20 comments

  • joelres a day ago ago

    Very cool!

    Suggestion: would be helpful to include examples of what's possible, or some things to try (or things that are explicitly prevented).

    • HetPatel106 a day ago ago

      Good point. I’ll add this to the README. Thanks!

  • eightysixfour a day ago ago

    This is cool conceptually, but "y" do I have to login to your site if it is local and uses my Claude Code?

    • HetPatel106 a day ago ago

      y 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 and https://ytimesy.com/terms

  • dhruv3006 19 hours ago ago

    I guess this is in tune with the yc rfs - 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.

  • anoop_kumar 18 hours ago ago

    I 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?

    • KetoManx64 10 hours ago ago

      Tauri 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.

    • dmitrygr 17 hours ago ago

      > Any suggestions on how to deal with it?

      Yes, pick up a book on swift or MFC

  • warpech a day ago ago

    Cool!

    Your readme mentions Modify. What’s that?

    Does this use some generative UI?

    • HetPatel106 a day ago ago

      Thanks! Modify is the part where you can ask your coding agent to update the app live - including UI changes.

  • tuo-lei 20 hours ago ago

    does the userland persist across app updates? curious what happens to my modify changes when you ship a new version of y

  • lellow a day ago ago

    I like it. I see this concept of allowing users to modify things to cater to their preferences being the future tbh.

  • seabass 21 hours ago ago

    An app ui that can be modified by end users is a really cool idea. I hope to see that in more apps!

  • joeyguerra a day ago ago

    Reminds of smalltalk.

    • giovannibonetti a day ago ago

      It would be even cooler if it was made with a Lisp and took advantage of it being homoiconic.

    • HetPatel106 a day ago ago

      Whoa! I did not know about smalltalk. Thanks for letting me know!

      • linzhangrun 16 hours ago ago

        smalltalk is basically the textbook ancestor of OO

    • dr_kiszonka 20 hours ago ago

      Also, a bit like emacs.

  • ermantrout a day ago ago

    Hey this is pretty cool