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Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by ceejayoz on Thursday October 08, 2026 @08:43PM (#50014531)
Have you asked Claude to critique this code? It's... not super complimentary. There are design anti-patterns I haven't seen in two decades.
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by soltanov on Friday October 09, 2026 @12:04AM (#50015857)
It runs on plain LAMP without 400 node_modules to show a task list. The 2000s called, and their stack still boots faster than ours.
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by gavmor on Friday October 09, 2026 @12:54AM (#50016135)
The purpose of node_modules is to reduce the surface of ancillary code which one must maintain.

This allows the maintainer to focus on business logic, delegating universal, undifferentiating concerns to projects that respect those concerns as their own raison d'etre.

Thus is all running software respected as central, and not peripheral, during its development. This raises the quality of the code—increasing functionality, and reducing defects.

Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by krelas on Friday October 09, 2026 @01:21AM (#50016302)
Oh I thought it was to increase the chance of supply chain attacks and being caught in dependency hell.
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by gavmor on Sunday October 11, 2026 @03:29PM (#50046919)
Come on—yes, that's the tradeoff. Find the balance that fits the project.
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by ceejayoz on Friday October 09, 2026 @08:36AM (#50019615)
Look again.

https://github.com/edrisranjbar/lifeos/blob/c45f326716c5d89f...

The attachment system runs a `CREATE TABLE` call every time it's included, as a simple example of why this is a big mess.

I have zero objection to a plain, no-JS LAMP PHP site. But that can be done cleanly.

Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by esseph on Thursday October 08, 2026 @09:10PM (#50014751)
This is a neat idea!
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by edris0077 on Friday October 09, 2026 @02:32AM (#50016785)
Thanks!
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by onaclov2000 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:07PM (#50015105)
I'm attempting to do the same thing but for personal health Data.
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by thefourthchime on Thursday October 08, 2026 @11:42PM (#50015732)
Cool idea!
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by edris0077 on Friday October 09, 2026 @02:32AM (#50016784)
Thank you! Feedback welcome if you try it.
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by GaiusCoffee on Friday October 09, 2026 @12:21AM (#50015964)
Idea is solid. Execution.. leaves a lot to be desired.
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by hmyn on Friday October 09, 2026 @12:59AM (#50016165)
why not just a notion template?
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by edris0077 on Friday October 09, 2026 @02:31AM (#50016779)
If Notion works for you, it’s a good choice. didn't for me.
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by hmyn on Friday October 09, 2026 @09:27AM (#50020236)
Honestly, life OS doesn't work at all, in my opinion. The only thing that works is "quick and dirty" method
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by armanckeser on Friday October 09, 2026 @08:58AM (#50019833)
I have found it really helpful to just give read only access to application databases for my agents and since they have the source code they get to learn and run regular http calls against the services. As long as the service itself is built local first with say a sync engine works like a charm
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by toppa33 on Friday October 09, 2026 @10:02PM (#50028781)
I use Notion too. Claude suggested a MCP in front of Notion with rules about how to update Notion pages, and another MCP for other actions over Tailscale.
Re:Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an... by nayji7 on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @10:48AM (#50072622)
Heyy that's a nice and pretty full project. Well Done ! I'll use it