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Show HN: Mac App to turn your computer into a hands-off coding agent

Thu, 07/16/2026 - 10:06am

Demo Video: https://youtu.be/lgE5c8tCuys

I have multiple GitHub repos to manage. I realized lately that I am the bottleneck for the speed of development on my repos - because I need to manually use Claude/Antigravity to code them up one by one. The only way was to take GitHub Copilot subscription which is an additional expense and limits which models I can use.

So, I built Caider, which lets you stay in GitHub issues interface while using your local AI agents to code on them. No need to open Claude/Antigravity apps. So, you get to resolve issues even when you are on the move as long as your computer is connected to the internet.

The bonus: Complete context on the development including any back and forth research with AI agent is always available on the issues themselves.

Would love your feedback on it!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48934803

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Veta – AI agent that QA-tests Android apps

Thu, 07/16/2026 - 10:03am

Article URL: https://github.com/Vip3r-MC/Veta

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48934776

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Ask HN: Assistive Tech Ideas for Dementia

Thu, 07/16/2026 - 10:01am

One of my family members was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's. They're still in the very early stages and living independently, but my wife and I are in the process of getting the right legal documents and financial account access in order.

My role has mostly been to help with their technology so we can reduce friction. The big thing is obviously remembering passwords to accounts and we're getting her set up with a new macbook and looking at using Apple's Passwords app, since she uses iPhone and Apple Watch already.

But I'm wondering if anyone else has experience with helping a person through the progression of this disease and would recommend any specific software or categories of tech setup that I'm not thinking of.

I sense that the time is now to set things up for the future. I feel like there's opportunities with assistive tech, but I'm just unfamiliar.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48934733

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Why Am I Left-Handed?

Thu, 07/16/2026 - 9:56am
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GitHub banned my account after my projects suddenly spiked on Reddit

Thu, 07/16/2026 - 9:54am

Hi everyone,

I'm used to write (low-level) C and Win32 apps. Recently, I shared some of my open-source projects on Reddit. They got quite a bit of traction, resulting in a sudden spike of visitors and lot of unique Git clones in a few hours. This is one of my post, just to let you see what kind of code I'm used to write:

https://www.reddit.com/r/windowsapps/comments/1uw30gd/explorerbgtoolredux_a_refactoringrewrite_of_the/

Shortly after, I realized my entire GitHub account was shadowbanned: If I log I can see it, but anyone else (or logged-out sessions) got a 404 "User not found" error.

I contacted GitHub Support and after dealing with a virtual assistant (!), a human support agent (Pinto) finally replied with an ultimatum:

"At this time, we ask that you to remove the following repository or make it private: https://github.com/lpierge/Calimero" They granted me temporary access to do this.

BTW, they choosed that project in an absolutely arbitrary manner, just to name one with no valid reason. Calimero is a desktop manager which, besides some fancy things as flying icons, allow the user to download images directly from site like Picsum, Pexels, Reddit (every subreddit) and Danbooru. I suspect their automated abuse-detection system flagged it as potential malware/ransomware due to raw heuristics, and the support staff simply didn't bother to actually look at the source code.

I replied to support asking what specific terms of service the project is infringing. Their response? Complete silence so far, while my entire public presence on GitHub remains blocked unless I delete my own legitimate work.

This arbitrary "guilty until proven innocent" approach with zero technical explanation is incredibly frustrating.

Has anyone faced a similar compliance lockout on GitHub? How did you resolve it without deleting your open-source code? Any suggestion about what to do?

Thanks, Luca

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48934639

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Beat the Couch

Thu, 07/16/2026 - 9:53am

Article URL: https://beatthecouch.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48934621

Points: 1

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