2026-09-12
42 signals reviewed · 5 high-signal · 2 themes
Themes
Building Custom AI Agent Runtimes
15.5 ★ new
Developers are dissatisfied with existing AI agent frameworks and are building their own for reliability and control, paying with significant development time.
2 signals · 2 voices · max 16
"After too many rounds of "the agent says it's done and it's just a pile of ", we built the opposite: no_human proves the code it wrote is correct."
aidev-toolsagentsopen-source
Escaping Proprietary "Smart" Device Ecosystems
19.67 ★ new
Consumers are paying to escape or workaround the limitations, spyware, and high service costs of proprietary smart device ecosystems, indicating demand for more open or private alternatives.
3 signals · 3 voices · max 23
"The actual oil change is easy, but THEN I have to reset the computer!! Not so easy. That needs special software. I bought a pirated package from China. They need a subscription too. Otherwise, I must take it to an "authorized" garage... more $$$"
iotsmart-homeautomotiveright-to-repairprivacy
All Signals (42)
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| (comment) | hackernews | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | The actual oil change is easy, but THEN I have to reset the computer!! Not so easy. That needs special software. I bought a pirated package from China. They need a subscription too. Otherwise, I must take it to an "authorized" garage... more $$$ | 23 | Escaping Proprietary "Smart" Device Ecosystems |
| (comment) | hackernews | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | I have used three different smart/room AC units: - one requires its own cloud-enabled app for any remote connectivity, no HomeKit integration - one integrates with HomeKit but then leaves an upgrade hint that can only be done through an app with a login - one integrates with HomeKit and pretty much just works | 19 | Escaping Proprietary "Smart" Device Ecosystems |
| (comment) | hackernews | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | I deeply regret buying my LG. Originally the plan was to never connect it to wifi, and use an external device (chromecast, apple tv, or whatever) but my wife was too excited to try out whatever features. Unfortunately we can't sell the TV for anywhere what we paid for it new (to replace it with a different brand) so we're stuck with it | 17 | Escaping Proprietary "Smart" Device Ecosystems |
| (comment) | hackernews | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | After too many rounds of "the agent says it's done and it's just a pile of ", we built the opposite: no_human proves the code it wrote is correct. | 16 | Building Custom AI Agent Runtimes |
| Building your own agent harness is fun | hackernews | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | tried opencode, pi, oh my pi, prime agent. wrote some extensions for pi. just wasn’t doing it for me. so I built my own agent runtime. | 15 | Building Custom AI Agent Runtimes |
| (comment) | hackernews | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | My partial solution is to have the Android Zoom client on an idle tablet. Even though it is my office VOIP phone too, I power it off when I don't have meetings scheduled. | 10 | — |
| How to Detect Residential Proxies | hackernews | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | So the setup goes like this: 1) Create a subdomain to get the client's TCP ip address. You can force it to ipv4 by not giving it an AAAA record. This will make future-comparison easier. 2) Create a subdomain to get the client's UDP ip address. Ditto the quad-a bit. You'll want to run your own STUN server | 8 | — |
| (comment) | hackernews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Personally, I would only contribute to projects that have a complete AI-free policy. | 5 | — |
| (comment) | hackernews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Then when told to please fix that and do it properly, it suddenly goes down a rabbit hole for 6h and fixes scenarios that aren't even relevant. | 5 | — |
| (comment) | hackernews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | It'll just go in circles reading the same file 20 times for no reason making hundreds of tool calls for a simple change. | 5 | — |
| (comment) | hackernews | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | you can pay and not have to give the phone number to sign up. | 5 | — |
| (comment) | hackernews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | I sent an email to hn@ycombinator.com | 5 | — |
| (comment) | hackernews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | But one could just reject it on being of low effort. | 4 | — |
| (comment) | hackernews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | I'd use something that's truly decentralised but signal is just another walled garden like WhatsApp. | 4 | — |
| Ask HN: How do we deal with "hacking" Hacker News? | hackernews | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Is flagging enough? | 4 | — |
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| Ask HN: Why does account age matter? | hackernews | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| Ask HN: Can we do a karma reset? | hackernews | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| When AI Safety become market capture | hackernews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Ask HN: New way of organizing Mathematical Research | hackernews | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
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| Ask HN: How do you (AI researchers) convince yourselves that AI isn't terrible? | hackernews | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro – Not Justifiable | hackernews | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Google Has Achieved RSI | hackernews | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| AI Bubble Crashing Its Way into AI Abundance? | hackernews | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
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| At this point I feel like AI companies selling Fear | hackernews | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | — |