NanoMuse
AI
personal ai agent
SHOW HN2026
68points
21comments
#974of 4,366 in 2026
Top 23%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.30.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for managing email and reminders for people with ADHD
From 3 comments
> Have people really been struggling so badly all these years with managing their emails and gym memberships? Yes. I have ADHD and Hermes Agent has been extremely helpful for…
jnovek on HNSame, as a dev with ADHD, the coding was always the easier part. I've hated LLMs because the wall of text generated by all my colleagues when I ask questions or they need to…
ActionHank on HNEveryone has their own struggles, yes. And we're all different, so it's often difficult to imagine the struggles other people have because we take certain things for granted. For…
ahknight on HN
Objections
Privacy and data-security concerns about running agents on phones
From 3 comments
Sounds like a meta product made to steal my data on yet another device, not good marketing
herbst on HNAnyone running ai agents directly on their phone deserves exactly what they get.
thatsabadlook on HNA phone is a much more secure environment to run untrusted apps than Linux/mac/Windows since the apps are sandboxed. On Linux is free for all, a regular app running as a user can…
dist-epoch on HN
Unclear need for an autonomous assistant
From 2 comments
I honestly can't imagine ever having, needing or wanting an AI assistant on any of my devices. Have people really been struggling so badly all these years with managing their…
i_love_retros on HNActually I'm pretty good advocate for an accessible web. I think speech to text must be an awesome quality of life improvement for some people. But I don't see why anyone would…
i_love_retros on HN
Name is trendy and likely to change
From 2 comments
Great name to be replaced in about a week.
shlewis on HNGreat! We need any and all open source alternatives to products that people obviously find useful but do not respect their privacy. Looks good! I‘d reconsider the name.
ch_sm on HN
Requests
Reconsider the project name
From 2 comments
Great name to be replaced in about a week.
shlewis on HNGreat! We need any and all open source alternatives to products that people obviously find useful but do not respect their privacy. Looks good! I‘d reconsider the name.
ch_sm on HN
Questions
How the ADHD symptom management workflow is set up
From 1 comment
Could you elaborate on how you use Hermes for symptom management? I'm especially interested in what it does that can't be done with the usual AI chatbot or agent.
bentonkek on HN
Alternatives named
Hermes Agent
From 2 comments
> Have people really been struggling so badly all these years with managing their emails and gym memberships? Yes. I have ADHD and Hermes Agent has been extremely helpful for…
jnovek on HNSame, as a dev with ADHD, the coding was always the easier part. I've hated LLMs because the wall of text generated by all my colleagues when I ask questions or they need to…
ActionHank on HN
OpenClaw
From 1 comment
I told Kimi to set up a local Matrix server for me and to write a trivial little Claw-like. Basically it's just a loop with bubblewrap based sandboxing for the tools (not really…
vidarh on HN