We've built an AI agent with a dev environment that can build real apps
Hey HN, Databutton is an AI agent with a full-stack dev environment that it shares with the user, which writes, tests and deploys apps using React as the frontend and FastAPI as the backend. Today, it's a way for non-professional coders to ship real full-stack apps end-to-end. The agents are leaning on the users quite frequently to give feedback and guide the development journey through prompts, images, etc. The aspiration is to increase the "autonomy" slowly, but we're built on the philosophy that users should always be able to ship real apps that can be used, even if they have to rely on…
We've built an AI agent with a dev environment that can build real apps launched on June 6, 2024 with 20 votes, #886 of 4,672 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Databutton is an AI agent paired with a shared development environment that helps users build, test, and deploy full-stack applications using React and FastAPI. Designed for non-professional coders, it generates code based on user prompts and images while allowing users to guide development and make edits. The system emphasizes creating real, deployable apps that can be immediately used, with plans to gradually increase the agent's autonomy over time.
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Riff's AI agents handle the procurement, planning, and logistics work behind every order, so your team delivers on time, drives cost down, and stays ahead of problems
Riff's AI agents handle the work behind every order. Quoting, procurement, planning, logistics. They replan the moment something moves, and take the cheapest way through. So you deliver on time without paying for it in inventory, overtime, and air freight . Riff helps manufacturers deliver great products, every time. Riff's agents take on the operational work behind every order, so volume climbs without the team climbing with it. Riff's agents negotiate the spend no one manages, free up the cash trapped in inventory, and get ahead of at-risk orders. Your experts' judgment, applied to everything. Not just the slice that fit their week. Your team works alongside the agents, improves them, and…from databutton.com
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Hey HN, Databutton is an AI agent with a full-stack dev environment that it shares with the user, which writes, tests and deploys apps using React as the frontend and FastAPI as the backend. Today, it's a way for non-professional coders to ship real full-stack apps end-to-end. The agents are leaning on the users…
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