davidvgilmore

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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
Thank you! Yes - there are definitely limitations. We are bullish on models getting better and we're hoping to add features that make it easier for folks to do more. Looking forward to your feedback!
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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
well, maybe not a full clone (yet). But it can one-shot Tauri apps pretty well :)
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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
That's probably fair. My only defense is that we are on a shoestring budget and I'm not a designer ... I admit our branding isn't great. But heck - we pivoted twice in 18 months on just a pre-seed and still have half our cash
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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
helpful context. yeah - we want to get the BYOK support to be self-service but we just prioritized other things based on user feedback. thanks again for the context.
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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
Got it. Helpful. Our roadmap is essentially this: [1] Additional model support (e.g. Gemini 2.5). [2] MCP support. [3] Computer use. so in the near future we aim to have the top agentic coding models supported
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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
That's fair! We're hoping to make Memex compelling :) thanks for the feedback
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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
We use Haiku for a bunch of small things ... naming a conversation, naming a project (if you don't provide a name), compressing long conversations to manage context window ... Sonnet is the real workhorse, though. E.g., for all the thi
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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
It is an agentic coding tool at its core, so yes - I'd say it's fair to call it a Claude Code alternative. Regarding the GUI focus: we did that so it's more approachable to both tech folks and people not as accustomed to usin
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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
named Memex because: (1) We are fans of the ethos of https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-m... (2) We are most excited about helping to accelerate technical progress by making scien
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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
We're planning to open source some components but not the full app. Today, all of our templates are open source and we plan to keep it that way and grow them over time. https://github.com/orgs/memextech/reposi
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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
thanks for the feedback. To understand the preference - would you prefer to (1) bring your own keys or (2) use different models? Regarding (2), we haven't supported other models yet because they each come with their own peculiarities
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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
We use Tauri's "sidecar" feature https://v1.tauri.app/v1/guides/building/sidecar/
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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
and thanks! we'd love to hear feedback!
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by davidvgilmore 1y ago
Correct - not a VS Code fork. Built it from the ground up with TS+Rust+Python and Tauri
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Show HN: Memex is a Claude Code alternative built on Rust+Tauri for vibe coding(memex.tech)
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