Hacker News with Generative AI: Frameworks

Clojuring the web application stack: Meditation One (evalapply.org)
In a land bereft of a canonical "killer app" web framework or two, one must think about the what, why, how, where of all the moving parts.
Ash AI: A Comprehensive LLM Toolbox for Ash Framework (alembic.com.au)
Ash Framework is a declarative, resource-oriented backend framework for building web applications in the Elixir programming language.
Show HN: I reinvented PHP in TypeScript (demo) (github.com/vseplet)
Morph is an embeddable fullstack library for building Hypermedia-Driven Applications without a build step, based on HTMX.
An Update on Fresh (deno.com)
Fresh is a simple web framework based on the latest web standards that we built and use quite heavily here at Deno. We’ve teased the next version for quite some time now, but haven’t yet cut a release. Rest assured we haven’t forgotten about it. In fact, a pre-release version of Fresh 2 is being used in production here at Deno — on our main website as well as on Deno Deploy.
AgentBridge: Bridging the gap between AI agents and third-party services (agentbridge.org)
AgentBridge is a comprehensive framework for simplifying API integration with AI agents.
Membrane: Media Framework for Elixir (membrane.stream)
An easily understandable and customisable multimedia framework.
Ash Framework – Model your domain, derive the rest (ash-hq.org)
Model your domain, derive the rest
Show HN: A backend agnostic Ruby framework for building reactive desktop apps (codeberg.org)
A backend agnostic ruby framework for building reactive desktop applications
Options for Building GraphRAG: Frameworks, Graph Databases, and Tools (memgraph.com)
Building a GraphRAG (Graph-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system requires combining structured data (often stored in a knowledge graph) with LLMs to improve the precision and relevance of responses. But how do you go about building one?
How We Fell Out of Love with Next.js and Back in Love with Ruby on Rails (hardcover.app)
This is part 1 of a series documenting Hardcover’s Alexandria release. We recently migrated our codebase from Next.js to Ruby on Rails, and it’s been amazing so far! It was a learning experience, and I’m excited to share some of our takeaways. I’ll link each article here as it’s written.
Symphony v0.2: Multi-Agent Software Development Framework (github.com/sincover)
Symphony is a sophisticated multi-agent software development framework designed to orchestrate AI agents in a structured, efficient workflow.
Library patterns: Why frameworks are evil (tomasp.net)
This article is a follow up to my previous blog post about functional library design, but you do not need to read the previous one, because I'll focus on a different topic.
I Decided on the Framework 13 for My Next Laptop (kevquirk.com)
I've mentioned the Framework 13 a few times recently, and I ended up buying one. But a few people have messaged me wanting to know why I chose it. So, here's why...
Show HN: ActorCore – Stateful serverless framework that runs anywhere (github.com/rivet-gg)
Iced.rs vs. Dioxus for cross-platform GUI in Rust (ycombinator.com)
What is your experience with those frameworks? I am interested in building something similar to Insomnia/Postman for fun & learning mostly. What is the web story of each framework? Thanks!
RedwoodSDK – a composable framework for building server-side web apps (rwsdk.com)
RedwoodSDK is a React framework for Cloudflare.
Show HN: Pledge – A Lightweight Reactive Framework for Swift (No Rx Overhead) (github.com/gokulnair2001)
Pledge is a lightweight, thread-safe reactive programming framework for Swift that simplifies state management, event propagation and balances power with simplicity in your applications.
Framework Computers: Tariff-driven price changes for US customers (frame.work)
As a result of the new tariffs that were announced last week, we have a series of unfortunate price and availability adjustments we need to make for US customers.
Fastify is 7x Faster than Next.js (jonasgalvez.com.br)
Fastify + React is 7x Faster than Next.js April 9, 2025
PHP isn't dead. Laravel is just bloated. Here's what I made instead (github.com/jeremie5)
Dataphyre is a cutting-edge, highly scalable PHP framework built to handle anything from small prototypes to enterprise-grade, world-scale platforms.
Try: Test anti-framework via CL Condition System (github.com/melisgl)
Try is an extensible test anti-framework with equal support for interactive and non-interactive workflows.
We Moved Off Next.js (documenso.com)
When we started building Documenso, choosing Next.js was a no-brainer. We wanted SSR (server-side rendering), easy routing, and the vibrant community that came with it. It helped us ship fast, iterate quickly, and provided all the essentials in one neat package. For a while, it was exactly what we needed.
Show HN: Provide LLMs markdown documentation of libraries and frameworks (github.com/CartographAI)
Mithril.js: small (8.96 KB gzipped) modern client-side JavaScript framework (github.com/MithrilJS)
A modern client-side JavaScript framework for building Single Page Applications. It's small (8.96 KB gzipped), fast and provides routing and XHR utilities out of the box.
Show HN: Wasp – the first full-stack framework powered by an LLM (wasp.sh)
For those of you who are new here, we have been building a full-stack, batteries-included web framework for the last four years. You can think of Wasp as a modern, JS-based incarnation of Laravel, Django or Ruby on Rails. We based it on a custom compiler so it doesn’t depend on the specific stack or the architecture in the long run (currently it supports React, Node.js and Prisma).
Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button (nuejs.org)
On this release we're showing what you can do by taking the modern web standards — HTML, CSS, and JS — to their absolute peak:
I Built an LLM Framework in Just 100 Lines – Here Is Why (zacharyhuang.substack.com)
Have you ever stared at a complex AI framework and wondered, “Does it really need to be this complicated?” After a year of struggling with bloated frameworks, I decided to strip away anything unnecessary. The result is Pocket Flow, a minimalist LLM framework in just 100 lines of code.
Plain – a web framework for building products with Python (plainframework.com)
Plain is a fork of Django, bringing new ideas to established patterns in the Python landscape. Build a new business, an internal tool, or something for yourself.
Intro to Alpine.js: A JavaScript framework for minimalists (infoworld.com)
Alpine.js is a front-end JavaScript framework fashioned like a lightweight backpack, with a minimalist API and thoughtful features. Let's give it a try.
Show HN: New Agentic AI Framework in CNCF (github.com/dapr)
Dapr Agents is a developer framework designed to build production-grade resilient AI agent systems that operate at scale.