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Show HN: Y – A malleable coding-agent desktop app built with Electron
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- ermantrout 3mo agoHey this is pretty cool
- HetPatel106 3mo agoThanks!
- joelres 3mo agoVery cool! Suggestion: would be helpful to include examples of what's possible, or some things to try (or things that are explicitly prevented).
- HetPatel106 3mo agoGood point. I’ll add this to the README. Thanks!
- warpech 3mo agoCool! Your readme mentions Modify. What’s that? Does this use some generative UI?
- HetPatel106 3mo agoThanks! Modify is the part where you can ask your coding agent to update the app live - including UI changes.
- joeyguerra 3mo agoReminds of smalltalk.
- HetPatel106 3mo agoWhoa! I did not know about smalltalk. Thanks for letting me know!
- linzhangrun 3mo agosmalltalk is basically the textbook ancestor of OO
- giovannibonetti 3mo agoIt would be even cooler if it was made with a Lisp and took advantage of it being homoiconic.
- dr_kiszonka 3mo agoAlso, a bit like emacs.
- eightysixfour 3mo agoThis is cool conceptually, but "y" do I have to login to your site if it is local and uses my Claude Code?
- HetPatel106 3mo agoy uses your local Claude Code/Codex and your local files. Your chats stay local too - I never get them. Login is for account/product features like feedback, usage analytics, and updates, not for proxying your repo or chat history through us. Details: https://ytimesy.com/privacy https://ytimesy.com/privacy and https://ytimesy.com/terms https://ytimesy.com/terms
- GenseeAI 3mo ago[flagged]
- lellow 3mo agoI like it. I see this concept of allowing users to modify things to cater to their preferences being the future tbh.
- HetPatel106 3mo agoYes, I agree!
- randomuser558 3mo ago[flagged]
- seabass 3mo agoAn app ui that can be modified by end users is a really cool idea. I hope to see that in more apps!
- thoangai 3mo ago[flagged]
- tuo-lei 3mo agodoes the userland persist across app updates? curious what happens to my modify changes when you ship a new version of y
- jimmypk 3mo ago[flagged]
- HetPatel106 3mo agoYes! Your modified version would stay the same, if I have an update which conflicts with your modified version you can simply select what to add to your modified version and then modify would take care of the rest.
- dhruv3006 3mo agoI guess this is in tune with the yc rfs - https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs#dynamic-software-interfaces https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs#dynamic-software-interfaces - but i do have the same question for the app updates - you will break everything as soon as the update takes place - this opens up a nice rabbit hole for discussion.
- HetPatel106 3mo agoIt will not break the app. If I ship an update that conflicts with your modified version, you can select from a checklist what you want to add and then modify will take care of the rest.
- anoop_kumar 3mo agoI used to like Electron but most recently became a fan of Tauri. Electron is great from a UI perspective but seems like it tends to get bloated very quickly. Any suggestions on how to deal with it?
- dmitrygr 3mo ago> Any suggestions on how to deal with it? Yes, pick up a book on swift or MFC
- KetoManx64 3mo agoTauri performance on Linux as abysmal. I'll take Electron any and everyday of the week withe all ita extra bloat instead of having Tauri apps ramp my Nvidia GPU to 100% in order to show me a basic screen.