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hmdai··on WebMCP is available for early preview
Genuine question, why can't this be done via an API that the agents call? there are already established ways to call APIs on behalf of the user. Seems to me that the agent is loading a web app just to be able to access it's apis, what am i missng?
hmdai··on Show HN: I made an online Unicode Cuneiform digital clock
I absolutely love this, bonus: I can now read Cuneiform numbers, if I ever need that.

Suggestion: You can potentially show the Cuneiform time in the url.

sent at: 𒌋:𒎙𒐛:𒐏𒐗

hmdai··on Why MCP can't be as simple as Naive Context Protocol
Since the introduction of Model Context Protocol, I've been wondering why this protocol is so complicated to work with and after many wasted hours and a few MCP spec updates, I've decided to write down what I think MCP should have been and I call it Naive Context Protocol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Maybe this approach is in fact naive (please tell why!), the "spec" is very minimal at this point (I will expand based on feedback here) and it probably ignores some use-case (some of them on purpose), but I would like to hear:

1. What everyone here thinks the MCP/NCP should've been/should be?

2. What use-cases would you like a context protocol to support?

hmdai··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)
I'm building a client-side encrypted personal management tool for myself, with support for file encryption:
hmdai··on ChatGPT Search
Does anyone know if the search will be available through their api? seems like a unique offering that not even google has (to my knowledge at least)
hmdai··on What services YC batch W24 use on their websites
Inspired by Paul Graham tweet:

"You could probably make a lot of money simply by investing in companies that a significant percentage of the latest YC batch use. They're the quintessential early adopters."

I wanted to see what services are used on batch W24 company websites. Of course this not a complete representation since it doesn't include internal, server side or behind authentication services.

These numbers are out of 197 total companies in batch W24:

- Octolane is the most popular company in W24 so far, used by 10 within the batch.

- 88 use Google analytics vs 2 that use Plausible

- Many use webflow (50) or framer (42) to build the website

- Youtube (19), loom (5) and Mux (4) for video

hmdai··on Ask HN: Do you know of any plans to port other browser engines to iOS?
Do you have a link to the source of this info?
hmdai··on Show HN: I made an app to use local AI as daily driver
Try this one: https://uneven-macaw-bef2.hiku.app/app/

It loads the LLM in the browser, using webgpu, so it works offline after the first load, it's also PWA you can install. It should work on chrome > 113 on desktop and chrome > 121 on mobile.

hmdai··on Offline Chat with Marcus Aurelius
Can you at least provide guidance on how to avoid wrongly getting flagged like this?
hmdai··on Offline Chat with Marcus Aurelius
Read more about why webgpu is required here: https://webllm.mlc.ai/ (that's the project that is used here)
hmdai··on Offline Chat with Marcus Aurelius
You can make any chat you want by saving the last message, e.g. if you just need a friendly chat bot, you can create that as well.
hmdai··on Offline Chat with Marcus Aurelius
The underlying model is created for webgpu, not to mention the feasibility of running LLM with webgpu, read more here: https://webllm.mlc.ai/
hmdai··on Offline Chat with Marcus Aurelius
Thanks! It's using Llama 2 7B, It supports bigger models but those take longer to download and also infer (if run at all depending on the device)
hmdai··on Offline Chat with Marcus Aurelius
I think I can't trust a therapist enough to be completely honest, while I can just write anything into the chat, knowing no one, (except google) will ever know :D
hmdai··on Offline Chat with Marcus Aurelius
I wanted a privacy preserving AI chat bot since I didn't feel comfortable about putting personal issues into ChatGPT. It uses webllm models to run in the browser. Make your own chat by saving a message.

Disclaimer: I'm the creator of https://hony.ai that was used to build this demo.

hmdai··on Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes
Brilliant!