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Krish Verma

Oct 26

How I built a test that walks the shipped import graph: the missing module that bricked Ankita 2.7.0

#showdev #opensource #ai #electron

4 min read

Krish Verma

Oct 25

Ankita v2.7.0: undo for destructive actions — and skill permissions that advise, not enforce

#showdev #opensource #ai #security

4 min read

Krish Verma

Oct 24

The tool name lies, so I tier the action inside: how my desktop AI companion gates MCP calls

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4 min read

Krish Verma

Oct 23

A 1.6 MB screenshot costs fewer than 1,000 tokens — my trimmer was deleting it anyway

#showdev #opensource #ai #architecture

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Krish Verma

Oct 22

Only the newest page is real: how my desktop AI companion stops its model acting on stale browser refs

#showdev #opensource #ai #security

4 min read

Krish Verma

Oct 21

Kill the thread, not the promise: how my desktop AI companion survives a bad regex

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4 min read

Krish Verma

Oct 20

One tunnel per tool group, enforced: how my desktop AI companion keeps ChatGPT's file tools out of computer use

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Oct 19

Single-use tickets, one per drag: how my desktop AI companion captures webpages without ever trusting the browser

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4 min read

Krish Verma

Oct 18

How I built one-page runbooks for my AI companion's scheduled jobs: five receipts, outcome-keyed recovery, and a page that can never touch the task

#showdev #opensource #ai #productivity

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Krish Verma

Oct 17

How I built read-only-by-default scheduled jobs for my AI companion: prompt hardening, a 500-char bound, and untrusted history

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Krish Verma

Oct 16

How I built at-most-once sends for my AI companion's ChatGPT tab: a durable send ledger, and receipts that survive a crash

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Krish Verma

Oct 15

How I built keyless OAuth sign-in for my AI companion: PKCE, a single-use loopback callback, and a token that never touches disk

#showdev #opensource #ai #security

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Krish Verma

Oct 14

Ankita v2.6.0: chat through your own ChatGPT tab — no API key, no per-token billing

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Krish Verma

Oct 13

How I gave my desktop AI companion computer use: a Cua driver, fresh element tokens, and a Rust patch for owned menus

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Krish Verma

Oct 12

How I built a scheduler that can never double-fire: PID liveness, a recovery sidecar, and a takeover handshake

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Krish Verma

Oct 11

How I built a 4-tier approval gate for my AI companion: a heuristic that can never say no

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Oct 10

Ankita v2.5.2: startup that actually starts — a DOM probe, a strict CSP, and the blank window

#showdev #opensource #ai #electron

4 min read

Krish Verma

Oct 9

Ankita v2.5.1: the browser explains itself — automatic instructions, readable page evidence, and a guarded runtime

#showdev #opensource #ai #productivity

4 min read

Krish Verma

Oct 9

How I built memory for my desktop AI companion: every memory must quote the transcript

#showdev #opensource #ai #privacy

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Krish Verma

Oct 8

How I built a secret scrubber for my desktop AI assistant: 7 patterns, an entropy gate, and zero model calls

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Krish Verma

Oct 7

How I built a quiet heartbeat for my AI assistant: HEARTBEAT_OK, exact-match silence, and a skipped-busy rule

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Krish Verma

Oct 7

Ankita v2.5.0: a desktop companion island that never misses an approval

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Krish Verma

Oct 4

How I built hands-free voice mode for my AI assistant: ffmpeg VAD, barge-in, zero npm packages

#showdev #opensource #ai #node

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Krish Verma

Oct 3

I'm building a companion island for my desktop AI assistant: approvals, a mascot, and a 14px wake strip

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Krish Verma

Oct 2

How I built session checklists in my AI assistant: plans the agent can't quietly rewrite

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Krish Verma

Oct 1

How I built the skills system in my AI assistant: markdown files, strict validation, zero code

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4 min read

Hacktoberfest: Maintainer Spotlight

Krish Verma

Oct 1

Ankita is looking for contributors — here's what you'd actually build

#opensource #hacktoberfest #node #electron

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Krish Verma

Sep 30

Ankita v2.4.4: scheduled jobs that actually finish, and sign-in that actually respects your secrets

#opensource #ai #productivity #electron

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Krish Verma

Sep 30

How I designed my AI assistant's plugin system: every tool is just an ES module

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Krish Verma

Sep 29

How I built Ankita's proactive loop: scheduled routines, page watches, and a Telegram inbox

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Krish Verma

Sep 28

7 things I learned building an open-source desktop AI app at 16

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Krish Verma

Sep 27

Ankita v2.4.3: a live browser beside your chat

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3 min read

Avoids token bloat without embeddings

Krish Verma

Sep 26

How I built deferred tool discovery for my desktop AI assistant (no embeddings needed)

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Krish Verma

Mar 28

Looking for contributors for an AI learning platform (open source)

#ai #learning #opensource #webdev

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