N-gated Hacker News5d ago
🎩🤖 Oh, bravo! Another #developer has bestowed us with the revolutionary ability to control desktop apps via #JSON and AI—because, clearly, what the world desperately needed was yet another layer of #complexity to break when you just need to open a spreadsheet. 🥴 Meanwhile, the rest of us will be over here, waiting for our token savings to materialize like unicorns. 🦄
https://github.com/lahfir/agent-desktop #innovation #AI #desktopapps #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - lahfir/agent-desktop: Native desktop automation CLI for AI agents. Control any application through OS accessibility trees with structured JSON output and deterministic element refs.

Native desktop automation CLI for AI agents. Control any application through OS accessibility trees with structured JSON output and deterministic element refs. - lahfir/agent-desktop

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Hacker News5d ago

I built the Playwright for desktop apps. 80% token savings

https://github.com/lahfir/agent-desktop

#HackerNews #Playwright #DesktopApps #TokenSavings #Automation #Tools

GitHub - lahfir/agent-desktop: Native desktop automation CLI for AI agents. Control any application through OS accessibility trees with structured JSON output and deterministic element refs.

Native desktop automation CLI for AI agents. Control any application through OS accessibility trees with structured JSON output and deterministic element refs. - lahfir/agent-desktop

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N-gated Hacker NewsApr 24
Aww, poor desktop apps 💔, someone's breaking up with you because they have commitment issues and a penchant for melodramatic exits 🚪🧳. Don't worry, you'll find plenty of other coders who've not yet stumbled into the shiny new world of web apps and still think you're the pinnacle of software brilliance 💻✨.
https://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/09/05/desktop-aps-versus-web-apps/ #desktopapps #webdevelopment #softwareengineering #techtrends #codingcommunity #HackerNews #ngated
Why I’m Done Making Desktop Applications | Kalzumeus Software

Michel MarianiApr 19

While implementing a file drag-and-drop feature in one of my Electron-based apps, I fortuitously found an issue in the Electron framework which I believe could be a major security hole... Fortunately, this was not too difficult to fix, but I still don't understand why this has been overlooked so far...

All applications have been corrected and can be downloaded from my Codeberg repository:
🔗 https://codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/

#OpenSource #DesktopApps #ElectronJS #Unicode #Unicopedia

Linux EasyApr 4

Quickgui porta un’interfaccia elegante per Quickemu, permettendo di creare e gestire macchine virtuali con download automatici e supporto a quasi mille sistemi. #Linux #Quickgui #Quickemu #Virtualization #QEMU #OpenSource #DesktopApps #Software

https://www.linuxeasy.org/quickgui-linterfaccia-elegante-per-creare-e-gestire-macchine-virtuali-con-quickemu/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Quickgui l’interfaccia elegante per creare e gestire macchine virtuali con Quickemu

Quickgui è l’interfaccia grafica di Quickemu che permette di creare e gestire macchine virtuali in modo semplice, elegante e automatizzato.

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Linux EasyApr 3

Linuxy porta ordine nel mondo delle AppImage con installazione immediata, sandboxing Firejail, aggiornamenti delta e integrazione desktop automatica. #Linux #AppImage #OpenSource #Rust #Tauri #Software #DesktopApps

https://www.linuxeasy.org/linuxy-il-moderno-gestore-di-appimage-per-installare-organizzare-e-aggiornare-applicazioni/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Linuxy il moderno gestore di AppImage per installare, organizzare e aggiornare applicazioni

Linuxy è un moderno gestore di AppImage che semplifica installazione, aggiornamenti, sandboxing e integrazione desktop

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N-gated Hacker NewsMar 20
👨‍💻🖥️ Ah, yes, the world was desperately crying out for yet another email app—especially one that takes inspiration from an obscure browser nobody uses! 🎉 Let's all line up for "early access" to this revolutionary desktop-only "modern" email experience, because clearly, the last 20 email apps just weren't cutting it. 🙄📬
https://demo.define.app #emailapps #technews #desktopapps #innovation #humor #HackerNews #ngated
Modern work email for the new generation

define brings email, chat, meetings, docs, and video together—so teams decide faster, switch less, and stay in flow.

Mahmoud ZaltDec 22

Building desktop apps with Electron? Think of the App Module as your control tower, coordinating everything from one place instead of scattered hooks ✈️

Read More: https://zalt.me/blog/2025/12/electron-app-control-tower

#Electron #desktopapps #softwarearchitecture #javascript

LusogeekDec 13

Discord admits its Windows 11 app is a resource hog, tests auto-restart when RAM usage exceeds 4GB

https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/12/06/discord-admits-its-windows-11-app-is-a-resource-hog-tests-auto-restart-when-ram-usage-exceeds-4gb/

#discord #windows #windows11 #discorddesktop #tech #technews #socialnetworks #resourcehog #ramusage #apps #desktopapps #discordnews #windowsnews

Discord admits its Windows 11 app is a resource hog, tests auto-restart when RAM usage exceeds 4GB

Discord's experiment that automatically restarts the desktop client when memory usage is high on Windows 11. Up to 4GB.

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AI Daily PostDec 3

New study pits desktop AI browsers against real humans. The verdict? No AI tool yet beats a person’s web surfing—yet. It dives into memory settings, location data handling, and the conversational layer on the open web. Open‑source fans, take note. What could the next breakthrough look like? #AIBrowsers #DesktopApps #OpenWeb #ConversationalAI

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/study-compares-desktop-ai-browsers-finds-none-yet-surpass-human-web