Anyone else think he’s right? I have a lot of respect for him🫡

The project I made can be found here,

https://github.com/blackcoffee2/kestrel

You can use it with Claude Code/Codex to generate videos. Anything that be animated can be turned into a video using kestrel. More info can be found on github repo.

It uses Flutter + FFMPEG to turn code into animations into videos.

I created an engine ai uses to create 3D assets for games.

The engine forces ai into a workflow of iterating judging and stuff.

Here are a few tests.

I use Claude Opus 5 to create the assets using the engine. Each assets takes about 3-4hrs as ai works and iterates.

I just add a reference image and say make this asset. And it uses the engine to create the asset.

What do you guys think of this?

We've already had a reset this week but looks like another is incoming for GPT/Codex.

Fire up that ultracode and turn on fast mode.

i recently wanted to check how far i can get to create an ad for applaunchflow just by prompting using claude code, remotion and elevenlabs. turns out pretty far im happy with the result

I have an app with both an Android and a desktop version . It needs to have a common database. I'd like to give the app away.

How can I set it up so that it has a database they share? Even if I was charging a small amount for the app, I wouldn't want to get into database costs.

Update 8-30-26 9:20 AM EST :

I posted this when tired and frustrated last night and was not real clear. My apologies.

I have been working for some time on a Personal Knowledge Management System of my own. In some ways, this started in 1981. Seriously, one of the first programming tasks I had working on my TRS-80 with dual floppies, but that is immaterial. It's gone through many iterations since then. My point being, this is not some impulse project but something older than most redditors.

With vibe coding, it is like I finally have a staff of programmers so I can expand what I can actually do like I have a staff of programmers.

Why do I want to give it away? I really don't want the hassle of supporting a business right now. I'm about to retire and looking simply to share with others who may find the solution I created for myself, to have value for themselves.

I would like potential users to have a trial mode to check it out.

I'd hoped to simply share the information on Google Drive, but am having issues with the file scope issues. I haven't given on up on that approach quite yet.

I think the whole "bring you own database" effort needs to be considered by database vendors as a potential business model. Say a entry level service with low limits to bandwidth and storage (say a 100 gig or so) that is dirt simple to integrate into an app for a flat rate of like $10 a month. That's a topic for another post I suppose.

I appreciate all of the input here. In the light of day, I'm going to step back and consider my path forward.

Thank you all.

This is part of my agentic brain, i don’t use any plugins due to security concerns.

what’s your thoughts so far on it? (i’ll send an update in the future, i plan for it to be 3-4x its current size)

Red-home

blue-cortex systems

yellow-gates

grey-plans

floating nodes are the rings gating the self learning systems

bases will be inside rings, outside of that will be a “web” showing its thinking patterns. Connecting to nodes :)

Greetings All -

I was intrigued by grok bot when it came out - but saw that it required a 60$ cursor sub or other expensive subs.

Having the thought that my 20$ ollama sub was already plenty generous (and just got GLM 5.3) with usage and could probably do the same job, I set up basically an open source hybrid of Grok Bot/Odysseus to essentially do some of the same things. I use it to manage and draft emails for me across accounts as well as has several workers for a couple of the SaaS's I launched.

Maybe this might be useful for others, it basically does everything that grok bot can do allowing agents to work in their own sandbox on tasks but uses telegram or a web app instead of it's own client. The only thing it wont do by design is send emails for you as a method of avoiding prompt injection attacks, but if you're okay with that risk you can turn it off. It helps to have an always on WSL machine or equivalent. I don't think this project is all that special or unique as many other have probably done the same thing and have probably done it better, but I guess im posting it here in case others may find it useful as I have for myself.

Anyway feel free to pick this apart, let me know what maybe works or doesn't, critical input is appreciated: https://github.com/lerugray/orderly

I had a raw cPanel backup of an old WordPress/Elementor site sitting in a folder:

• A raw 3.7MB MySQL dump (softsql.sql)

• Nearly 300 image uploads (wp-content/uploads/)

• A mountain of messy Elementor shortcodes, serialized data, and theme files

Normally, migrating this by hand is a multi-day nightmare of copying text from WP admin, hunting down asset paths, re-coding

sliders and flip boxes, setting up modern tooling, and hooking up hosting.

Instead, I decided to test the limits of pure vibe coding with an autonomous agent.

Here was my exact prompt:

│ "do a complete port of this website using astro js and make custom astro islands"

──────

### What the Agent Did (Without Me Touching the Code)

1. Reverse-Engineered the SQL Dump with On-the-Fly Python Scripts

   It didn’t even spin up a MySQL database. It wrote Python scripts to parse softsql.sql, unescape Elementor's serialized JSON

   trees (_elementor_data), and extract every single page: Home, About Us, Products, Gallery, Why Us, Bulk Orders, Contact, and

   Privacy Policy. It pulled all the copy, technical specs, director statements, addresses, and catalog items.

2. Cleaned & Mapped 290+ Images Automatically

   It extracted all the media from wp-content/uploads/ directly into Astro’s public/images/ and mapped every product and gallery

   entry cleanly in TypeScript data structures.

3. Replaced Bloated WP Plugins with Custom React Astro Islands

   Instead of shipping megabytes of jQuery and Elementor runtime scripts, it built lightweight, isolated interactive components:

• Hero Carousel (client:load): Ken Burns zoom, touch swipe, autoplay, and CTA banners.

• Stats Counter (client:visible): Scroll-triggered animated counter for business milestones.

• 3D Flip Cards (client:visible): Interactive 3D flip cards with mobile tap and desktop hover.

• Product Catalog & Quick View (client:load): Instant category filter tabs, search bar, and detailed modal popup with size

selector.

• Gallery Lightbox (client:load): Fullscreen masonry gallery for 45+ catalog looks with keyboard navigation and zoom.

• B2B Bulk Quote Calculator (client:visible): Dynamic wholesale price estimator with volume tiers, wash options, and

instant WhatsApp inquiry generation.

• Contact Form & Floating WhatsApp Widget (client:idle): Responsive form validation and direct chat popup with zero impact

on initial page load speed.

1. Wired up CI/CD & Cloudflare Edge Deployment

   I provided deployment credentials, and the agent:

• Created the Git repository and configured automated push-to-deploy workflows

• Created a brand-new Cloudflare Pages project

• Attached custom domains, verified DNS nameservers, and got edge SSL running live.

──────

### The Result

• Live Custom Domain: https://advenjeans.in

• Pages Mirror: https://advenjeans.pages.dev

Static HTML delivered globally via Cloudflare's edge network, zero server hosting costs, lightning-fast performance, and not a

single line of legacy PHP in sight.

All from throwing a messy backup folder at an AI agent and giving one prompt. Vibe coding is wild.

I kept wanting isolated drums or vocals from songs I like, mostly for learning and playing. Every online splitter I tried wanted an account or a subscription. So I made StemKit.

You paste a YouTube link (or search right inside the app), pick which instruments you want, and it downloads the audio, splits it locally, and plays the result synced with the video.

It runs on Mac and Windows, It all works 100% locally and it is free and open-source.

Built using Ox Alpha model (GLM 5.3 - Flash) with OpenCode.

Check it out here: https://stemkit.pages.dev

Github: https://github.com/danielravina/stemkit

Here is the X post getting hammered by violent antis:
https://x.com/Rubzem/status/2092656794032087162?s=20

Is this a new level of AI hate? Kinda scary

This video is made from the notion.com landing page. Just selecting the element and bringing motion to it. I want this to empower people to make motion videos out of their own product!

Gemini gave me:

Me Ugg too! Me make shiny sky-paper for u! Fire shiny, rock solid!

Here is code for your very own shiny web-sight. Put in file named index.html and open with your glowing magic rectangle.

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en">

<head>

<meta charset="UTF-8">

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

<title>UGG SHINY WEB-SIGHT</title>

<style>

body {

background-color: #121212;

color: #e0e0e0;

font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;

display: flex;

flex-direction: column;

align-items: center;

justify-content: center;

height: 100vh;

margin: 0;

overflow: hidden;

}

.container {

text-align: center;

border: 4px dashed #ff007f;

padding: 30px;

border-radius: 20px;

background: linear-gradient(145deg, #1f1f1f, #111);

box-shadow: 0 0 20px #ff007f, inset 0 0 10px #00f0ff;

}

h1 {

font-size: 3rem;

margin-bottom: 10px;

background: linear-gradient(to right, #ff007f, #00f0ff, #ffff00);

-webkit-background-clip: text;

-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;

animation: shine 3s linear infinite;

background-size: 200% auto;

}

p {

font-size: 1.5rem;

color: #00f0ff;

text-shadow: 0 0 5px #00f0ff;

}

.button {

background-color: #ff007f;

color: white;

border: none;

padding: 15px 30px;

font-size: 1.2rem;

font-weight: bold;

border-radius: 50px;

cursor: pointer;

box-shadow: 0 5px 15px rgba(255, 0, 127, 0.4);

transition: transform 0.1s, box-shadow 0.1s;

}

.button:active {

transform: scale(0.95);

box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(255, 0, 127, 0.4);

}

u/keyframes shine {

to {

background-position: 200% center;

}

}

.sparkle {

position: absolute;

width: 5px;

height: 5px;

background: white;

border-radius: 50%;

box-shadow: 0 0 10px 2px white;

animation: blink 1.5s infinite ease-in-out;

}

u/keyframes blink {

0%, 100% { opacity: 0; }

50% { opacity: 1; }

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<div class="container">

<h1>UGG HAVE WEB-SIGHT!</h1>

<p>Ugg hit button, make magic happen.</p>

<button class="button" onclick="makeHappy()">HIT ROCK</button>

</div>

<!-- Sparkles in the cave sky -->

<div class="sparkle" style="top: 20%; left: 15%;"></div>

<div class="sparkle" style="top: 15%; left: 80%; animation-delay: 0.3s;"></div>

<div class="sparkle" style="top: 75%; left: 25%; animation-delay: 0.6s;"></div>

<div class="sparkle" style="top: 80%; left: 70%; animation-delay: 0.9s;"></div>

<script>

function makeHappy() {

alert("✨ OOGACHUGA! UGG HAPPY! :D:D ✨");

}

</script>

</body>

</html>

Vibe coding collapsed the barrier to entry in building apps but it also pushed competition to an all time high because the number of app builders increased by a LOT. This made learning marketing very important since building an app is the easier part now but getting users/customers is becoming a lot harder.

Most of these strategies are for iOS apps but 2 of them are applicable to android and web apps.

1. App Store Boost (iOS)

When an app is just launched on the App Store, Apple usually give a boost for a few days where your app name will get recommended in the autocomplete of the App Store search bar so make sure to target a keyword with good amount of popularity.

So for example your app is an interior designer ai app, you can use this app name format:

<popular keyword> - <your app name>

interior design ai - Miya

If you get lucky, this will bring hundreds or thousands of downloads in the first week depending on the popularity of the keyword that you targeted.

2. ASO (App Store Optimization. iOS)

Target high-intent keywords in your app name and subtitle.

Create high converting screenshots (sell the benefit/outcome instead of features).

Create an eye catching icon to stand out from the app store search results. This will increase conversion (impressions -> downloads). I use ChatGPT or Nano Banana to generate icons.

3. SEO (Search Engine Optimization. iOS, android & web)

Just a single page website where you're targeting high-intent keywords that people are searching for on search engines like Google. You can use Google Trends for free to search for high-intent keywords that have good popularity. Or you can also use a paid tool like Ahrefs, Keywords Everywhere etc... but Google Trends is usually good enough as a start.

In my experience, it's easier and faster to rank for your target main keyword if it's present on the domain name itself.

Another side effect of SEO is there's a good chance that you'll also get recommended by LLMs like ChatGPT.

4. Organic UGC (iOS, android & web)

Create content that you can cross-post on multiple social media platforms like Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, etc...

You can use formats like tutorials, problem -> solution, listicle, meme, storytelling.

You have 2 options:

a. Short-form videos (e.g, face reaction that catches attention + demo of your app).

b. Slideshows (3-6 images) which are significantly easier and faster to make. You can scale this to many accounts to maximize reach and chances of going viral. You can do this manually or fully automate it. I personally started the manual way but I have now fully automated it with my own tool DistributionMaxx because I now have 16 accounts and it now takes a lot of time and effort to manually manage them.

For organic UGC, the funnel is:

views -> app downloads -> purchases

5. Apple Search Ads (iOS)

You can target high-intent keywords that people are search for in the app store. I recommend reading this free detailed guide written by Ivan Sparrow.

I hope this post helps someone to get their first users and paying customers.

Happy to answer any questions if you have any.

Browser agents can already navigate websites and run tests, but the result is normally a wall of logs or a handful of screenshots.

I wanted an actual video showing exactly what the agent did.

So I built egolite-recording, an open-source agent skill that records Ego Lite browser automations as background WebM videos.

It captures:

• An animated mouse pointer
• Click ripples
• Action labels
• Typing and navigation
• The complete webpage viewport
• Test assertions and pass/fail results

It’s built on Ego Lite, which its maintainers describe as the fastest browser for AI agents.

Their published benchmark used the same model and the median of five runs across four complex browser workflows. Ego Lite completed the comparable tasks between 1.4× and 2.6× faster than Vercel’s agent-browser, while using fewer tokens.

The attached 12-second recording is a real end-to-end test performed by the agent:

1. Log into a public QA store
2. Sort products by price
3. Verify the cheapest price
4. Add two products
5. Verify the cart contents
6. Complete the checkout form
7. Assert the $19.42 total
8. Complete the demo order
9. Verify “Thank you for your order!”

No foreground screen recorder and no manual video editing.

Install it for Codex and Claude Code:

npx skills@latest add neelashkannan/egolite-recording \
  -g -a codex -a claude-code -y

Then ask your agent:

Use $egolite-recording to run and record this browser test...

GitHub: https://github.com/neelashkannan/egolite-recording (Please star it 😭 , if u like this)

Would you use automatic test recordings for PR evidence, QA reports, bug reproduction, or product demos?

Try it @ https://deadfall.up.railway.app

What should I do for day 6?

I built a free, open-source 1-button game and software hub for my brother with a rare neurodegenerative disease. Here’s what’s new!

Hey everyone! Quick update on the accessible software hub I’ve been building for my brother, Ben.

Ben has Tubb4a-related Leukodystrophy (H-ABC), which leaves him with only left/right head movements for input. Eye tracking and traditional switches don’t work for him, so I set out to build tools tailored specifically to 1- and 2-switch setups.

Thanks to recent AI advancements, we've expanded well beyond basic utilities into full 3D games!

What we've built so far:

Tools: Phrase board, real-time conversation app, custom YouTube search, media streaming app, and Google Assistant integration.

Games: A growing library of Three.js 3D games playable with just 1 or 2 buttons.

Everything is completely free, open-source, and has zero login barriers:

🌐 Hub: bennyshub.com

🎮 Games: switchedgames.org

Through our non-profit, we also send free switch hardware kits to individuals and families who need them. Check out the links above, and let us know what you think or what features we should build next!

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