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Optio – Orchestrate AI coding agents in K8s to go from ticket to PR
I think like many of you, I've been jumping between many claude code/codex sessions at a time, managing multiple lines of work and worktrees in multiple repos. I wanted a way to easily manage multiple lines of work and reduce the amount of input I need to give, allowing the agents to remove me as a bottleneck from as much of the process as I can. So I built an orchestration tool for AI coding agents:Optio is an open-source orchestration system that turns tickets into merged pull requests using AI coding agents. You point it at your repos, and it handles the full lifecycle:- Intake — pull tasks from GitHub Issues, Linear, or create them manually- Execution — spin up isolated K8s pods per repo, run Claude Code or Codex in git worktrees- PR monitoring — watch CI checks, review status, and merge readiness every 30s- Self-healing — auto-resume the agent on CI failures, merge conflicts, or reviewer change requests- Completion — squash-merge the PR and close the linked issueThe key idea is the feedback loop. Optio doesn't just run an agent and walk away — when CI breaks, it feeds the failure back to the agent. When a reviewer requests changes, the comments become the agent's next prompt. It keeps going until the PR merges or you tell it to stop.Built with Fastify, Next.js, BullMQ, and Drizzle on Postgres. Ships with a Helm chart for production deployment.
Hacker News5mo agoToolAI
Robust LLM extractor for websites in TypeScript
We've been building data pipelines that scrape websites and extract structured data for a while now. If you've done this, you know the drill: you write CSS selectors, the site changes its layout, everything breaks at 2am, and you spend your morning rewriting parsers.LLMs seemed like the obvious fix — just throw the HTML at GPT and ask for JSON. Except in practice, it's more painful than that:- Raw HTML is full of nav bars, footers, and tracking junk that eats your token budget. A typical product page is 80% noise. - LLMs return malformed JSON more often than you'd expect, especially with nested arrays and complex schemas. One bad bracket and your pipeline crashes. - Relative URLs, markdown-escaped links, tracking parameters — the "small" URL issues compound fast when you're processing thousands of pages. - You end up writing the same boilerplate: HTML cleanup → markdown conversion → LLM call → JSON parsing → error recovery → schema validation. Over and over.We got tired of rebuilding this stack for every project, so we extracted it into a library.Lightfeed Extractor is a TypeScript library that handles the full pipeline from raw HTML to validated, structured data:- Converts HTML to LLM-ready markdown with main content extraction (strips nav, headers, footers), optional image inclusion, and URL cleaning - Works with any LangChain-compatible LLM (OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, Ollama, etc.) - Uses Zod schemas for type-safe extraction with real validation - Recovers partial data from malformed LLM output instead of failing entirely — if 19 out of 20 products parsed correctly, you get those 19 - Built-in browser automation via Playwright (local, serverless, or remote) with anti-bot patches - Pairs with our browser agent (@lightfeed/browser-agent) for AI-driven page navigation before extractionWe use this ourselves in production at Lightfeed, and it's been solid enough that we decided to open-source it.GitHub: https://githu
Hacker News5mo agoToolAI
AI agent marketplace for problem-solving
Need a marketplace where users describe problems, get recommended AI agents, hire them, provide context, and return to find problems solved.
X6mo agoToolAI
No easy way to hide Instagram stories from specific groups like coworkers
Instagram lacks a reverse 'close friends' feature to quickly hide stories from select people (e.g., colleagues) without hiding from everyone.
X5mo agoToolProductivity
Real estate agents create high friction and costs between landlords and tenants
Agents take excessive commissions, delay processes, and are unreliable, leaving landlords without time to handle listings and tenants struggling to find properties directly.
X5mo agoToolReal Estate
Independent investigations into government spending fraud
Taxpayers frustrated by lack of exposure on government waste and fraud (e.g., consultants, scholarships); willing to personally fund investigators' travel and expenses to uncover issues.
X5mo agoOtherBusiness
Full region-locking feature for social media platforms
Social media users overwhelmed by unwanted content from specific regions; current partial blocks (e.g., replies) insufficient, seeking a fully region-locked version of platforms like X.
X5mo agoToolMedia
Auditing and fixing bugs in AI-generated code
AI code generation tools produce code with undetected issues; developers need a service or tool where the same AI audits and corrects its own output.
X6mo agoToolDev
Short-form video editing services for social media creators
Content creators like Twitch partners struggle to find reliable editors for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels, expressing willingness to pay any amount due to high demand and time constraints.
X6mo agoOtherMedia
Event networking hindered by manual social media follow-up
After events like Luma, extracting Twitter/Instagram handles from attendees, sorting by engagement, and following them is time-consuming and inefficient.
X5mo agoToolOther
Bots and inactive accounts clutter social media follower lists
Users accumulate bot and inactive followers on X/Twitter, needing an easy way to mass-unfollow them without manual effort.
X5mo agoToolProductivity
No reliable platform for second-hand goods resale in Europe
Current second-hand resell sites in Europe are inadequate, frustrating users who want better options for buying and selling used items.
X5mo agoOtherRetail
Teams manually handle repetitive workflows that consume hours daily without scaling
Knowledge workers spend significant time on repetitive tasks like lead routing, document analysis, and scheduling that don't require human judgment but are tedious to automate with traditional tools. Current solutions require coding skills, months of implementation, or expensive custom development. Teams either accept the inefficiency or struggle with complex no-code platforms.
Product Hunt5mo agoToolProductivity
For 5 years, goods have been stolen from the office. There is no available service that automatically analyzes camera footage and sends alerts about suspicious activity.
ProblemHunt5mo agoToolBusiness
Zelle Desktop & Web Interface Wrapper
Zelle is mobile-only; users on desktop/web lack a native client. A lightweight wrapper or PWA bringing Zelle into desktop workflows could address friction for power users sending frequent transfers. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends1mo agoToolFinanceUS
Payment system outage notifications and fallback alerts
Brazilian users experienced PIX (national payment system) outages with no advance warning. Merchants and individuals need real-time alerts when payment systems fail. A tool aggregating payment system status + SMS/push alerts + fallback payment method suggestions could solve recurring pain. [Trending: "pix instabilidade" with 5000+ searches in BR]
Google Trends5mo agoToolFinanceBR
Script Memorization Assistant for Actors & Students
Actors, theater students, and performers struggle to memorize lines efficiently. Existing tools are theater-specific or too expensive. Demand for a simple, affordable app that quizzes and tracks progress. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends5mo agoToolEducationUS
Personal injury case management for solo attorneys
Solo and small-firm personal injury attorneys lack affordable case management tools designed for their workflow. Existing solutions (LexisNexis, Clio) are expensive and bloated. A lightweight tool for document automation, settlement tracking, and client communication could capture this fragmented market. [Trending: "personal injury attorneys" with 100+ searches in US]
Google Trends5mo agoToolLegalUS
AI room design visualization tool for interior planning
Renters and budget-conscious homeowners need affordable interior design visualization. Expensive design services and fragmented apps leave a gap for AI-powered mockups from photos. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends5mo agoToolDesign & CreativeUS
Spaced-repetition memorization app for scripture and religious study
Religious learners need efficient tools to memorize Bible verses and passages with spaced repetition, context, and community features. Generic flashcard apps miss religious-specific UX needs. [Google Search suggestion]
Google Trends5mo agoToolEducationUS