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Show HN: Brood,image-first AI visual canvas for devs

kshowkat — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:44:11 +0000

Brood is a promptless, reference-first AI visual canvas for developers.

  Instead of wiring node graphs or writing long prompts, you import 1–3 reference images and run visual “abilities” directly on canvas. Brood keeps the workflow image-first and model/provider-flexible.

What it does now:

  - Single-image actions: diagnose, recast, variations, background edits, crop
  - Two-image actions: combine, swap DNA, bridge, argue
  - Ambient intent discovery: background intent classification while editing, with subtle visual nudges
  - Reproducible runs: artifacts + events written to disk for traceability

Why I built it: I wanted a faster “think with images” loop for product/creative workflows without heavy graph setup, while still keeping reproducibility and provider routing first-class.

Tech:

  - macOS desktop app (Tauri)
  - Python engine + CLI
  - Multi-provider model routing
  - Open source (Apache-2.0)

Repo: https://github.com/kevinshowkat/brood

I’d love feedback on:

  - where this beats/loses to node-based tools
  - highest-value workflows to prioritize next
  - what would make this a daily tool for you

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46980647

Points: 1

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New comment by kshowkat in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

kshowkat — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:06:10 +0000

https://streamable.com/fcy9sg

I'm working on an images-as-first-class editor that makes opinionated calls on models used depending on your goal (Brood). Sort of like: what would happen if we treated images as an engineering problem.

Starcraft-themed because why not. Professionally have a background in product and data science so it's been fun to leverage coding tools for it :)

Show HN: Brood– an image-first design tool for iterating on visual ideas

kshowkat — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:20:19 +0000

Demo: https://streamable.com/fcy9sg

Brood is a macOS desktop app for iterating on visual ideas where the canvas image is the primary state and text is optional. The UI is an RTS-style tool palette: you pick an operation and apply it to regions of the canvas.

Under the hood, Brood routes each step to an image model/tool (Gemini, OpenAI, Flux) and runs a lightweight policy step that looks at the current canvas and chooses the next operation (eg background removal, recast/style shift, object replace) based on what it infers youre trying to do.

This started as an experiment inspired by Karpathys "the tokenizer must go" / image-input-first argument (https://x.com/karpathy/status/1980397031542989305 ).

Feedback I want:

Does the RTS-style palette speed up iteration or add distraction?

Which 2-3 operations should be next?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46949658

Points: 2

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New comment by kshowkat in "Ask HN: What are some promising “healthy social media” projects?"

kshowkat — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 03:07:25 +0000

Not quite social media in the standard sense, but we've been working on https://wager.town -- a free-to-play "wagering game" that acts essentially as an open-ended prediction market. Limited to sports-fans so it's pretty niche, but our Discord feels nice and communal which was our goal.

New comment by kshowkat in "PWA Store"

kshowkat — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 07:54:15 +0000

We have Stripe integrated on our PWA (superjumbo.tv), and have dozens of paying customers in our first few weeks of launch.

Stripe integrates with Google Pay, so not as janky as you might imagine...

New comment by kshowkat in "PWA Store"

kshowkat — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 07:52:24 +0000

shameless plug, give our PWA a whirl! superjumbo.tv

(we're a daily prediction platform with cash prizes - think of us like a hybrid between HQ trivia, a sportsbook, and Jeopardy)

Show HN: Free, local fantasy sports games with cash prizes

kshowkat — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:30:02 +0000

Article URL: https://superjumbo.tv/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22298267

Points: 1

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New comment by kshowkat in "Integrate PWAs into Native Sharing UIs with Workbox"

kshowkat — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 07:20:30 +0000

Plugging my company's PWA we recently shipped, with decent growth: http://superjumbo.tv. I was skeptical about going the PWA route for some of the reasons listed below (weird iOS restrictions, lack of Firefox support), but for our use-case I'm extremely happy with the results.