Re:Superpowers: I'm using coding agents in October 2025
by apwell23 on Saturday October 11, 2025 @11:53AM
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well explain why OPost is "wild" and what makes you recommend it "strongly" .
what have u built with to come to those conclusions ? is this too much to ask.
Re:Superpowers: I'm using coding agents in October 2025
by simonw on Saturday October 11, 2025 @12:54PM
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I recommend it strongly because the "skills" mechanism it describes is a new and very promising technique, and this is the best article I've seen that explains that.
It's "wild" because, among many other experiments, Jesse has experimented with giving Claude a "feelings journal" and prompting it using Graphviz DOT diagrams.
For my previous writing and work on this you can consult my blog - here's the AI-assisted programming tag: https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai-assisted-programming/
Re:Superpowers: I'm using coding agents in October 2025
by Balinares on Saturday October 11, 2025 @04:17PM
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I'll admit I struggle to isolate what's fundamentally different between these skill configurations and the usual CLAUDE/AGENTS/etc.md. Clearly there's something; I'm just curious what's the mechanism at play, precisely.
EDIT: Simon actually already answered that point here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45550115
Re:Superpowers: I'm using coding agents in October 2025
by apwell23 on Saturday October 11, 2025 @01:56PM
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> This isn’t necessarily surprising, but it’s worth noting anyway. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is capable of building a full Datasette plugin now.
I do worry a bit about how often I use positive adjectives. If something isn't notable I won't write about it though. In this particle case Jesse's prompting / skills stuff really does deserve the superlatives IMO.