For me, the benefit of pi is what it doesn't do.
Opinionated and easy Pi.dev configuration
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Re: Opinionated and easy Pi.dev configuration
#42I think the developers of Pi made a supply chain mistake by stripping down the core agent and requiring features like subagents to load plugins written by some random person.
We are going to address this. Not by loading the agent but by finding a way to provide official plugins or blessed plugins. But we’re not yet sure what the right approach is.
the approach is a plugin_name_spec.md that builds the plugin from plain text.
Re: Opinionated and easy Pi.dev configuration
#43Is there a popular well support add on that like lets me hitl/interact with my phone while not at my desk?
Re: Opinionated and easy Pi.dev configuration
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
I like the Pi approach, but I think I didn't "hold it correctly" so to say. I would like to migrate away from Claude Code and use Pi as my "peimary" harness. I really like in particular how it manages conversation trees and branches. But I think I didn't do a good job in customizing it for my work. While nothing dramatic, I think the LLM I was using did a better job on Claude Code than on Pi a couple of time when I t…
That’s why I like things like oh-my-pi and lazypi, nothing’s stopping you from modifying it after you install; I find that when I’m working on my own sometimes I brick myself into a corner and it’s nice to see someone else’s starting point for reference.
This is so easy to do because we are unable to contemplate every edge case at the time of inception right? At least that is what I am telling myself as I brick myself on a "manifest driven system" that surely will detect drift as I bolt more and more on, right? no... bricked as fah.
At least I am learning to build modular so I can reuse parts like image gen, audio gen (STT/TTS), knowledge management. I have probably built 4 of these systems in the last year, each one gets better and lasts longer until I brick the crap out of it. Super fun.
Re: Opinionated and easy Pi.dev configuration
#45Pi makes you think about what you’re doing with it on purpose. This defeats that, as the Mario quote on the page says, and therefore isn’t worth using. People really need to try out “less is more”. The new models are quite smart, so suffocating their context with dozens of MCPs and skills isn’t necessary like it used to be. A cli tool with good built in help and good errors is amazingly easy for the model to figure o…
Would you say the same about something like, say, Spacemacs?
No, I don’t think I would. Filling the model’s context with a bunch of junk and actively making it perform worse isn’t the same as adding opinionated defaults/settings. The GPT-5.6 announcement just made it clear that these huge agents files are actually doing more harm than good.
If this just added skins or something I wouldn’t be arguing against it.
Re: Opinionated and easy Pi.dev configuration
#46This seems to be like the antithesis of pi, it's supposed to be this minimal thing you customise I guess it's the same kinda friction with vanilla vim/neovim vs vim 'distributions' that provide a bunch of stuff out of the box.
It looks exactly like neovim plugin ecosystem and I was waiting for someone to make this.
I tried pi before but the gap between codex and pi is too big for me to be productive. Ideally lazypi is easy to disable or add plugins as well.
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#47I am not going to use this, I think, because I believe I am at the point where going through the "process" with Pi will be valuable to me.
But it's a useful list of things and they are links.
Re: Opinionated and easy Pi.dev configuration
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
I like the Pi approach, but I think I didn't "hold it correctly" so to say. I would like to migrate away from Claude Code and use Pi as my "peimary" harness. I really like in particular how it manages conversation trees and branches. But I think I didn't do a good job in customizing it for my work. While nothing dramatic, I think the LLM I was using did a better job on Claude Code than on Pi a couple of time when I t…
What was lacking? This is self promotional but I am working on https://github.com/gitsense/pi-brains which is designed around the Pi philosophy of less is better by focusing on ondemand context/guidance. I won't bloat the context unless the LLM needs to do something I know it will need better guidance with. I have a demo repo for this at https://github.com/gitsense/gsc-rules-demos One of the examples is, if I know th…
It's difficult to be very specific, because this was not a formal experiment.
I was using LLM collaboratively to help me setting up and document a home server. I was using DeepSeek for that matter. I tried some tasks on Claude Code and some on Pi.
Subjectively, I felt that it was marginally "smarter" on Claude Code. It would figure things out better, that sort of thing.
I am still using Pi btw. My current set up is using MiMo on Pi as a planner, ans DS in Claude Code to validate/execute the plan.
I may try moving it all to Pi, but I wonder if I should learn how to better configure the things there.
Re: Opinionated and easy Pi.dev configuration
#49Currently using Oh My Pi ( https://github.com/can1357/oh-my-pi ) and appreciate the batteries included approach. From my limited time using pure Pi, I found quite a few of the plugins lacking and had no desire to upgrade/fix and maintain them myself. I know others feel differently though. I like the idea of keep Pi minimal but having “official”, high quality optional plugins to make it more usable.
To be clear, Oh My Pi isn't simply batteries included like LaziPi. It's a fork with a bunch of foundational extra features built into the core.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pi is meant for people who know what they are doing. If you dont fall into that category use OpenCode, etc. The whole idea is that you customize Pi to your own needs by asking it to modify itself through extensions. That said, sometimes it is really easy to leverage existing extensions. You run the risk of supply chain attack though. I installed one extension that was useful, modified it to my needs and pinned it.
> Pi is meant for people who know what they are doing How many people genuinely know what they're doing when the value prop of Pi is basically to vibe code it to your taste? The entire point of vibe coding being that you don't actually have to know what you're doing?
if you know what you're doing your results will actually be good. what a dumb take.