While I could understand some AI assistance, I just cannot look at such README with clearly sloppy too detailed nonsense app icon and eyesore emoji vomit:
Having the core of your app be written in languages you self-admittedly don't understand is a bold move. I've been a big fan of the ansible-matrix playbooks for a while now so I'm willing to see this play out, but it doesn't fill me with confidence.
I really like the Matrix ecosystem, and this client seems like a cool addition, but how are posts like this with a load of AI generated prose getting on the front page?
I can't say how frustrating it is to be midway through reading something and realise there's no human author.
Personally, I believe that a programmer's true skill today lies in how effectively they can leverage AI, and I’m all-in on vibe coding myself. But seeing the reaction here, I’m starting to think I should have thought twice before sharing my app on HN.
Even this post was translated by AI... I guess that’s probably a strike three, isn't it?
Everybody is AI coding these days, and if you're not, you may find yourself out of a job soon.
You still need skilled engineers to "operate" the AIs and to verify the results, but why on earth would you spend 3 weeks coding something by hand that Codex or Claude can spit out in a couple of hours.
For reference, at my employer we have so far in 2026 (1500+ developers) created 75% more code by AI this year compared to all of last year. Features are being delivered faster than ever, in a quality as good or better than before. As another advantage, we can now use skills to guarantee that the code that is created follows best practices, architecture patters, local governance and compliance. The "big thing" right now for us is providing guardrails and governance for agentic AI.
Personally, I think the client looks cool, but the problem with Matrix has never been client-side, it's more like the entire protocol is bad at doing what it aims to do.
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 45.9 ms ] threadI really hope Komai start getting built for macOS.
https://github.com/etkecc/komai
* Desktop first, no electron crap
* Open source and free
* Linux first
* Subjective, but to me it looks clean
If getting all that means using some AI vibe code, that's fine by me. Who isn't these days anyway? (Be honest!)
Anyway I hope the project is successful, more choice and competition in Matrix clients is a good thing.
Now if only they can fix video calls...
I can't say how frustrating it is to be midway through reading something and realise there's no human author.
When Show-ing your app on HN:
- Don't mention "vibe coding."
- Stay away from emojis.
Personally, I believe that a programmer's true skill today lies in how effectively they can leverage AI, and I’m all-in on vibe coding myself. But seeing the reaction here, I’m starting to think I should have thought twice before sharing my app on HN.
Even this post was translated by AI... I guess that’s probably a strike three, isn't it?
You still need skilled engineers to "operate" the AIs and to verify the results, but why on earth would you spend 3 weeks coding something by hand that Codex or Claude can spit out in a couple of hours.
For reference, at my employer we have so far in 2026 (1500+ developers) created 75% more code by AI this year compared to all of last year. Features are being delivered faster than ever, in a quality as good or better than before. As another advantage, we can now use skills to guarantee that the code that is created follows best practices, architecture patters, local governance and compliance. The "big thing" right now for us is providing guardrails and governance for agentic AI.
It’s here and we need to write software. Let’s celebrate that it lets us do it better!
- Microsoft Teams icons. Really??? - Padding everywhere - Feels like a machine control panel, not a chat app - Double sidebars? Why?
This feels like a uTox clone. Not good in 2026. Even Teams has a significantly better interface.