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New comment by zpusmani in "Show HN: Paca – Lightweight Jira alternative for human-AI collaboration"

zpusmani — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:56:57 +0000

When an agent and a human disagree on priority, who wins... is there an override, a queue or some kind of arbitration?

Show HN: LocalSheets, a single-file spreadsheet with a local-only AI panel

zpusmani — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:53:52 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/zohaibus/localsheets

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48371078

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Context Protocol, a sovereign-first workflow for thinking with LLMs

zpusmani — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:49:37 +0000

I shared DeckBuilder (my local-first slide editor) here last month (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46365332). While using it with LLMs, I kept hitting a bigger problem: context loss, hallucinated instructions, and ideas I'd rejected coming back from the dead.

I realized I was expecting AI to be a partner with memory while it is more of a stateless CPU. Even the latest models reset between sessions.

So I built a protocol where:

Your files are the memory (plain markdown)

- Git is the version control

- You inject context at session start

- AI proposes, you ratify, files record

The system has:

- 5 commands: CHECKPOINT, SCOPE LOCK, HARD STOP, MODE STRATEGY, MODE EXPLORATION

- 3 constraint tags for locked decisions, rejected ideas, and hard constraints

- Works on Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini with the same files and same behavior

- No vector DBs, LangChain or cloud dependencies

The core insight: LLMs are excellent stateless processors whereas decision memory, auditability, and long-horizon state are human responsibilities. This protocol makes that division explicit.

I tested it across the latest versions of all three platforms and it passed constraint enforcement, rejected idea protection, scope lock compliance, and checkpoint format consistency.

This is intentionally manual and opinionated. It's not for fully autonomous workflows. Friction is the feature.

Repo: https://github.com/zohaibus/context-protocol

Would love feedback, especially from anyone who's tried managing context across long projects with LLMs. What's worked for you? What's failed?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46502088

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by zpusmani in "Show HN: DeckBuilder Single-file HTML slide editor (750KB, no build step)"

zpusmani — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:56:30 +0000

I built this because I got tired of the LLM-to-PowerPoint friction.

The workflow: Ask Claude/GPT to generate slides in HTML -> Paste into DeckBuilder -> Drag/drop to fix layout -> Export PDF.

Why single-file HTML?

No install, runs in browser

Works offline & Local-first

Git-friendly (clean HTML/CSS diffs)

~750KB total payload

The AI does the drafting; this gives you the finishing control locally.

Feedback welcome, particularly on the drag-and-drop feel and how the PDF export handles complex layouts!

Show HN: DeckBuilder Single-file HTML slide editor (750KB, no build step)

zpusmani — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:55:29 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/zohaibus/deckbuilder

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46365332

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by zpusmani in "Show HN: RenderCV – Open-source CV/resume generator, YAML to PDF"

zpusmani — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 22:42:28 +0000

Ah makes sense, using Typst under the hood for strict layout control compared to CSS. Thanks for the link to the override guide and I'll check it out.

New comment by zpusmani in "Show HN: RenderCV – Open-source CV/resume generator, YAML to PDF"

zpusmani — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:42:33 +0000

I really love tools that treat documents as code. I have been trying to move my workflows away from binary formats (like PPT & Word) to text based ones I can more easily version control.

Does this support custom CSS for the layout or is it bound to the YAML templates?