10 wrote: post #35

falloutx wrote: post #18

Terrible name, kind of a mid idea when you think about it (Self improving AI is literally what everyone's first thought is when building an AI), but still I like it.

Thanks for the feedback. Are you going to forget this name though?

No, you are right. Its more memorable. With my accent, I can pronounce it as Suckerman

Re: Show HN: Zuckerman – minimalist personal AI agent that self-edits its own code

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Post by joonate » Sun, Feb 08, 2026, 8:04 PM UTC

tines wrote: post #30

joonate wrote: post #26

|The agent can rewrite its own configuration and code. I am very illiterate when it comes to Llms/AI but Why does nobody write this in Lisp??? Isn't it supposed to be the language primarily created for AI???

Nah, it’s pretty unrelated to the current wave of AI.

Can you elaborate a bit?