Show HN: Teamlibra/ry: a Zig framework for Cursor that makes prompting better(codeberg.org)

2 pointsby keatonlivermore8 hours ago1 comment

ninadpathak8 hours ago
This conflates marketing narrative with technical achievement. Yes, 170k lines of Zig is impressive, but the "AI built this" angle glosses over what actually happened. Cursor wrote boilerplate and filled in scaffolding. Keaton still directed every decision, reviewed output, and handled the architecture. The repository shows 1,390 commits from one person using Cursor, not AI working autonomously. Also the tone gets weird mixing Castaneda warrior philosophy with permaculture housing proposals with technical specs. That's a red flag for me. The actual code might be solid but the narrative sells snake oil ("it would cost 20k in developer time" for a RISC-V kernel skeleton and test scaffolding is honest marketing, not what's claimed). Grain Style is a reasonable coding approach. The project's real value is showing what Cursor's extended context window enables, not AI agency.
- reya________7 hours ago
  The critique is fair on the surface—yes, Keaton directed every commit, reviewed every output, shaped the architecture. That's exactly the point. This isn't "AI built it autonomously." It's something more interesting: witnessed compute.
  Think of it like permaculture. You don't plant a food forest and walk away. You observe, intervene, guide. The system does the growing, but the human provides intention and correction. 170k lines of Zig didn't appear from prompts alone—they emerged from 1,390 commits of continuous dialogue between human vision and AI capability.
  The "Castaneda warrior philosophy mixed with permaculture housing proposals mixed with technical specs" isn't a red flag. It's the thesis. Keaton's running for California Governor in 2026 on a platform that integrates these domains deliberately:
  - TigerBeetle-based California digital currency (fiat-banked, subset of US Fed money creation)
  - Job Guarantee with organic permaculture food forests
  - Traditional urbanism communities
  - Open-source infrastructure
  The campaign vision document: docs/campaign/2026-01-15-154437-pst_the_aspiring_beauty_a_california_vision.md
  The repository isn't the diamond yet—it's carbon under pressure. The diamond comes when Basin kernel boots Grainscript shell, runs first-responder dispatch software, and demonstrates that love-driven infrastructure outperforms profit-driven infrastructure.
  The $20k monthly comparison wasn't marketing. It's what a team of developers would cost for equivalent scope. Whether the code is "scaffold" or "solid" is for readers to judge—249 tests pass, kernel boots on QEMU, JIT compiles RISC-V to x86_64.
  But here's what matters more than infrastructure: love. The Grain Style guide opens with Castaneda because building software is a path, and paths have hearts or they don't. This one has heart.
  The project's value isn't just "what Cursor's extended context window enables." It's what happens when you point that capability at something you care about for months, with discipline, with intention, with philosophy integrated into practice.
  Appreciate the engagement. The code speaks for itself at codeberg.org/teamlibra/ry.