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Show HN: Harness.apk – a drop-in on-device agent for Android

https://github.com/nev3rfail/harness.apk
1•nev3rfail•1h ago
The typical human-agent interaction loop currently looks as follows: operator writes a prompt, agent presents some options to choose from until the requirements become clear, does some work, and finally presents a report of what was actually done. This "specify > present" loop scales very well: you can specify a spaceship, a project at work, a vacation plan, or an omelette.

I got tired of specifying vacations and omelettes over SSH and remote sessions (which depend on a host somewhere to run the actual agent), and got tired of Claude Android's inability to write scripts to the filesystem or make me proper Maps routes, so here you go: harness.apk

The full agentic loop on a host that's already in your pocket and online 24/7, with rich widgets in writeups, and with hooks into everything the phone can do.

Its been my daily driver since the first version a month ago. Its been used to develop itself, even. Demo video is on the README.

Uses claude by default. Experience may vary

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qazer•5m ago
What is the main benefit of running the agent directly on the phone instead of Termux + SSH?

Is access to some android features or other benefits?

A Million Agents Is a Distributed System Problem

https://www.instacloud.com/blogs/a-million-agents-is-a-distributed-systems-problem
1•tonychang430•29s ago•0 comments

The Pitești Experiment

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1•jruohonen•1m ago•0 comments

Jensen Huang vs. the A.I. Doomers [the Ezra Klein Show]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jensen-huang.html
1•paulpauper•2m ago•0 comments

From the Voice of Dickie Jones

https://blog.nathanlangley.dev/posts/dickie-jones.html
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Lifelogging with Large Language Models

https://jaan.io/lifelogging-with-large-language-models
1•paulpauper•2m ago•0 comments

Mysteries of AI Generalization

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/mysteries-of-ai-generalization
1•paulpauper•3m ago•0 comments

The Power of AI: Mass Collaboration

https://www.cppdepend.com/blog/ai-real-power-mass-collaboration/
2•cppfirst•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: DeutschDNA – German Tutor Skill for Claude Code and Codex

https://github.com/ahmtsahin/deutsch-dna
1•impala64•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Busbar self-hosted execution boundary for Agentic Apps

https://github.com/GetBusbar/busbar
1•mangatgoyal•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Whiteboard (YC W26) – an open-source IDE for thoughtful software design

https://github.com/devdotfast/whiteboard
4•sidharthkmenon•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Devc – an alternate CLI for launching devcontainers

https://github.com/rameshvarun/devc
1•varunramesh•9m ago•0 comments

Open AI in the Wild: Adoption and Adaptation of Open Models on R/LocalLLaMA

https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3805689.3812421
1•theanonymousone•10m ago•0 comments

Return-to-office policy in 2026: 8 of 75 top UK employers require 5 office days

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2•FreddieSO•10m ago•1 comments

Paper2agent Turns Static Papers into Live AI Tools

https://spectrum.ieee.org/paper2agent-ai-agents-research-papers
2•rbanffy•10m ago•0 comments

35 years ago I did it all myself

https://twitter.com/jasonfried/status/2103170272467767753
2•tosh•11m ago•0 comments

For Computer Use, the harness matters as much as the model

https://www.stagehand.dev/evals
9•MiguelG719•12m ago•3 comments

Meta employees don't like to be filmed with there own glasses [video]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Abwd13odL4
2•pixvi•13m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Guardmcp – I scanned the official MCP registry with a config scanner

https://github.com/BerkantACUN/guardmcp
1•melalonsra•13m ago•0 comments

Developer ported Word for Windows 1.1a from 1990 to run natively on Windows 11

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2•bundie•13m ago•0 comments

Does Georgism Work? Five Years Later

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/does-georgism-work-five-years-later
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"Antedisciplinary" Science (2005)

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1•the-mitr•14m ago•0 comments

Why does a Nix store path survive garbage collection?

https://www.labcraft.dev/blog/nix-gc-roots
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Show HN: ThimbleDb, an encrypted lightweight low latency open source database

https://github.com/Jason-Doyle/thimble
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We Have Named Arguments at Home

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OpenRouter: Server Tools Marketplace

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Shared Memory for Coding Agents

https://getbelay.vercel.app/
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Lifestreams: A storage model for personal data: ACM SIGMOD Record: Vol 25, No 1

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/381854.381893
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US plan for 90 day diesel export ban could have significant impact on Europe

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1•ck2•19m ago•1 comments

Open OCI spec for agent sandboxes

https://www.linux.com/featured/docker-commits-to-bringing-the-sandbox-kit-spec-to-the-cncf/
1•pploug•19m ago•0 comments

LLMs can write tool workflows. Will they choose to?

https://github.com/kukushko/agent/blob/main/agent_workflows_exploratory_benchmark.md
1•kukushko•20m ago•0 comments