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Nice project. I’m building a similar project. It’s open source too. https://github.com/DonkeyUseCorp/Donkey https://github.com/DonkeyUseCorp/Donkey It’s mostl

Nice project. I’m building a similar project. It’s open source too. https://github.com/DonkeyUseCorp/Donkey https://github.com/DonkeyUseCorp/Donkey It’s mostly a web app with a native swift companion app to access local resources like TTS, file storage and video rendering. I arrived at the same conclusion as you; every app should have AI chat. Just give it full access to the app like a real user. I found that users prefer talking to the AI when editing vs clicking around.

koladev32 2mo ago
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scoot 2mo ago
> Donkey Vision — a screen-understanding API that turns any screenshot into structured, clickable UI, so you can build computer-use tools of your own. Not faulting your (necessary given today's reality) work, but sad to think that the Amiga still remains ahead of it's time some 36 years later (since ARexx was bundle with the OS), or closer to 40 years if you count when v1 was released separately. ARexx allowed any application that supported it (and most productivity apps worth their salt did) to communicate with each other, and to be scripted - essentially a standardised API for applications. We're slowly getting there (at least for SaaS apps) with MCP, but screen scraping shouldn't ever have been necessary.
scoot 2mo ago
Donkey is slick. Love the minimal UI. Edit: Having played with both a bit, and with no disrespect to OP, yours is a significantly better product.
- harrisontin 2mo ago
  no disrespect taken :) What's something that we can do better?
  - scoot 2mo ago
    Ifound Palmiers interface dense, cluttered, and confusing - just take the panel top left (to the right of chat) for example. So much going on in one small space. Donkey Cut offers more functionality in less space, and everything is easy to find and understand. It isn't without bugs, but the structure is there for it to be great
    - dthedavid 1mo ago
      Appreciate the candid feedback. I'm working on this every day. What bugs did you run into? Trying to make AI video editing best in class.

koladev32 2mo ago

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scoot 2mo ago

> Donkey Vision — a screen-understanding API that turns any screenshot into structured, clickable UI, so you can build computer-use tools of your own. Not faulting your (necessary given today's reality) work, but sad to think that the Amiga still remains ahead of it's time some 36 years later (since ARexx was bundle with the OS), or closer to 40 years if you count when v1 was released separately. ARexx allowed any application that supported it (and most productivity apps worth their salt did) to communicate with each other, and to be scripted - essentially a standardised API for applications. We're slowly getting there (at least for SaaS apps) with MCP, but screen scraping shouldn't ever have been necessary.

scoot 2mo ago

Donkey is slick. Love the minimal UI. Edit: Having played with both a bit, and with no disrespect to OP, yours is a significantly better product.

harrisontin 2mo ago
no disrespect taken :) What's something that we can do better?
- scoot 2mo ago
  Ifound Palmiers interface dense, cluttered, and confusing - just take the panel top left (to the right of chat) for example. So much going on in one small space. Donkey Cut offers more functionality in less space, and everything is easy to find and understand. It isn't without bugs, but the structure is there for it to be great
  - dthedavid 1mo ago
    Appreciate the candid feedback. I'm working on this every day. What bugs did you run into? Trying to make AI video editing best in class.