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Viable open source Claude Design alternative?

splatzone — Thu, 14 May 2026 20:33:20 +0000

Can anyone recommend an alternative to Claude Design? I've been trying OpenDesign (https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design) using GPT5.5 which seemed promising, but so far the results have nowhere near the same level of polish or consistency as Claude Design from what I can tell.

Any recommendations?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48140859

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splatzone — Thu, 07 May 2026 00:16:33 +0000

What advantage do you think they have?

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splatzone — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 23:48:42 +0000

What about heartbeats, cron etc? Seems like a major part of the 'claw' appeal is that it can work autonomously, monitor your email inbox for stuff and take action automatically...

New comment by splatzone in "OpenAI eats jobs, then offers to help you find a new one at Walmart"

splatzone — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:53:49 +0000

It feels like a proactive PR move to me. When the shit hits the fan in a few years and jobs are vanishing, they can point to this as one of the many examples of how they're fighting the good fight for humanity

New comment by splatzone in "Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned into a Sims-style game"

splatzone — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:33:54 +0000

I’ve felt for some time that there’s a gap in the market for a genuine spiritual successor to The Sims, using LLMs to power the interactions between agents to create a more realistic and immersive simulation of life. This seems like a step in the right direction.

New comment by splatzone in "GPT-5: It just does stuff"

splatzone — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 17:27:12 +0000

That would make sense for the API where usage is metered. But outside of that, most ChatGPT users will be free or paying a flat monthly fee, so there's a real incentive for OpenAI to optimise for cost.

New comment by splatzone in "Show HN: I made a competitive debating game(like chess.com but for debating)"

splatzone — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 22:15:36 +0000

Is there a way to see some past debates? Would give me a flavour of how the site works without having to sign up and wait for someone to come online. Well done on releasing.

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splatzone — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:54:45 +0000

And yet I learned something!

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splatzone — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:46:25 +0000

Ah man, that’s brutal. For what it’s worth, it’s a gorgeous theme and it made me excited to learn Drupal when I was 14!

New comment by splatzone in "How to succeed in MrBeast production (Leaked PDF)"

splatzone — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:00:36 +0000

This is absolutely the responsibility of the healthcare system tbh. It feels intrusive right now, but discouraging smoking would have felt intrusive once too.

New comment by splatzone in "Sublime Text 4 Build 4180"

splatzone — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 08:05:37 +0000

ST is a brilliant editor and I really enjoyed using it until I eventually switched to VS Code as it had more useful extensions. The speed of ST is still unmatched.

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splatzone — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:52:17 +0000

Nice implementation!

New comment by splatzone in "Show HN: Get your website copy and design roasted"

splatzone — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 13:40:52 +0000

It insulted my attempt at minimalist design quite comprehensively. Well done!

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splatzone — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 18:26:01 +0000

Why do you think OP made this up?

New comment by splatzone in "Show HN: Wadzilla. Play DOOM in Zork"

splatzone — Fri, 31 May 2024 09:05:43 +0000

It would be awesome to have some kind on playable demo in-browser, or sample output. Nice work

New comment by splatzone in "Schools in UK send police to homes of absent pupils"

splatzone — Mon, 27 May 2024 22:08:54 +0000

You can indeed homeschool: https://www.gov.uk/home-education

New comment by splatzone in "The OpenAI board was right"

splatzone — Tue, 21 May 2024 09:25:16 +0000

They passed off Sky as Johansson’s voice though. It’s highly misleading and passing off is a kind of theft of her persona.

New comment by splatzone in "Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI "Sky" voice"

splatzone — Tue, 21 May 2024 08:56:01 +0000

There’s a nice YouTube doc telling the story of this, and Tom Waits’ hatred of advertising - https://youtu.be/W7J01e-OIMA?si=57IJooNwg5oTfh62

New comment by splatzone in "Ask HN: Video streaming is expensive yet YouTube "seems" to do it for free. How?"

splatzone — Mon, 20 May 2024 09:01:03 +0000

Is there a way to run these things deterministically with a seed? Totally AI-generated videos could just be compressed to text without any reference screenshots

New comment by splatzone in "GPT-4o"

splatzone — Mon, 13 May 2024 23:56:12 +0000

Honestly, the eager flirtatiousness of the AI in the demos, in conversation with these awkward engineers, really turns me off. It feels like a male power fantasy.

Nonetheless, very impressive.