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Re:Muse Gadgets on Friday October 02, 2026 @05:19PM (#49938728)
ill wait for the inevitable "foss community open source alternative" version

Show HN: Pair.nvim – Agent assistance while staying in the codebase

Posted by sampsn on Thursday October 01, 2026 @07:04PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/sampsn/pair.nvim

I like coding with agents, but I missed being hands-on with the code. I noticed my knowledge of the codebase regressing. I built Pair to keep the conversation, research assistance, and code speed while giving me more control over what gets written and where.See this blog post for my train of thought and inspiration for this plugin: https://gabrielsampson.com/blog/there-has-to-be-an-in-betwee...

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Re:SvelteKit 3 Is Here on Thursday October 01, 2026 @06:41PM (#49927910)
i have had similar thoughts. But i hold on to the idea that its still valuable to invent new tools and ways of doing things. other wise, why not just use html css and javascript and not use react at all?
Re:Book of Shapes – Collection of minimal, generative and customizable... on Thursday October 01, 2026 @04:12PM (#49926515)
yah i like this, i downloaded a bunch, thanks
Re:Ask HN: How to Learn Systems Programming on Monday September 21, 2026 @05:16PM (#49793562)
i appreciate the write up and the insight, i will apply it, thanks!

Ask HN: How to Learn Systems Programming

Posted by sampsn on Monday September 21, 2026 @04:41PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am a junior back end web developer. When I was learning programming, I just wanted to make "apps". But now that I can make "apps", I realize that with all the abstraction and tools out there, making "apps" is really not that hard.Now that I am in my career, I am far more inspired by lower level libraries and tools, like multiplexers, terminals, event loop libraries, new compilers and...

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Re:Show HN: Omacosy – omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP on Thursday August 20, 2026 @04:24PM (#49379754)
i have this installed and its amazing! https://github.com/jurplel/InstantSpaceSwitcher
Re:New Casio F-B100W – Upgrade to the iconic F-91W after 40 years on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @04:49PM (#49367053)
i want one of these but i need it bigger. i bought an F-91W last year and its so small, it barely fit on my wrist and it looked like a little girl watch on my wrist.
Re:Hunter-gatherers introduced fish to a mountain lake 7000 years ago on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @02:45PM (#49101400)
well humans started only about 6000 years ago so this is probably false.
Re:Hunter-gatherers introduced fish to a mountain lake 7000 years ago on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @02:44PM (#49101391)
or they havent always been land locked
Re:Groop – No AI. No Influencers. No Algorithms. No Tracking on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @05:25PM (#46802477)
crazy, yah i like their idea of having limited friends, i almost implemented that in groop, but figured that having the connections be friends vs followers/following would handle the influencer issue.
Re:Groop – No AI. No Influencers. No Algorithms. No Tracking on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @03:35PM (#46801135)
No i dont remember path, what was it?
Re:Groop – No AI. No Influencers. No Algorithms. No Tracking on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @01:30PM (#46799573)
If you don't like waitlists, email me, ([email protected]). I would love some help beta testing. The app should be launching very soon.
Re:Groop – No AI. No Influencers. No Algorithms. No Tracking on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @01:29PM (#46799556)
if you dont like waitlists, i can have you beta test it. it should be launching really soon, i just wanted to see the general interest