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If you’re a power user of these LLMs and have coding experience, I actually recommend just whipping together your own bespoke chat UI that you can customize how

by thorum 1y ago

If you’re a power user of these LLMs and have coding experience, I actually recommend just whipping together your own bespoke chat UI that you can customize however you like. Grab any OpenAI compatible endpoint for inference and a frontend component framework (many of which have added standard Chat components) - the rest is almost trivial. I threw one together in a week with Gemini’s assistance and now I use it every day. Is it production ready? Hell no but it works exactly how I want it to and whenever I find myself saying “I wish it could do XYZ…” I just add it.

pmarreck 1y ago
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- steve_adams_86 1y ago
  > Tell me you're not in charge of young kids Yeah, my wife would murder me as our kids yelled at me for various things
- Arubis 1y ago
  > I don't know if parenting hits the "developer-tinkerer class" harder than others, but damn. I sort of suspect so? Devs of parenting age trend towards being neurospicy, and dev work requires sustained attention with huge penalties for interruptions.
- n_kr 1y ago
  I have a 1yo too, and I could do it. I used the other tools to make one which I liked.
- tomhow 1y ago
  > Tell me you're not in charge of young kids without telling me you're not in charge of young kids Please avoid internet tropes on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
bapak 1y ago
This is the most "just build your own Linux" comment I read this year. Just download some tool and be productive within seconds, I'd say.
- ellg 1y ago
  Kinda odd to be so dismissive of this mindset given this websites title. Whipping up your own chatui really is not that hard and is a pretty fun exercise. Knowing how your tools work and being able to tweak them to your specific usecases kinda rules!
  - Petersipoi 1y ago
    There is a big difference between fun exercise and actually creating something that competes with the apps you can download. Building something on par with Claude Desktop, ChatGPT Desktop, etc. would be a lot of work. And I don't think the payoff would be there for most people.
    - jart 1y ago
      Most people aren't hackers. Thanks to LLMs and vibe coding, even they can now take a can-do attitude to life that feels empowering. There's no longer any excuse to languish in helpless misery and negativity. You can just build things.
      - stavros 1y ago
        But you can build something new instead of reinventing the wheel for the thousandth time.
        jart 1y ago
        I've only been lucky enough to find one opportunity in my entire twenty-seven year career to write something novel and new. Most of the time we're reinventing the wheel. What separates the winners from the losers is whether or not it's your wheel.
n_kr 1y ago
Yes I do that too. The important bit is the model. Rest is almost trivial. I had posted a Show HN here about the script I've been using which is open source now ( https://github.com/n-k/tinycoder https://github.com/n-k/tinycoder ) ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44674856 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44674856 ). With a bit of help from ChatGPT etc., it was trivial to make, and I use it everyday now. I may add DDG and github search to it soon too.
- dwaaa 1y ago
  this is not coder this help typing instructions. Coding is different. For example look at my repository and tell me how refactorizing it, write a new function etc. In my opinion You must change name.
  - n_kr 1y ago
    Could you plz link to your repo? would love to look at it. > this is not coder this help typing instructions. 'Coding' technically is just that. If you mean engineering, yes sure, I agree. Nothing right now automates engineering. Maybe some day.
vinhnx 1y ago
I have been exploring AI and LLMs. I built my own AI chat bot using Python [1], and then [2] AI SDK from Vercel and OpenAI compatible API endpoints. And eventually build a product around it. 1. VT.ai https://github.com/vinhnx/VT.ai https://github.com/vinhnx/VT.ai Python 2. VT Chat https://vtchat.io.vn https://vtchat.io.vn: my own product
theshrike79 1y ago
Or you could use: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui Either directly or use it as a base for your own bespoke experience.
FergusArgyll 1y ago
Yeah, I have one which lets me read a pdf and chat side by side, one which is integrated into my rss feed, one with insanely aggressive memory features (experimental) etc etc :)

by thorum 1y ago

pmarreck 1y ago

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steve_adams_86 1y ago
> Tell me you're not in charge of young kids Yeah, my wife would murder me as our kids yelled at me for various things
Arubis 1y ago
> I don't know if parenting hits the "developer-tinkerer class" harder than others, but damn. I sort of suspect so? Devs of parenting age trend towards being neurospicy, and dev work requires sustained attention with huge penalties for interruptions.
n_kr 1y ago
I have a 1yo too, and I could do it. I used the other tools to make one which I liked.
tomhow 1y ago
> Tell me you're not in charge of young kids without telling me you're not in charge of young kids Please avoid internet tropes on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

bapak 1y ago

This is the most "just build your own Linux" comment I read this year. Just download some tool and be productive within seconds, I'd say.

ellg 1y ago
Kinda odd to be so dismissive of this mindset given this websites title. Whipping up your own chatui really is not that hard and is a pretty fun exercise. Knowing how your tools work and being able to tweak them to your specific usecases kinda rules!
- Petersipoi 1y ago
  There is a big difference between fun exercise and actually creating something that competes with the apps you can download. Building something on par with Claude Desktop, ChatGPT Desktop, etc. would be a lot of work. And I don't think the payoff would be there for most people.
  - jart 1y ago
    Most people aren't hackers. Thanks to LLMs and vibe coding, even they can now take a can-do attitude to life that feels empowering. There's no longer any excuse to languish in helpless misery and negativity. You can just build things.
    - stavros 1y ago
      But you can build something new instead of reinventing the wheel for the thousandth time.
      - jart 1y ago
        I've only been lucky enough to find one opportunity in my entire twenty-seven year career to write something novel and new. Most of the time we're reinventing the wheel. What separates the winners from the losers is whether or not it's your wheel.

n_kr 1y ago

Yes I do that too. The important bit is the model. Rest is almost trivial. I had posted a Show HN here about the script I've been using which is open source now ( https://github.com/n-k/tinycoder https://github.com/n-k/tinycoder ) ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44674856 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44674856 ). With a bit of help from ChatGPT etc., it was trivial to make, and I use it everyday now. I may add DDG and github search to it soon too.

dwaaa 1y ago
this is not coder this help typing instructions. Coding is different. For example look at my repository and tell me how refactorizing it, write a new function etc. In my opinion You must change name.
- n_kr 1y ago
  Could you plz link to your repo? would love to look at it. > this is not coder this help typing instructions. 'Coding' technically is just that. If you mean engineering, yes sure, I agree. Nothing right now automates engineering. Maybe some day.

vinhnx 1y ago

I have been exploring AI and LLMs. I built my own AI chat bot using Python [1], and then [2] AI SDK from Vercel and OpenAI compatible API endpoints. And eventually build a product around it. 1. VT.ai https://github.com/vinhnx/VT.ai https://github.com/vinhnx/VT.ai Python 2. VT Chat https://vtchat.io.vn https://vtchat.io.vn: my own product

theshrike79 1y ago

Or you could use: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui Either directly or use it as a base for your own bespoke experience.

FergusArgyll 1y ago

Yeah, I have one which lets me read a pdf and chat side by side, one which is integrated into my rss feed, one with insanely aggressive memory features (experimental) etc etc :)