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Re: Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem

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Post by ftchd »

theMackabu wrote: post #45
carimura wrote: post #19

i was just joking about Anthropic's `ant` CLI not caring about Apache `ant` (maybe one person got it), and now we're talking about Javascript `ant`!

I dont know a single soul who uses the Anthropic `ant` cli....

Isn't `claude` anthropic's CLI? :D

Re: Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem

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Post by nhinck2 »

theMackabu wrote: post #32
tekacs wrote: post #28

I code with AI all day, every day. But I do think that it's worth pointing to this issue (from March). The author has said that they've redone it since, but the "from-scratch hand-built" framing specifically – for me – somewhat grates given the original heavy lifting from an existing AGPL codebase. https://github.com/cesanta/elk/issues/75 I want to acknowledge that the original authors don't seem to have minded too m…

this was flagging code from all the way back in dec of 2025, back when this project was just some idea and not what it is today. around feb thats when basically deleted the existing codebase and designed a much more reliable system from the ground up. I knew the existing code was basically pure slop, and it was not the biggest issue then, now nothing goes past me unreviewed and untested > To the author: I absolutely…

> now nothing goes past me unreviewed and untested

So it's not hand-built?

Re: Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem

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Post by hoppp »

vips7L wrote: post #79
hollowturtle wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The engine, Ant Silver, is hand-built.

It’s not hand-built. It’s hand prompted.

I don't like it.

There is no shame in saying it's generated, bun is now completely vibe code also.

Saying it's hand built when it's not is false advertising

Re: Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem

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Post by guessmyname »

ftchd wrote: post #81
theMackabu wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dont know a single soul who uses the Anthropic `ant` cli....

Isn't `claude` anthropic's CLI? :D

Anthropic develops at least two command line interfaces (CLI’s):

• (ant) https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-cli

• (claude) https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code

Re: Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem

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Post by armanckeser »

girvo wrote: post #60
lucb1e wrote: post #37

Why call it "Ant" and not "Antjs" or "Ant.js" when there is already Ant from Apache? https://ant.apache.org

Ant in JS land is already claimed and huge too lol https://ant.design/

Tangent but what a horrible website at least on my android. Starts as light mode, suddenly shows three streched columns, turns to dark mode and the title is hidden behind the header. After years of being around how can they end up with something like this
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