Hacker News with Generative AI: User Interfaces

File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface (filepilot.tech)
Engineered entirely from scratch for light-speed performance, featuring a modern and robust interface.
We replaced our React front end with Go and WebAssembly (dagger.io)
A few weeks ago, we launched Dagger Cloud v3, a completely new user interface for Dagger Cloud. One of the main differences between v3 and its v2 predecessor is that the new UI is written in WebAssembly (WASM) using Go. At first glance, this might seem an odd choice - Go typically isn't the first language you think of when deciding to program a Web UI - but we had good reasons.
Show HN: Infinite horizontal arrays of text editors (zeminary.com)
React's declarative model isn't perfect (bennett.ink)
The creator of Next made an interesting Tweet about React becoming the Linux kernel of front end development. I’ll go a step further: I think it’s becoming a ubiquitous interface for UI development generally. I bet a lot on React: I use it for every UI endeavor I work on — video games, B2B, mobile apps, and websites of every shape and size.
If OpenSSL were a GUI (2022) (smallstep.com)
If OpenSSL were a GUI
SQLook – A free online SQLite database manager with a Windows 2000 interface (sqlook.com)
SQLook is a modern web-based SQLite database manager with a nostalgic Windows 2000 interface.
Tell LLMs to talk like Elmer Fudd so you know when they stop paying attention (bsky.app)
ByteDance Releases UI-TARS Desktop, Alternative to Anthropic's Computer Use (github.com/bytedance)
UI-TARS Desktop is a GUI Agent application based on UI-TARS (Vision-Language Model) that allows you to control your computer using natural language.
If OpenSSL Were a GUI (smallstep.com)
If OpenSSL were a GUI
Shapecatcher – Find Unicode characters by drawing (shapecatcher.com)
This is a tool to help you find Unicode characters. Finding a specific character whose name you don't know is cumbersome. On shapecatcher.com, all you need to know is the shape of the character!
Show HN: GUI for editing Mermaid class diagrams (mermaidchart.com)
Mermaid charts are widely used for their ability to represent complex diagrams quickly, and now, thanks to a new update, editing Mermaid Class Diagrams has become even easier and more intuitive.
Hologram: A full-stack isomorphic Elixir web framework (hologram.page)
Build rich, interactive UIs entirely in Elixir using Hologram's declarative component system.
Shaping ligatures in monospace fonts (joshleeb.com)
For some time I’ve been working towards building a graphical code editor from scratch.
Triptych Proposals (alexanderpetros.com)
Three small proposals for putting the "hyper" back in hypertext.
How Do You Like What You've Built? (morrisbrodersen.de)
Recently, a colleague asked me for a code review on some complex UI changes.
Emacs: Fringe Matters, Finding the Right Difference (karthinks.com)
Continuing my avocation of writing to increasingly niche audiences, today we have a matter at the intersection of several small Venn bubbles:
A simple way to explore data through a Tableau-like UI directly in your data app (github.com/panel-extensions)
A simple way to explore your data through a Tableau-like interface directly in your Panel data applications.
3 Dimensional Keyboard [video] (youtube.com)
Show HN: Kando – A cross-platform pie menu for your desktop (kando.menu)
With Kando, you can select your favorite tools and actions within milliseconds.
Egui – An immediate mode GUI written in Rust (egui.rs)
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Co-Adapting Human Interfaces and LMs (jessylin.com)
With the explosion of computer use agents like Claude Computer Use and search wars between Perplexity, SearchGPT, and Gemini — it seems inevitable that AI will change the way we access information.
CodeMic: A new way to talk about code (codemic.io)
UIs Should Be Versioned, Just Like We Version APIs (okayfail.com)
Every organization that offers an application programming interface almost immediately starts to version it.
Textual 1.0 (github.com/Textualize)
Build cross-platform user interfaces with a simple Python API. Run your apps in the terminal or a web browser.
Don't Be Misled by Build an App in 5 Minutes with Cursor (pixelstech.net)
In August this year, I tried out Cursor and was thoroughly impressed, prompting me to write an introductory article about it.
Native dual-range input (muffinman.io)
I just released @stanko/dual-range-input - a native dual-range input.
Large Language Model-Brained GUI Agents: A Survey (arxiv.org)
GUIs have long been central to human-computer interaction, providing an intuitive and visually-driven way to access and interact with digital systems.
Show HN: SF Search – iPhone app for searching SF Symbols by drawing (apple.com)
SF Search lets you draw to search SF Symbols easily.
Licking this "lollipop" will let you taste virtual flavors (arstechnica.com)
A team of Hong Kong scientists has now developed a handheld user interface shaped like a lollipop capable of re-creating several different flavors in a virtual environment, according to a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment (2018) (userinyerface.com)
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