- Author
- Posted by danielsdk, with replies from many commenters
- Published
- 4 January 2026
- Kind
- Show HN thread about a product, with early user reports
- Original
- news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46484808
- Subject
- Agent tools and setups
What it is
The poster, danielsdk, introduced Flux on Hacker News, and the thread has 54 points. Commenters tried the product, asked what it does and discussed how it might work.
What it says
- The poster says an iMessage agent can be made in about 2 minutes.
- The poster's thesis is that AI is smart enough and the bottleneck is interaction.
- Two commenters could not tell what the product does before granting permissions.
- Commenter simonw read the repo and described a relay to the user's own agent.
- Testers reported weak results, including a teenage tone and an inability to track anything.
- One commenter doubted the approach fits Apple's terms and called it fragile.
What evidence it gives
The poster gives a pitch and a demo video link. Commenters give test transcripts and one reading of the README. No benchmarks or usage figures appear.
Interests and limits
The poster makes the product and is promoting it. Test reports come from a few commenters and may not match later versions. The claim about Apple's terms is one commenter's opinion and were not checked. The product site and demo video were not opened.