Hacker News: laotoutou

New comment by laotoutou in "[dead]"

laotoutou — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:47:51 +0000

Every time you hand a task to an AI agent running in a remote sandbox, you face the same logistics problem: how does the agent see your actual codebase? And when it's done making changes, how do those edits get back to you?

The usual answers are all variants of the same workaround. Push to Git, have the agent clone, let the agent make changes, pull the diff back locally. Or zip the relevant files, upload them, unzip inside the sandbox, download the result. Or — worse — copy the file contents into the context window and reconstruct the changes by hand.

All of these break down at different thresholds. Git workflows introduce round-trip latency and require clean working trees. File uploads are manual and don't stay in sync. Context window transfers are expensive and size-limited: passing a 200KB file costs roughly 50,000 tokens, and files larger than the context limit can't be passed at all.

s0 sync takes a different approach. Instead of moving files between environments, it keeps one Volume attached to both at the same time.

How to Keep Secrets Out of the Sandbox

laotoutou — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:06:21 +0000

Article URL: https://sandbox0.ai/blog/2026-03/keep-api-keys-out-of-ai-agents

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47513109

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Sandbox0 – AI Agent Sandbox with Persistent Volumes and Fast Restore

laotoutou — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:37:52 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/sandbox0-ai/sandbox0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47288566

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Show HN: A simple paper alert service

laotoutou — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 20:41:42 +0000

Article URL: https://listening4.com/paper

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339475

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Show HN: BrowseWiki, Built for Research

laotoutou — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:33:13 +0000

Article URL: https://browsewiki.com/landing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46195110

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Generate changelog using Git Commits and AI with single Python script

laotoutou — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:48:54 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/BrowseWiki/genlog

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46049890

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Visualizing ChatGPT's Text Output

laotoutou — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 08:17:17 +0000

Article URL: https://mindmap.site/?slug=apple-fall-event-2025-product-summary

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45194771

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

A simple, public ADHD planner

laotoutou — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:23:50 +0000

Article URL: https://adhdplanner.dev

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45082040

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by laotoutou in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)"

laotoutou — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 19:19:17 +0000

I'm developing another social listening tool: listening4 and that's how I stumbled upon your post, haha. Unlike current tools, it's based on semantic matching rather than keywords, and it also supports AI filtering.

For the past two days, I've been working on a localized listening feature, which means matching posts in specific languages only.

Show HN: Built a v0.dev Alternative Using AI and Cloudflare Workers

laotoutou — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 18:00:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.buildglare.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42309066

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by laotoutou in "Show HN: I built a list of Product Hunt alternatives for indie founders"

laotoutou — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 06:21:47 +0000

The value of Product Hunt is controversial. Founders spend a lot of time hustling for upvotes to reach the top spots, but the traffic they get might be comparable to a single Hacker News post. Perhaps the most valuable thing is the badge, but when everyone knows it’s earned through vote-pushing, who really cares about the badge anymore?

New comment by laotoutou in "Show HN: I built a list of Product Hunt alternatives for indie founders"

laotoutou — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 05:41:58 +0000

Thanks for your reply! So, what do you think should be used now?

New comment by laotoutou in "Show HN: I built a list of Product Hunt alternatives for indie founders"

laotoutou — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 05:22:39 +0000

Yes. Additionally, please note that many directory sites do not provide dofollow links. I have marked the directory sites that offer dofollow links there.

Show HN: I built a list of Product Hunt alternatives for indie founders

laotoutou — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 04:46:08 +0000

Article URL: https://phalternatives.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41737897

Points: 24

# Comments: 10

New comment by laotoutou in "Ask HN: What's the most undervalued idea in your field?"

laotoutou — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:01:21 +0000

The "Do it for you" concept means that people use tools to achieve a certain goal, so providing them with the result directly is much better than giving them a tool. For example, those who buy servers are actually not looking for servers.

New comment by laotoutou in "Ask HN: For human brains only?"

laotoutou — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:31:46 +0000

Interesting, but I don't think it's possible. The purpose of AI is to be more like humans. Even if it can't understand you now, it will tomorrow.