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Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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Nicely done. I particularly like the emphasis on writing specs which really is something new in the space and makes Kirk not just “Cursor clone”. This is something missing in Claude Code… the user needs to remember to ask Claude to update the specs. How does Kirk deal with changes to the requirements? Are all the specs updated?

Currently specifications are mostly static documents. While they can be refreshed this is a more manual process, and if you do "vibe coding" via Kiro it can make code changes without updating the specs at all. I find the best way to use specs is to progressively commit them into the repo as an append only "history" showing the gradual change of the project over time. You can use Kiro to modify an existing spec and up…

Thanks for the advice explanation. I look forward to some blog posts on best practices here as you discover them!

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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There should be a standard rule format in a standard place, like ~/.config/llms/rules.md

> There should be a standard rule format We are a few months into widespread use of this class of technology. Now is a terrible time to introduce standards. Would be a small short term gain delivering huge long term pain.

It looks like it's going to be AGENT.md: https://ampcode.com/AGENT.md

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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Seems like social login isn't working for me on OSX. Just downloaded Kiro, clicked the Google option, allowed the app, and then get redirected back to http://localhost:3128/oauth/callback with an error "Error: AuthSSOServer: missing state".

Thanks for the report! I'll keep an eye on it. So far we aren't seeing any other reported issues, so it's possible that a browser extension, or something else in your setup is messing with the SSO flow. Redirect back to localhost:3128 is normal, that's where Kiro is watching for a callback, but the missing state is not normal. Something may have stripped the info out of the callback before it occurred, which is why I…

isn't 3128 port is mostly used by proxies (squid and alike)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbe...

I personally run my proxy there and overall I'd take some > 10000 port for such kind of stuff

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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All of these agentic IDEs could just be visual studio code plugins. They’re likely not because how do you secure VC funding for a plugin?

But Continue and a bunch of others literally did that. The better question is why is there this horrible monoculture in SW startups around raising money through VCs? We need more regular businesses who build something useful and charge a fair price. Period.

Simply put, without VC funding, these services would cost hundreds of dollars per month, and nobody would pay those prices. Companies like Anthropic can offer $20 plans precisely because they have venture capital backing.

Consumers will always gravitate toward the more affordable option.

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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> There should be a standard rule format We are a few months into widespread use of this class of technology. Now is a terrible time to introduce standards. Would be a small short term gain delivering huge long term pain.

It looks like it's going to be AGENT.md: https://ampcode.com/AGENT.md

That’s a very bold statement for something so new

Re: Kiro: A new agentic IDE

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In this world where the LLM implementation has a bug in it that impacts a human negatively (the app could calculate a person's credit score for example) Who is accountable?

I couldn't even tell you who is liable right now for bugs that impact human's negatively. Can you? If I was an IC at an airplane manufacturer and a bug I wrote caused an airplane crash - who is legally responsible? Is it me? The QA team? The management team? Some 3rd party auditor? Some insurance underwriter? I have a strong suspicion it is very complicated as it is without considering LLMs. What I can tell you is th…

> If I was an IC at an airplane manufacturer and a bug I wrote caused an airplane crash - who is legally responsible?

I am not sure it is that complicated, from a legal perspective. It is the company hiring you that would be legally responsible. If you are an external consultant, things may get more complicated, but I am pretty sure that for critical mission software companies wouldn't use external consultants (for this particular reason but also many others)

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