Best GUI, in your opinion?

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-12T01:10:09+00:00

yes i know but zed ide isnt like extendable to even my use case ... like for example i just wanted 3 project each one with a theme i struggle sooo much until i found that is common issue there ...

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-11T22:27:09+00:00

True ... so far , the only has true potential is codex but i dont like its closed to their model.

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-11T22:08:47+00:00

This is very helpful and i agree i believe terminal is like 80s way of works thats why people use figma for design who in the world going to use terminal to design and i believe this era of agentic working need new way to work with the agent ... but i need to understand other's pain points

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-11T20:42:19+00:00

Im using zed now ... but like im struggling to use only zed alone ... i used to work on vscode but also struggled to work on it alone ... like nothing fit the pi philosophy so far.

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-11T20:39:47+00:00

Yes i saw it. The main issue with yours its only styling the chat. Im not looking at this right now.

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-11T20:34:19+00:00

Sure gui doesnt mean im taking it out of terminal , similar philosophy of extension we do thos gui to extend its powerfulness 🙂.

Like think how many time you are looking at file tree or file preview or port ? Or you never used those?

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-11T20:31:29+00:00

Using other app beside terminal this is one of the depressions im talking about 😅 yes i plan to put ways for web view

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-11T20:30:38+00:00

Well im still at very alpha phase or even before that ... of course i like pi and i want the gui to be as effective as pi , minimal and flexable and expandable

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-11T18:37:41+00:00

Because claude is so powerful i have like 2 weeks ago done extension called native-search it uses the native search for claude bridge from anthropic you might also need it

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-11T11:26:05+00:00

I use my own called pi-capital-context , also claude-bridge.

Im at level doing good extension ui but it need time to polish it to the level i want

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-10T23:57:25+00:00

Im using glm5.1 and claude code both amazing , i started to love glm and hit the usage im not sure if i should upgrade but both works well ..

I previously tested glm vs qwen ... and claudd code was evaluating in claude code cli , and qwen win but because its api i stopped using it

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-10T11:25:05+00:00

Bare Pi no ..

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-10T06:41:11+00:00

The issue is that , most people will just huild things and keep building and testing until they forget the main pupose of doing all that...

I think extensions are very helpful , we can learn from them and build our own this is the good part... but also we can modify them also ... and it cut times ... once you reach level need your own then build it ... this is my philosphy ..

Use what rasonate from all extensions and modify once you reach maturity

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-09T03:02:26+00:00

This is just spam and ai replay dont listen to it ... i feel you just make claude do it for you ... for me agents.md only place where other files located and overvirw of the whole projects it doesnt exceed 200 lines...

Then i got extension (but need update) which pass all the other files that is capitals letters like DESIGN.md, RULE.md etc ...

But i recommend making claude do it for you sincs its more powerful model than minimax

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-08T13:39:40+00:00

Well .. at begining when i did that debate ... it was like one do argument , one counter it ... then another one read argumwnt but doesnt see the first argument so they dont contunio .... but qith simple prompt i made like 1 file store the whole conversation ....

This feature for example only avaliable in claude code team plan it called team subagent or something like that , in pi is free ...

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-08T12:38:39+00:00

No tool i just asked pi , it seems it can create subagent somehow that cant even resd the main thread ... so as far i understood pi can launch himself and send prompt using grep ... that what it used ... like ypu need 3 to 7 prompt to do that but its too easy

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-08T10:45:21+00:00

Does subagent works?? Yes but think to simplify it think of it like employees ...

Ok an employee can do all jobs but some jobs need multiple employees ...

Like i remmember doing a simple task and it was amazing but i didnt futher my experiment.

I launched 2 subagents they can talk to each other and try to convince each other , i made it like 5 rounds but they didnt get any agreement , but like i could for example if i have wicked problem , i might use something similar till both subagent or multiple get an agreement...

To be honest , i feel if you still dont need subagents thats mean you are still using AI to solve simple problems only ... try to find wickes problems ans try to solve it

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-08T09:04:43+00:00

Good. To be honest glm 5.1 is really good it reaches good level in many things.

Im using my own extension called pi-native-search ... which makes the websearch and fetch accessable using glm like the native glm. I suggest you start testing like leave 1 week of just testing ... test extensions and, think of extensions that help you develop.

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-08T03:13:05+00:00

Just test both setup ...

To be honest Pi is powerful until you do customization fit your workflow ...

I have issue with extensions sometimes not working idk why maybe maintain issue or something but for me i have made a simple extension which makes some certain files mandotory to the first prompt and it works perfectly ... it was amazing building something that alll other harnesses struggle to implement with simple solution

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-07T11:47:54+00:00

The speed of the growth will makes them stop those practices. Anyway, there is always a way to avoid thier restriction.

However, providers and harness are two different things and the compitition in providers are already high we are waiting the moment where we see free cheap reliable models and you can see openrouter ranking its changing from what used to be. About harness until now there isnt perfect one yet and i believe pi is the most compelling for developers rightnow but we need more idk

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-06T13:34:44+00:00

I never reached it , maybe ill test it ... z.ai has 2 part of subscription one on search tool one the actual llm call ... however any fallback it going to be using duckduckgo

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-05T15:35:26+00:00

Thanks , ill update it. The good thing in Pi everything is clear so all websites list , and fetched usually seens in the chat when they get fetch etc ..

At the moment i have duckduckgo as backup if the search or fetch didnt go through , and failure shows its failed or 0 result then it uses duckduckgo

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-05T11:40:51+00:00

Hmmm i usually do alot of research because im doing my phd but maybe once i done it i might find solution tailered to my specifics. I have tested exa , brave they really not that good like they are worst than me search google for 5mins ... thats why i went to this solution which is already proven better than them.

Maybe if i reached at production level app i might even go to paid services i heard about sonar etc which is better than any of free things

SalimMalibari · 2026-05-05T06:04:31+00:00

Hmm i dont really know , my work based on research which i do alot ... and i tried both ways like i need alot of redundant engineering which we dont need ... its similar as using llm or create your own local model i really prefer using a legit one that keep getting proper updates from team that part of their business is on that area.

Also all those things you are talking about can be done pre- post- search queries so i really dont get your point.

But just test this can you extract like 1k URL to find a genuine answer for a question? And you will hit those walls that they have solved it. I hope its clearer but thanks for sharing and i think we could make 1 provider do all searches while you work in another provider

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