I got fed up with LangChain so I made a simple alternative for AI apps
Python package for easily interfacing with chat apps, with robust features and minimal code complexity. - minimaxir/simpleaichat
I got fed up with LangChain so I made a simple alternative for AI apps launched on June 8, 2023 with 6 votes, #1,856 of 4,655 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
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Python package for interfacing with ChatGPT with minimized complexity2023 · github.com · ▲129Python package for easily interfacing with chat apps, with robust features and minimal code complexity. - minimaxir/simpleaichat
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Aident AI Beta 2Mar 2026 · aident.ai · ▲398Hi HN — I’m Kimi, founder of Aident AI. A couple years ago, I cold-started a startup and tried to automate my outreach pipeline with a patchwork: RPA + Zapier + "just some ChatGPT". It worked… until it didn’t. Every time I tweaked the strategy, the automation snapped. The system wasn’t built for change — it was built for wiring. And that’s when it hit me: AI is finally smart enough to do real work, but we still don’t have a clean way to communicate the work to it: Drag-and-drop flows are too rigid; Scripts are too fragile; Prompts are too ephemeral. I kept thinking: why can’t automation be…


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