ShellMate AI
While "burning tokens" isn't necessarily a good thing, I thought it worthwhile to throw together a quick leaderboard to track the dev setups of the top HN token burners. Jesse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Vincent), Wes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_McKinney), and Harper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_Reed) are using it to report their Claude/Codex usage.
ShellMate AI launched on August 15, 2024 with 342 votes, #128 of 5,471 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
In plain words
ShellMate AI is a lightweight, open-source Mac terminal application that uses OpenAI to enhance command-line productivity. It observes user activity to detect errors, suggest fixes, and recommend next commands before users run them. Designed for developers and Mac terminal users, ShellMate aims to reduce errors and streamline workflow by anticipating needs based on context.
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From the sources
ShellMate is a lightweight, open-source app that gives you superpowers in your Mac Terminal. It will observe what you're doing and detect errors, suggest fixes, or even suggest the next command you haven't run yet but should.
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