Automation stories
Automation — from shell scripts to AI agents — saves developers time and changes how work gets done. This topic covers workflow tools, RPA, CI automation, and the emerging category of autonomous AI systems.
HN builders share concrete setups and honest assessments of what is worth automating.
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RSS feed for AutomationWhat are agent sandboxes missing?
4 points · 1 comments
Microsoft releases Flint, a visualization language for AI agents
microsoft.github.io · 15 points · 9 comments
TypeScript 7
devblogs.microsoft.com · 38 points · 6 comments
Kastor – Terraform-style specs for AI agents
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Don't rewrite your CLI for agents
developer.microsoft.com · 6 points · 3 comments
Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt
tris.sherliker.net · 1175 points · 190 comments
FactIQ – a realtime econ+finance database for AI agents
github.com · 6 points · 2 comments
Ghostmeet – Self-hosted meeting transcription and summaries
ghostmeet.sshlab.dev · 15 points · 6 comments
A LinkedIn / X CLI for your agents
usesocial.dev · 4 points · 3 comments
Convergo – plan/build review loops for coding agents
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Redis Patterns for Coding Agents
redis.antirez.com · 9 points · 0 comments
Workflowy but Open Source
twitter.com · 6 points · 4 comments
Backlog – tasks and contexts manager for AI coding agents
github.com · 4 points · 0 comments
An agent in 100 lines of Lisp
thebeach.dev · 7 points · 0 comments
Satteri: A Markdown pipeline forged in Rust for the JavaScript world
satteri.bruits.org · 5 points · 0 comments
Why TypeScript 7.0 Was Rewritten in Go
spf13.com · 29 points · 3 comments
CLRK, an open-source agent runtime with gVisor and MitM guardrails
github.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Bike4Mind – open-core AI workbench; any model, agents, RAG, self-host
github.com · 3 points · 2 comments
Reins – let coding agents drive your real, logged-in browser
reins.karnstack.com · 3 points · 0 comments
TraceGen – realistic OpenTelemetry traces, incl. AI-agent, one binary
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Context Warp Drive – Deterministic context folding for AI agents
github.com · 8 points · 2 comments
A verification loop 4x'd DeepSeek's intelligence, matching Opus at 1/7 the cost
ironbee.medium.com · 39 points · 27 comments
A Script for Mark Zuckerberg
stratechery.com · 21 points · 4 comments
A Haskell programmable-CAD environment, in the browser with WASM
doscienceto.it · 6 points · 1 comments
Shadow Web – Cut 64–97% of web page tokens for LLM agents
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Nimbus - open-source AI agent that operates your AWS and GCP
github.com · 2 points · 1 comments
LangChain's OpenWiki agent based on PI.dev harness
github.com · 2 points · 2 comments
DNSskills.md – agentic skills for certain DNS utilities
dnsskills.md · 3 points · 1 comments
Grinta –local-first AI coding agent that passed 106-minute stress test
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Record, replay, and improve AI agents in production
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments