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Re:WebMCP is available for early preview
on Monday March 02, 2026 @04:37AM (#47215688)
Genuine question, why can't this be done via an API that the agents call? there are already established ways to call APIs on behalf of the user. Seems to me that the agent is loading a web app just to be able to access it's apis, what am i missng?
Re:Show HN: I made an online Unicode Cuneiform digital clock
on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @04:30AM (#44307852)
I absolutely love this, bonus: I can now read Cuneiform numbers, if I ever need that.
Suggestion: You can potentially show the Cuneiform time in the url.
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Re:Sam Altman's Lies About ChatGPT Are Growing Bolder
on Thursday June 12, 2025 @04:22AM (#44255269)
Im surprised by the amount attention this post gets, I guess being AI-pessimist is fashionable on HN. Sure, the AI probably uses more energy and water than he claims, but compared to all the wasteful billion dollar companies producing oil (e.g. Fracking water usage) or plastic. At the same the AI has already changed biology for example, we're going to see the benefits of alphafold for decades to come, I'd say using the water and energy is well worth the price.
Why MCP can't be as simple as Naive Context Protocol
Re:Why MCP can't be as simple as Naive Context Protocol
on Thursday May 15, 2025 @11:38AM (#43996170)
Since the introduction of Model Context Protocol, I've been wondering why this protocol is so complicated to work with and after many wasted hours and a few MCP spec updates, I've decided to write down what I think MCP should have been and I call it Naive Context Protocol ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ.
Maybe this approach is in fact naive (please tell why!), the "spec" is very minimal at this point (I will expand based on feedback here) and it probably ignores some use-case (some of them on purpose), but I would like to hear:
1. What everyone here thinks the MCP/NCP should've been/should be?
2. What use-cases would you like a context protocol to support?
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)
on Monday April 28, 2025 @08:12AM (#43820537)
I'm building a client-side encrypted personal management tool for myself, with support for file encryption:
Show HN: I made a MIDI-based Piano training app
I made this app for myself to practice music reading on the piano. Please let me know if you want me to add any features.All feedback is welcome.Currently only works with MIDI-enabled browsers, so, no support for iOS/iPad devices unfortunately.
Tell HN: ChatGPT adds utm_source=chatgpt.com to external links
Why should you care? This is the start of openai becoming an ad company like google. I really hope it doesn't happen but better look for an alternative sooner, rather than later.
Ask HN: Is Git commit history useful to you?
I'm curious about how everyone here uses git commit history. I only use commit history for these use-cases:1. When I'm trying to understand the context around a change that has been made to a file. usually the whole commit provides a better context. 2. When I want to revert a change that breaks the latest release. 3. Comparing branches for rebasing/mergingAre there any other use-case that...
Re:ChatGPT Search
on Friday November 01, 2024 @05:56AM (#42015425)
Does anyone know if the search will be available through their api? seems like a unique offering that not even google has (to my knowledge at least)
Ask HN: Please share your experience with CouchDB vs. other doc-oriented DBs?
Ask HN: What do you recommend for implementing access control?
I'm looking for recommendation for separating access control from the core logic of the application. I've looked at a few different open-source solutions, a number of them have their own languages for specifying the policies but I prefer not use a custom language. So far cerbos.dev (using yaml to write policies) seems like a good option.have you used cerbos.dev or any other access control...
Ask HN: Which User Management (Identity, Access) tool do you recommend?
Ask HN: Is anyone using alternative open email protocols like JMAP?
I hate what the internet has become
Ask HN: What is good about tailwindcss if you mostly use a component lib?
I love how daisyui (a tailwind component library) looks but I believe daisyui can exist without tailwind by just creating those same component classes with css (correct me if I'm wrong).To be clear I think tailwind has some advantages specially if you are making highly customised components. But most of the time I end up using the same components that my component lib provides with a few...
Deno 1.42: Better dependency management with JSR
The Road to Fresh 2.0
Show HN: I made a (Y) scraper to see the progress of batch W24 websites
Offline GPT Store โ Run LLMs Locally Using WebGPU
What services YC batch W24 use on their websites
Re:What services YC batch W24 use on their websites
on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @09:20AM (#39616212)
Inspired by Paul Graham tweet:
"You could probably make a lot of money simply by investing in companies that a significant percentage of the latest YC batch use. They're the quintessential early adopters."
I wanted to see what services are used on batch W24 company websites. Of course this not a complete representation since it doesn't include internal, server side or behind authentication services.
These numbers are out of 197 total companies in batch W24:
- Octolane is the most popular company in W24 so far, used by 10 within the batch.
- 88 use Google analytics vs 2 that use Plausible
- Many use webflow (50) or framer (42) to build the website
- Youtube (19), loom (5) and Mux (4) for video
Economic Inequality (January 2016)
Ask HN: What are the downsides of hosting your blog on a separate subdomain?
Google's Chromium team working on non-WebKit browser for iOS (Feb 2023)
Re:Ask HN: Do you know of any plans to port other browser engines to iOS?
on Saturday March 02, 2024 @03:13AM (#39570947)
Do you have a link to the source of this info?
Ask HN: Do you know of any plans to port other browser engines to iOS?
Re:Show HN: I made an app to use local AI as daily driver
on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @02:47AM (#39535189)
Try this one: https://uneven-macaw-bef2.hiku.app/app/
It loads the LLM in the browser, using webgpu, so it works offline after the first load, it's also PWA you can install. It should work on chrome > 113 on desktop and chrome > 121 on mobile.