Hacker News with Generative AI: AI Assistants

A hackable AI assistant using a single SQLite table and a handful of cron jobs (geoffreylitt.com)
There’s a lot of hype these days around patterns for building with AI. Agents, memory, RAG, assistants—so many buzzwords! But the reality is, you don’t need fancy techniques or libraries to build useful personal tools with LLMs.
Artificial Intelligence, AI Assistants, Programming, Databases, Open Source
800 points by stevekrouse 12 days ago | 174 comments
Show HN: Minimal MCP server in Go showcasing project architecture (github.com/TuanKiri)
A lightweight Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants like Claude to retrieve and interpret real-time weather data.
Go, Serverless, AI Assistants, Weather Data, Open Source
83 points by TuanKiri 19 days ago | 12 comments
We chose LangGraph to build our coding agent (qodo.ai)
We’ve been building AI coding assistants at Qodo since the GPT-3 days. Our initial approach was highly structured with predefined flows for different coding tasks like test generation, code reviews, and improvements. This approach worked well with earlier generations of LLMs and with structured flows we were able to get real-world value from older models, despite all of their limitations.
Generative AI, Programming, AI Assistants
83 points by jimminyx 32 days ago | 20 comments
Why we chose LangGraph to build our coding agent (qodo.ai)
We’ve been building AI coding assistants at Qodo since the GPT-3 days. Our initial approach was highly structured with predefined flows for different coding tasks like test generation, code reviews, and improvements. This approach worked well with earlier generations of LLMs and with structured flows we were able to get real-world value from older models, despite all of their limitations.
Generative AI, Programming, AI Assistants
17 points by timbilt 33 days ago | 9 comments
Janito – A Claude-powered CLI assistant for developers (github.com/joaompinto)
Claude, Developer Tools, AI Assistants
29 points by joaompinto 34 days ago | 5 comments
Microsoft's new Dragon Copilot is an AI assistant for healthcare (theverge.com)
Microsoft has announced Microsoft Dragon Copilot, an AI system for healthcare that can, among other things, listen to and create notes based on clinical visits.
Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Microsoft, Software, AI Assistants
87 points by 01-_- 53 days ago | 95 comments
Mistral's Le Chat tops 1M downloads in just 14 days (techcrunch.com)
A couple of weeks after the initial release of Mistral’s AI assistant, Le Chat, the company told Le Parisien that it has reached one million downloads.
Generative AI, AI Assistants, Business, France
69 points by oliverchan2024 65 days ago | 22 comments
Evaluating RAG for large scale codebases (qodo.ai)
In a previous post, we introduced our approach to building a RAG-based system—designed to power generative AI coding assistants with the essential context needed to complete tasks and enhance code quality in large scale enterprise environments.
Generative AI, Code, AI Assistants, Enterprise
41 points by GavCo 71 days ago | 10 comments
Show HN: Mem0 Browser Extension: Shared Memory Across ChatGPT,Claude,Perplexity (github.com/mem0ai)
Mem0 brings ChatGPT-style memory to all your favorite AI assistants. Share context seamlessly across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and more, making your AI interactions more personalized and efficient.
Browser Extensions, AI Assistants, Generative AI, Productivity, Sharing
34 points by staranjeet 173 days ago | 4 comments
Show HN: Zoom Meeting AI Assistants Powered by OpenAI's Realtime API (github.com/nsaigal)
This project features a real-time AI assistant for Zoom meetings, powered by OpenAI’s Realtime API API and the Recall.ai API. The assistant joins meetings and provides intelligent, context-aware responses based on the ongoing conversation.
Zoom, AI Assistants, OpenAI, Realtime API, Software
6 points by nsaigal1 186 days ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: What is your experience with Cursor? (ycombinator.com)
I've seen it brought up quite a few times here in the past few weeks. I'm currently using VSCode + Copilot. Would be great to hear some experiences, even better if you migrated from the stack I am using.
Code Editors, Programming Tools, User Experience, AI Assistants
27 points by aliasxneo 227 days ago | 29 comments