Show HN: I built a social media management tool in 3 weeks with Claude and Codex

kept by eddie apr 18

A solo developer built an open-source social media management platform with 12 API integrations in three weeks using Claude and Codex, finding AI tools excel at CRUD but struggle with OAuth edge cases and multi-tenant permissions.

What if Maintainer Burnout Isn't Burnout
The article argues that maintainer distress stems from loss of meaning (languishing) due to administrative sediment and AI-generated PRs, not just burnout.
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Show HN: Plain – The full-stack Python framework designed for humans and agents
Plain, a fork of Django with opinionated defaults and Postgres-only models, claims to be optimized for both human developers and AI coding agents.
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Please Just Fucking Try HTMX
A plea to try HTMX as a simpler alternative to JavaScript frameworks, arguing it reduces code size, dependencies, and build times while handling most web app interactivity with HTML attributes.
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</> htmx ~ Code is Cheap(er)
Carson Gross argues that as AI makes code cheap to produce, understanding code becomes the expensive and scarce resource, urging a subtractive engineering mindset to control complexity.
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