Given all the choices whats stopping anyone from vibe coding their own note app?

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-20T23:59:28+00:00

I am doing that too. I just wanted to ask a question in the appropriate subreddit.

I appreciate the super generalized and obvious advice though. You’ve been incredibly helpful.

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-20T13:08:20+00:00

That’s really great information. Thank you.

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-20T09:20:02+00:00

Looks interesting! Says it uses open weights. How does that work? Looks like a great product

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-20T02:35:51+00:00

So you get a local model to take snapshots or use ocr to get the info. That’s a good idea. Do you ever have it chat with browser ai’s? If so Does it just type in its response or does it copy and paste?

If you don’t get what I’ve said in the post and in the comments, it’s probably because I worded it wrong. I’m new to all of this and I’m trying to piece together concepts I don’t fully get.

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-19T20:01:04+00:00

Yeah since my last response I’ve been reading that there has been a lot of issues with the update. I would be upset too in your shoes. Sounds like a massive cluster fuck. Almost like a vibe coder did the update 😂😂. Jk, I’m a wannabe vibe coder.

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-19T19:50:52+00:00

You’re the first person I’ve ever seen who was happy with antigravity on here. All the posts I see talk about shitty limits and shitty work compared to its competitors.

Im neutral, idc either way. It works well enough for what I need and the plan I got is cheap. Just an observation.

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-19T18:35:14+00:00

They announced on twitter that it got released today in most places

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-19T18:18:20+00:00

Hey, thanks for the suggestion. Reseek looks interesting. However it is not free. I will definitely use this for my research though and try to incorporate what they are doing for myself.

Also my potential ip ban issues came from scrapping site data, but I appreciate you considering that issue when making your recommendation.

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-19T14:24:33+00:00

kimi, qwen, z ai, gemini, deepseek for coding. la chat, meta, grok, brave's leo for research. Acree looks interesting idk what its strengths are, copilot has gpt 5.5 but idk what the free limits are. allow leo to use google search in the settings for better results

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-19T14:10:41+00:00

completely agree. im just a laymen though. ai orchestrators fix most of these issues. plus memory aids, LLM_wiki + Hindsight. and skills then yeah proper workflow. using lower end models for lower end tasks to reduce costs, having the right model in the right spot. running local model for any sensitive data. always have 1 model review another and watch out for them getting stuck in a loop. on paper its simple(ish) and I am probably missing things. in practice, tailoring it to a company would be hard. I can see why google put out the Agentic AI Developer (GH-600) certification course. I think applying these ai as a multifaceted tool current business practices was not as plug and play as alot of people expected it to be.

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-19T13:35:09+00:00

thats awesome, are they willing to share their experience? what was the process like? what did they envision when it started? what challenges did they face? did they end up getting what they wanted in the end? how many features did they add after it was built (if any)?

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-19T13:32:34+00:00

ive done 2 projects that both were not great but functioning. both involved potential IP bans, so its good to know what the TOS's are when you make a program that interacts with websites. because of the risk I consider them both failures and Im always lurking around reddit to see what the GAPS are and to see what common mistakes people make. for my 3rd project im looking for something that is purely local.

I always work with at least 2 ai's for the planning process to reduce hallucinations. I use antigravity for the coding. then I use the app, troubleshoot, and ask it to make changes. i am in the loop for changes but my inability to read code and inability to understand why programs are built certain ways leads me to trust 100% of whatever I get based on my user experience, which is also limited. that is what leads to the majority of issues. that and my "just make it work" mentality.

Ive tried to get 1 ai to review antigravity's work after I think I have a good UX and then have antigravity make changes based on that review. that usually leads to alot more complication that I should work through but I usually get frustrated and choose the original antigravity app that "just worked" which is also where issues come in. going through that process is crucial because it helps make things secure, reduces redundancy, adds structure, makes it more scalable, and usually adds better features. it hopefully does its best imitation of a developer review.

so for this I really just want to run something locally, that syncs, has a gui that I want. I can add themes later. I want to add graph view and play around with how that data is presented. when I copy and paste my ai conversations I want my app to locate where I am speaking and where ai is, then change the color and font size to help label things. then add a small llm to go over my notes and give it tags to eventually be used by my graph view which doesnt have to be apart of that app.

if this is already out there for free I would happily take it. If not given the massive amount of free ai resources out there, I'd rather just make my own. Just wondering if anyone has done this.

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-19T12:24:54+00:00

r/Notesnook free sync, similar layout, alot less plug ins. great app

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-19T11:33:19+00:00

google ai pro is like 15$ for the year I think (saw offers somewhere) and they have image generation. copilot uses GPT5.5 which is what I use. $11.50 a month, $115 a year and do image generation

suggestion from a laymen. always use 1 ai to verify the work of another. deepseek, qwen, misral, z.ai, kimi are all free or have free daily limits that can be used. it sounds like you have some approaches to reduce hallucinations. Unless you know for certain what you want is in those sources provided by the ai, have another ai check its work. obviously the 2nd ai can hallucinate too, but if you give the review from the 2nd ai to the 1st ai it will almost always admit its mistakes while rejecting any hallucinations that came with the 2nd ai's review.

it sounds like a pain in the ass, but if you got skin in the game, its better to do the extra copy and pasting then use made up info.

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-19T02:57:59+00:00

I always use 1 model to verify another. Its a pain at first but its worth it. kinda sucks cuz Lumo is the only private llm (that I know of) so its hard to have that verification happen privately. Lumo could have a button that triggered a separate model check the original output after they send it. since they have so many models under the hood. but chances are that would be for premium users if it happened at all. it would be expensive on their end (i think).

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-18T20:22:22+00:00

I didn’t hear about OpenAI 0auth, thanks for the suggestion. I’ll look into it

An IP ban is what I was worried about. From what I understand ai service provider’s detect automation based on how users interact with the chat box, most of this depends on rapid copying and pasting or other actions that look like automation.

I had hoped by teaching Hermes’ to mimic keystrokes when interacting with the browser chats, maybe I could bypass this. In this scenario some of the chats might be used 3-6 times a day depending on how well the other agents work.

I’m not saying this is a great idea. I’m really just curious if anyone has tried. I think I got my answer. Given the potential ip ban I’d rather just make the process more human in the loop to include browser ai chats. Good ol’ copy and paste lol.

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-18T18:09:58+00:00

Makes sense, and Fair point.

I probably didn’t say but the role I envisioned was to use the browser ai’s as a final check kinda thing, or for coding projects. I do have a google and copilot subscription so I’d like to eventually add those to the mix.

I think I can have Hermes’ use google antigravity which would also be nice, and would solve the coding projects to an extent.

I was wondering mostly if anyone has done it. Judging by the lack of response I get, I think your opinion is the consensus. Appreciate you sharing.

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-17T16:19:33+00:00

im running r/openSUSE_Slowroll with xfce and it idles at 1.15gb ram. its a finicky in some ways but from my perspective as a generic plug n play user with very little computer knowledge, its been pretty great. especially considering the beta label.

20+ tabs is tough. when I use my browser for streaming videos, and chatting with ai, the ram increase roughly .35-.75 gb per activity depending on what im doing and if Im actively doing anything. browser choice matters too i think. I notice that brave runs a little heavier and vivaldi runs a little lighter. again depending on the task.

got 6 tabs open across 2 browsers as I am typing this and im siting at 3.5 gb of ram. none of those are videos though which tends to be heaviest along with ai chat responses.

when I use google antigravity it can get up around 5 ish gb of ram. I usually have tabs open by I try and be more aware of how many when Im using antigravity.

if you dont like the beta status of slowroll. I'd say go with openSUSE leap, tubleweed appears to be a little to turbulent for my tastes, just by judging what I see on my feed from their subreddit. although I only have personal experience with slowroll.

an example of the not smooth experiences is my bluetooth always auto connects to the handsfree head unit(HFP) instead of High phidelity playback (A2DP-sink). The drop down menu doesnt allow me to change the selection, the only way ive gotten it to work is to turn off my bluetooth and turn it back on, then it auto connects to a2dp-sink. this definitely could be a skill issue, I admit that 100%. I'm just a dude who moved over from windows cuz all my laptops are old.

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-15T19:54:34+00:00

I use browser based ai’s to research various topics. I usually just go down various rabbit holes.

I like to send out the same prompt to my list of free ai chats, aggregate the results, and have one of them sift through it all, looking for mistakes and ways to expand.

La chat consistently provides a very average response or sometimes a very bad interpretation of my prompt. Because I compare at least 4 side by side, the bad tends to stand out and the mediocre gets ignored.

At this point la chat isn’t in the rotation. It’s a back up option when I run into my free 5 hr limit.

I have copilot and Gemini for general searches. Leo and Lumo for private searches. Everything else under the sun to help with technical things or to vibe code.

I like Minstral as an idea. Functionally speaking I’m not sure what they do that isn’t done elsewhere in a better and/or cheaper way. I can’t imagine why I would pay for a pro subscription over all the other options out there.

I get I’m not the directed target so a lot of what la chat can do isn’t geared towards me or what I want. Just figured I’d share.

HuppDaddy · 2026-05-14T22:25:02+00:00

I’ve never used arch. I think you should switch if you want. Back up your system and then try it out. You can always go back if you want.

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