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spditner 2 days ago [-]
What I would like to see for vibe coded novelty apps that are not realistically going to see updates are the prompts-as-source. For instance, I one-shotted a Roku app to play the HackerTube listings, and it works good enough:
Build a sideloadable Roku channel/app for browsing and playing videos from
https://hackertube.org/. Inspect HackerTube's API or video pages and use Roku
BrightScript/SceneGraph. Deliver a complete zipped Roku channel with source,
setup instructions, and any necessary metadata/proxy details. Aim for Roku
Developer Mode sideloading.
ozim 1 days ago [-]
I would rather have it the other way around.
Source for one-shotted apps so LLM gives you repo back and template to build on instead of burning electricity on ideations from scratch.
I imagine 90% of stuff could be just that.
But I also imagine people just cloning repo don’t feel it truly belongs to them, but when agent slops out code for them somehow they feel like they did the work themselves.
TomGarden 1 days ago [-]
Agreed! We desperately need an OSS framework of basic modular building blocks for the new generation of vibecoders, if nothing else just to stop the massive waste of resources of having all the models build the same thing hundreds of thousands of times.
ada1981 1 days ago [-]
A good rule for agents is to 1. Search GitHub for existing or related projects to pull from and 2. Publish code as share a like.
It’s also good practice since SAAS is dead anyway, so it helps kill the fantasy your vibe coded app is somehow going to live on code alone.
ozim 18 hours ago [-]
SaaS is only dead if you believe you paid only for software there is still part “as service” because running and maintaining software still takes time even if slopping out software is virtually free.
demberto 1 days ago [-]
SaaS is not dead.
rickydroll 22 hours ago [-]
This Saas is no more! It has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to github 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is CI/CD processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-SAAS!!
mh- 1 days ago [-]
It'd be neat if (for web stuff) people put them at like /.well-known/prompt.md.
orbis-tertius 8 hours ago [-]
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maaaaattttt 1 days ago [-]
I'm thinking that if somehow we could force temperature to 0, it could even be "prompt as compressed source". In the sense that you know if you run a given prompt through a given model version you would get the exact same results.
This could have some space applications. You send a powerful model to space, iterate with the same model on earth and once the results are good only send the prompt to the remote model... Well, now that I'm typing it, I guess if the model is good enough you don't even need that and only give it a goal before leaving.
I hadn't thought of that, but that's a really good idea - prompts as source code. you're right, most of them will never see a formal update, so the prompt is a great way to hand off some control.
invaliduser 1 days ago [-]
Yes. Open prompts.
5555watch 2 days ago [-]
Oh damn this is much cooler than I expected! For some reason skimming through channels is more enjoyable than click a video I'd probably wouldn't click on
kreelman 1 days ago [-]
Indeed... Only problem is that it's so entertaining and diverting.
Bluestein 6 hours ago [-]
This is great for discoverability, untightening the bounds of the algos.-
PS. Only nit, there might be a reason for this though: The "info" function shows a salient comment for each feature, which should be attributed to a particular user and not just "HN, [year]" as is now - methinks.-
richardw 2 days ago [-]
Love the multitude of ideas! Upvoted. I did repo’s a couple days ago:
This is cool. It would be better if it linked to the hn comment/s and showed some gameplay on hover (also the splash page is unnecessary, ideally https://hnarcade.com/games/category/games should be the home page)
HackerSentiment, which tracks current sentiment of the frontpage of HN, coming soon, which will show total ambivalence to AI.
pwython 2 days ago [-]
I've had the idea for years for a browser extension that showed positive/negative sentiment scores next to each post, based on comments. Mostly because often the top comment on posts are "ackchyually..."
jdthedisciple 2 days ago [-]
you don't need an app for that anymore
your dot or muse will happily do it for you and in fact even send you a notification about it right on your phone
asimjalis 1 days ago [-]
Nice. I like this. One minor usability issue I saw. In the guide, the channels start with the lowest on top and then go down to the higher ones. But the up and down arrows work the opposite way. For example, the down arrow moves me to a lower channel, which is the opposite direction of the guide. Maybe there is no elegant solution to this.
surya_waters 2 days ago [-]
Love it ! Thank you for creating this. I am in the process of minimizing my digital consumption and was looking for something like this to live like if it's the 70s. Shameless plug: i have two chrome plugins to reduce digital distractions if anyone is interested.
Sanctum : https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sanctum-its-time-to...
Source for one-shotted apps so LLM gives you repo back and template to build on instead of burning electricity on ideations from scratch.
I imagine 90% of stuff could be just that.
But I also imagine people just cloning repo don’t feel it truly belongs to them, but when agent slops out code for them somehow they feel like they did the work themselves.
It’s also good practice since SAAS is dead anyway, so it helps kill the fantasy your vibe coded app is somehow going to live on code alone.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50361909
PS. Only nit, there might be a reason for this though: The "info" function shows a salient comment for each feature, which should be attributed to a particular user and not just "HN, [year]" as is now - methinks.-
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50342272
It has some cool stuff if you click around some. Feedback very welcome!
https://xn--teilifssen-04a4l.ie/
Channel surfing your own Jellyfin library.
Edit: HackerTV looks great, well worth the click :)
https://cauldron.itch.io/wageslave
your dot or muse will happily do it for you and in fact even send you a notification about it right on your phone
FlowTube : https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/flowtube-%E2%80%93-...
> "We're trying to figure out what to do with Apple. We're obviously sensitive to people's privacy."
Wow.
My personal HackerTV is media.ccc.de and I always appreciate when good content is hosted with simple <video/> tags or peertube.
reminds me of
Amazing idea btw.
We did a combo books/video HN remix a few days ago: https://vektormemory.com/blog/v2-0-4-hacker-news-books-video...
Gonna be a wasteland of vibe coded shit that meant nothing.