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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What BOYK AI client are you using?

Ask HN: What BOYK AI client are you using? 2 by yeeyang | 0 comments on Hacker News. I built an AI desktop client specifically designed for non-programmers, which has the capabilities of Codex/Claude Desktop, but it is localized, protects all your privacy, and supports any model call. Would you like to try using it? Any questions, feel free to ask me!

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Is observability over the dependencies in codebases still a problem?

Ask HN: Is observability over the dependencies in codebases still a problem? 2 by enismustafaj | 0 comments on Hacker News. Almost every codebase is calling a REST, gRPC, or a GraphQL API or using SDKs from an external or event internal provider. It gets harder to keep track of everything when the codebase matures and increases in size and from my experience sometimes it gets hard to respond to changes in time or even become aware that a dependency is deprecated and their API has changed completely. Do developers need better tools that to improve dependency and integration management?

New ask Hacker News story: Is "An agent with tools" the only valid LLM application?

Is "An agent with tools" the only valid LLM application? 3 by gmarkwa | 0 comments on Hacker News. Brex's CEO said this and I understand where he comes from, but is there a place for end to end workflows in LLM based applications? At the end of the day I agree that cutting edge software should be fully usable by agents, but I can't decide if every product should be an agent. I personally hate the UX of most agentic applications. I have this fantasy of future products where I can simply enter input X and get output Y without having to give feedback on every little thing. Of course when you're designing something it needs to be a process, but what if I can tell my phone to "buy dinner" and it just does it without bothering me at every step? What if it was just good enough? I think a conversable agent is necessary as long as the application is unsure of the accuracy of the output, but I wonder if the UX of LLM applications could be more like a rich perso...

New ask Hacker News story: Zed: Edit predictions are leaving the free Personal plan on October 7

Zed: Edit predictions are leaving the free Personal plan on October 7 6 by lumpa | 1 comments on Hacker News. Just got an email saying this: > On October 7, 2026, edit predictions will no longer be included with Zed’s free Personal plan. They will remain available on the Pro, Student, and Business plans. > Edit predictions require ongoing inference infrastructure, so we’re moving them to plans that support those costs. > You’re receiving this email because you’ve recently used edit predictions on the Personal plan. If you want to continue using predictions after October 7, you can: > Upgrade to Pro > Self-host Zeta 2.1 (see our docs) > Use one of the third-party providers we support > Otherwise, no action is required. > — The Zed team

New ask Hacker News story: Heaven

Heaven 2 by artvogel | 0 comments on Hacker News. Wherever they've gone they're not here anymore and all they stood for is empty also.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Which class of business model is most resilient to build in the AI era?

Ask HN: Which class of business model is most resilient to build in the AI era? 2 by chatmasta | 2 comments on Hacker News. If you were to start a company today, what type of business model would you choose? Most new businesses have some form of AI in them, and this makes some sense during a gold rush, but it’s also a crapshoot. And the rate of change is so insanely fast and unpredictable that it’s becoming difficult to read the market with any confidence beyond three months. Even if you hit traction, there’s no guarantee your moat won’t evaporate. And it’s cheap for everyone to build now. Personally I think the smartest business to start right now would be an “online-to-offline” model that bridges digital and physical world - think DoorDash, Uber, etc… if you hit traction with that kind of business then at least you have a legitimate moat that AI can’t drain overnight.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How many of you juggle multiple agent sessions at the same time?

Ask HN: How many of you juggle multiple agent sessions at the same time? 2 by top_rooster | 0 comments on Hacker News. I hear a lot about the future of software engineering work being an engineer sitting with tons of sessions open and multitasking on many jira tickets all at once. I am relatively junior but I feel like I see more people working on one ticket at a time, with maybe 2 sessions open. Curious how many people are juggling 6+ agents and do many jira tickets and orchestrating all these sessions.