Today's Show HN wave runs local-first and anti-agent
Today's Show HN wave runs local-first and anti-agent. @kolx's VidStudio at 259 points is a browser video editor that never uploads, @rileyt's Daemons at 55 points is a solo founder's explicit pivot away from agents, and @santiago-pl's GoModel at 168 points is a Go-native AI gateway for teams tired of LiteLLM's Python supply chain.
Copy Daemons' pivot shape — find a post-agent cleanup wedge and ship it as a $9/mo CLI this weekend. The category has three entrants and zero paid leader.
Post-agent cleanup sounds like a real job but the buyer is the same overworked team that bought the agent. Budgets for babysitting AI run thin compared to budgets for shipping it.