frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Made with ♥ by @iamnishanth

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Microsoft Agent Framework

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/agent-framework/overview/agent-framework-overview
34•mooreds•2h ago

Comments

randv•2h ago
nice, are there other frameworks that are similar or better?
sroussey•1h ago
Certainly not better… it’s a one person project after all… but I have a workflow in typescript solution, not quite ready for prime time at workglow.dev. I’ll have AI agent stuff both in the framework and the UI (it’s feature flagged off at the moment) in January/February time frame.

The site above only runs local in browser models and uses a local user account. So it’s easy for infinite people to play with and costs me nothing to host.

It’s still a ways away from a Show HN post, and is more capable with remote frontier models, or with gguf over onnx (maybe?) whenever I get the local app out.

somedumbguy22•1h ago
I use Google's Agent Development Kit (adk)[0] at work and enjoy using it quite a bit.

[0]: https://google.github.io/adk-docs/

mooreds•1h ago
I have a friend who works at Mastra[0].

Got part way through their tutorial, seemed okay. Haven't used it in prod, though.

0: https://mastra.ai/

lumost•2h ago
Curious what people see in these frameworks in 202(6). My experience has been that an agent is a simple while loop over tools/instructions/dialog. More complex integrations generally lie in the tools/context retrieval - but those have so far been so domain specific that it’s not worth pulling in a framework.
diwu1989•1h ago
OpenAI agent sdk makes it extremely simple to get started with function calling and subagent-as-tools delegations.

If you use it with OpenAI responses api, there’s not even any need to store input items in your own DB

dmos62•1h ago
> Agent Framework offers two primary categories of capabilities:

> AI agents: Individual agents that use LLMs to process user inputs, call tools and MCP servers to perform actions, and generate responses. Agents support model providers including Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, and Azure AI.

> Workflows: Graph-based workflows that connect multiple agents and functions to perform complex, multi-step tasks. Workflows support type-based routing, nesting, checkpointing, and request/response patterns for human-in-the-loop scenarios.

campbel•1h ago
Anything beyond this is usually a play to trap you into an ecosystem. No reason to adopt any of these frameworks, especially if you already have a mature workflow system.
piskov•1h ago
Given Microsoft’s track record, come back in a few years and see if it still lives.

> It brings together and extends ideas from Semantic Kernel and AutoGen projects, combining their strengths while adding new capabilities

… and giving a hint what will happen to the aforementioned projects.

—

It’s a shame when someone’s promotion is tied to how many new things they ship.

—

> To learn more about migrating from either Semantic Kernel or AutoGen, see the Migration Guide from Semantic Kernel and Migration Guide from AutoGen.

It seems the motto of Microsoft for the last 15 years: “You won’t have time for new features — all you’ll do is migrations.”

nlawalker•12m ago
Fire and motion: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/01/06/fire-and-motion/
zkmon•1h ago
Why throw in .net in the mix? That alone could squish all interest.
rubenvanwyk•1h ago
.Net is better fit for this than Python for sure?
Izikiel43•1h ago
What’s the issue with net?

It’s a modern cross platform open source language with very good performance

lomase•1h ago
.Net has never been something most of HN cares about.
skydhash•1h ago
One of my grips with C#, Java,... is pushing runtime logic inside the type system. This leads to a huge standard library where there are multiple classes that are barely different than other other than implementation details.

I prefer Go's approach on preferring interfaces instead of inheritance. But what I like is Clojure and Lisp where the semantics of algorithms and data structure is not so diffuse.

dangoodmanUT•1h ago
> Semantic Kernel and AutoGen pioneered the concepts of AI agents and multi-agent orchestration

Said nobody?

bitwize•1h ago
I remember when "Microsoft Agent" meant the APIs that gave rise to Clippy, Rover, and (regrettably) even Bonzi Buddy.

The bitter irony is, Microsoft has since embrace-extend-extinguished Bonzi Buddy spyware tech, building it right into Windows 11. So... they're moving onward to the future I guess?

WarOnPrivacy•1h ago
> I remember when "Microsoft Agent" meant the APIs that gave rise to Clippy, Rover, and (regrettably) even Bonzi Buddy.

I remember Microsoft Agents as the enforcement arm of the Business Software Association.

They'd perform copyright raids on small biz, typically after some disgruntled employee phoned in an infringement tip.

jeroenhd•1h ago
I've toyed with the idea of hooking up something like Copilot to Clippy to make an "agent" using the Microsoft Agents API.

Unfortunately, the API died in Windows Vista, and was only widely available in Windows XP at the latest.

API documentation seems rather sparse too, though it looks like an LLM somewhere found a pirated book or something with example code because generated code seems to understand the API and its restrictions decently well. Writing the kind of C++ that still compiles on old versions of Windows is what broke my will to finish the project, though.

shireboy•16m ago
I have used this in a “beta” feature for an enterprise app and really like it. In ~100 lines of code I have a secured OpenAI compatible endpoint that I can chat with, and write tools for in .NET. I have it doing natural language query over some data and it works quite well.

You can also expose the agents as MCP, AGUI and so it can be a tool you integrate with other AI platforms.

Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL

https://github.com/antonmedv/textarea
50•medv•53m ago•19 comments

Fabrice Bellard: Biography [pdf]

https://www.ipaidia.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/117-2020-fabrice-bellard.pdf
71•lioeters•2h ago•12 comments

European Majority favours more social media regulation

https://yougov.co.uk/technology/articles/53241-european-political-monthly-where-do-europeans-stan...
24•snowpid•1h ago•15 comments

Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator

https://github.com/VibiumDev/vibium
93•hugs•2h ago•47 comments

When Compilers Surprise You

https://xania.org/202512/24-cunning-clang
159•brewmarche•7h ago•61 comments

A faster path to container images in Bazel

https://www.tweag.io/blog/2025-12-18-rules_img/
38•malt3•6d ago•13 comments

My 2026 Open Social Web Predictions

https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/12/23/my-open-social-web-predictions.html
48•todsacerdoti•4h ago•30 comments

Some Epstein file redactions are being undone

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/23/epstein-unredacted-files-social-media
873•vinni2•1d ago•687 comments

Beijing is enforcing tough rules to ensure chatbots don’t misbehave

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/china-is-worried-ai-threatens-party-ruleand-is-trying-to-tame-it-bfdc...
15•bookofjoe•31m ago•3 comments

Looking for Decent Conversation?

41•kmstout•1h ago•3 comments

Qntm's Power Tower Toy

https://qntm.org/files/knuth/knuth.html
5•ravenical•4d ago•0 comments

Researchers achieved 1,270 Wh/L in an anode-free lithium metal battery

https://postech.ac.kr/eng/research/research_results.do?mode=view&articleNo=43617&title=Anode-Free...
72•giuliomagnifico•2h ago•32 comments

X-ray: a Python library for finding bad redactions in PDF documents

https://github.com/freelawproject/x-ray
638•rendx•22h ago•108 comments

Avoid Mini-Frameworks

https://laike9m.com/blog/avoid-mini-frameworks,171/
83•laike9m•8h ago•72 comments

Fabrication Techniques Using Myco-Materials

https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/27602
8•andsoitis•2d ago•1 comments

Making a game on a custom bytecode VM in 7 days and 3kB

https://laurent.le-brun.eu/blog/making-a-game-on-a-custom-bytecode-vm-in-7-days-and-3kb
59•laurentlb•5d ago•8 comments

I'm returning my Framework 16

https://yorickpeterse.com/articles/im-returning-my-framework-16/
77•YorickPeterse•7h ago•100 comments

Games’ affordance of childlike wonder and reduced burnout risk in young adults

https://games.jmir.org/2025/1/e84219/
110•azalemeth•6h ago•91 comments

The Port I couldn't Ship

https://ammil.industries/the-port-i-couldnt-ship/
85•cjlm•6d ago•41 comments

Spice: A 40-year old open-source success story (2011)

https://www.edn.com/spice-a-40-year-old-open-source-success-story/
8•stmw•3h ago•1 comments

AMD entered the CPU market with reverse-engineered Intel 8080 clone 50 years ago

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-first-entered-the-cpu-market-with-reverse-eng...
126•ksec•6h ago•60 comments

Unifi Travel Router

https://blog.ui.com/article/travel-in-style-unifi-style-unifi-travel-router
425•flurdy•20h ago•367 comments

The e-scooter isn't new – London was zooming around on Autopeds a century ago

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the-e-scooter-isnt-new-london-was-zooming-around-on-autopeds...
108•zeristor•12h ago•91 comments

LVM Thin Provisioning (2016)

https://storageapis.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/lvm-thin-provisioning/
15•indigodaddy•2d ago•3 comments

Nabokov's guide to foreigners learning Russian

https://twitter.com/haravayin_hogh/status/2003299405907247502
201•flaxxen•19h ago•361 comments

Microsoft Agent Framework

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/agent-framework/overview/agent-framework-overview
34•mooreds•2h ago•20 comments

Show HN: LazyPromise = Observable – Signals

https://github.com/lazy-promise/lazy-promise
23•ivan7237d•5d ago•4 comments

Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS

https://github.com/bellard/mquickjs/blob/main/README.md
1318•Aissen•1d ago•502 comments

Why We Abandoned Matrix (2024)

https://forum.hackliberty.org/t/why-we-abandoned-matrix-the-dark-truth-about-user-security-and-sa...
161•Flere-Imsaho•5h ago•124 comments

Permission Systems for Enterprise That Scale

https://eliocapella.com/blog/permission-systems-for-enterprise/
73•eliocs•10h ago•28 comments