Setup
Productivity
developer workflow sharing
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How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
16 positive, 27 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 16 critical, out of 59 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Idea: 8 for, 8 againstDesign: 2 for, 4 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea for seeing other people's setups
From 3 comments
This is a wonderful idea - didnt know I was looking for this until I started browsing. I found it helpful with surfacing that which I didnt-know-I-didnt-know. Thank you for…
patabyte on HNNice idea. https://mysetup.ai/u/gareth - tried to include useful hints for others (screenshots, token/sec results, monthly costs, etc). Interesting to see how many people are…
garethsprice on HN"What's the craic" immediately jumped out at me, of course you're from Belfast :) Cool project!
jmkni on HN
Good site design
From 1 comment
Maybe off topic - I really like the design of the site, it feels like it was designed with care which (no offence) is often not the case with AI focused websites. Was it hand…
edude03 on HN
Objections
Contributing requires MCP and GitHub login, which excludes some users
From 3 comments
This feels self-selective to how some people work, because it requires using MCP to contribute. I'm a reasonably heavy AI user, and have some custom skills/MCP servers I'd share,…
vegadw on HNSo I have to connect over MCP or log into github through the page to share anything? How about being able to post a markdown summary of my setup instead of plugging my…
selicos on HNLove the idea! Would love it if you could add a method to share your setup that doesn't involve MCP... I don't use MCP servers in my setup but I wish that didn't then exclude me…
river_otter on HN
Locking to X accounts narrows the data to a biased group
From 1 comment
Locking this to X accounts destroys nearly all of the value for me, because the data is limited to only setups from people who are still using X. Given how overtly authoritarian…
RIMR on HN
Sharing workflows gives away proprietary advantage
From 2 comments
20 year industry vet here. Yeah, no thank you. In the age of AI, developer productivity and job security will involve your proprietary workflow. It no longer makes sense to share…
hackmack10 on HNSerious question, why? Nobody gives a fuck if I'm out of a job, especially OpenAI and Anthropic. They stole the worlds knowledge to put us out of a job and arguably took away…
hackmack10 on HN
Requests
Support manual submission without MCP
From 2 comments
Love the idea! Would love it if you could add a method to share your setup that doesn't involve MCP... I don't use MCP servers in my setup but I wish that didn't then exclude me…
river_otter on HNThis feels self-selective to how some people work, because it requires using MCP to contribute. I'm a reasonably heavy AI user, and have some custom skills/MCP servers I'd share,…
vegadw on HN
Show monthly cost of setups
From 2 comments
It'd be useful to see "approx monthly cost" or something similar. I love seeing other people's setups, but the first post I clicked on describes at least $400/mo in subscription…
OtherShrezzing on HNNice idea. https://mysetup.ai/u/gareth - tried to include useful hints for others (screenshots, token/sec results, monthly costs, etc). Interesting to see how many people are…
garethsprice on HN
RSS or API feed
From 1 comment
Nice idea. https://mysetup.ai/u/gareth - tried to include useful hints for others (screenshots, token/sec results, monthly costs, etc). Interesting to see how many people are…
garethsprice on HN
Better search, including by tool and hardware
From 3 comments
Wait, why can't you search by tool instead? It's just people-first? Cool idea but try harder for your v1!
thoughtpeddler on HNI don't know who any of these people are, couldn't find a way to search/filter by hardware, then promptly bounced out.
iAMkenough on HNSomething is busted with the search. I tried "Godot" and "Unity" and top results for either do not mention Godot or Unity. Thanks for the site though, still interesting see what…
sershe on HN
Questions
Do entries show a last-updated date?
From 1 comment
The setups I wrote down three months ago are already half wrong, tools churn that fast. Do entries show a last-updated date so I can tell what's stale?
hnp9j9qtda on HN
Is there a ranking of popular or well-reviewed setups?
From 2 comments
quite interesting but i don't see a proper ranking of whose setups are better reviewed or popular?
amit2403 on HNDo you plan to synthesize the data and show top 2 Popular setups? This would be for newbies who want to start with a powerful setup, and for those looking to discover new tools.…
realjohng on HN
Alternatives named
Public GitHub repos of personal Pi or Claude configs
From 1 comment
This is so complicated, I would have to install mcp-adapter to Pi etc. I just have a public github repo with my Pi setup https://github.com/igorkulman/pi-skills
ig0r0 on HN