harrisreynolds
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Comment · 9 months ago
The goal here is to make it easy to bundle applications completely in a browser.
The primary use case is to support AI generated applications at run time.
For example: prompt an AI model to generate a full application including its package.json and all of the components as "files" and then using a virtual file system and import maps bundle it and run it.
This is a key piece of the puzzle for how a vibe coding platform would be built. Companies like Bolt.new have proprietary technology that runs node in a browser to handle this use case.
Which is very cool but not accessible to everyone.
I am not sure how Loveable does this... they may have a similar library to this one. I'd love to know if someone wants to share! :-)
This library was itself vibe coded using Claude code. This is my third attempt at this... the BIG key was really honing in on the exact requirements (LOL... that has always been the key right!?!).
I'd love some feedback if you have any. I am sure there may be some other option out there for this but I wasn't able to find any easy wrappers of esbuild-wasm myself that fully solved my use case.
Now I can go vibe code the full vibe coding platform!!
Comment · 10 months ago
People like experiences!
Plus those meals are disgusting! :-)
Plus plus… those meals are actually expensive!!
Comment · 10 months ago
I think "The Bitter Lesson" is relevant here [1].
This wave IS different.
It isn't a matter of "if" but "when".
I am a long-time software developer too... but I am strongly encouraging people to embrace the future now and get creative in finding ways to adapt.
There will always be demand for smart and creative people. BUT ... if you don't look up and look around you right now at some point you will be irrelevant.
Also see Ray Dalio's "Principles" book on embracing reality. A critical principle in the modern age of AI.
Nothing but love for my fellow developers!!
[1] http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html
Comment · 10 months ago
Comment · 10 months ago
I actually thought this was pretty boring. @Cursor team.... hit me up when you do your year in review for 2026 next year and I'll help you brainstorm something much more creative.
Great product though!!
Comment · 1 year ago
I tried again and got this:
https://biblebothways.com/claim/war-can-be-considered-accept...
So I guess the first submission was some kind of glitch.
Comment · 1 year ago
I entered the topic of "going to war" and it did not return anything, but throughout history people have used the Bible as justification for going to war. And yet killing people is generally bad. Lots of nuances here but it seems like the system should have come up with something.
Comment · 1 year ago
Yeah... the Posthog stuff is really funny! :-)
Comment · 1 year ago
Yeah... I like this "Why you should not use Canine" section too.
I was just on Posthog's site this morning and saw a similar section...
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rky248hgutwzzkzwhifxz/posthog...
Comment · 1 year ago
Nice! I am currently writing a new version of my no-code platform, WeBase [1], to use AI to generate and edit applications.
Currently just using foundation models from OpenAI and Gemini but will be very interested to try this out.
My current approach is to just completely overwrite files with new updated version but I am guessing using something like Relace will make the whole process more efficient... is that correct?
I'll watch your video later but I would love to learn more about common use cases. It could even be fun to write a blog post for your blog comparing my "brut force" approach to something more intelligent using Relace.
[1] https://www.webase.com (still points to the old "manual" version)
Comment · 1 year ago
This looks really nice. There is a pretty bad UX bug though... when I click export I can't see that anything happens. But if I scroll down I see there is a popup to export the chart. The popup really needs to be visible in the view pane so a user knows something is happening.
Great looking charts though!
What are you using to render the chart?
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Twitter: @harrisreynolds
Email: harris@ nimblelabs dot com