Hacker News: joshcramer

New comment by joshcramer in "AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it"

joshcramer — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:27:26 +0000

First, it was pencil and paper. Then it was calculators. Then computers! It’s a slippery slope, this technology business.

NTNT's Language-Native Background Job System

joshcramer — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:25:48 +0000

Article URL: https://ntnt-lang.org/blog/introducing-language-native-job-system

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47627020

Points: 1

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Which Web Framework Is the Fastest? We Benchmarked 9 of Them

joshcramer — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:38:19 +0000

Article URL: https://ntnt-lang.org/blog/which-web-framework-is-fastest

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47363671

Points: 2

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A Brief History of Type Systems and How AI Is Changing the Tradeoffs

joshcramer — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:36:20 +0000

Article URL: https://ntnt-lang.org/blog/type-systems-for-ai-agents

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47312362

Points: 1

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Show HN: Intent-Driven Development with NTNT

joshcramer — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:56:22 +0000

Hey HN!

I have been building NTNT (/in'tent/), an experimental programming language exploring a specific question I have had:

"What would a programming language look like if we assumed AI agents would be the primary writers of code instead of humans?"

The core concept is Intent-Driven Development (IDD). Instead expressing intent through vibe coding or markdown file chains, you (and your agent) define a machine-verifiable .intent file (using IAL - Intent Assertion Language) that serves as an executable contract between human and agent. The agent then maintains, builds and verifies with .intent file driving development.

The language itself is "Rust-flavored scripting" designed to reduce hallucinations and ease strain on agents as they author and manage code.

I'd love your feedback:

1. Does the NTNT flavor of IDD have potential to improve agent based development flows? 2. If I/we extracted the Intent system to work with TypeScript/Go, would you use it?

Repo: https://github.com/ntntlang/ntnt Website: https://ntnt-lang.org (runs on ntnt)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46760463

Points: 1

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New comment by joshcramer in "Ask HN: Is there a pure SMS based UI?"

joshcramer — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:14:34 +0000

Alaska. It is possible to get LEO phone / data, but it is more cost prohibitive. Unlimited SMS plans on LEO satellite services are relatively cheap.

Ask HN: Is there a pure SMS based UI?

joshcramer — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:50:19 +0000

I’m traveling to an area of the world where the only communication medium I will have available to me is unlimited 140 character text messages. I’m wondering if it is possible to set up a computer that will allow me to fully interact with it via SMS. I’d like to be able to do things like check the news, read and reply to my emails, check on the status of my home and other servers. What is the state of the art in SMS based human computer interaction?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30685223

Points: 93

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New comment by joshcramer in "I got my first $50/mo customer"

joshcramer — Thu, 07 May 2020 03:47:42 +0000

Some products should not be built. Here are a couple examples of such products.