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1. vincent-uden · 1790855563 · focus · HN ↗

   This kind of invalidate the pitch of Pi, the self-modifying harness. You can't use the Pi extensions I'm assuming...

   Without a plan of your own for extensions this is comparing apples to oranges. My Pi startup time is dominated by loading extensions and skills, and I don't even have many to begin with!

   (It seems like there is a pluging API judging by the Github repo. That wasn't linked in the comments by the time of my writing)

   1. dv_dt · 1790868407 · focus · HN ↗

      I wonder about adding a plugin shim for webassembly, or a Rust crate with integrated V8 engine (Bun?). But honestly, I use pi and I have yet to ask it to self-modify.

      1. vincent-uden · 1790869489 · focus · HN ↗

         I mean, kinda same. I've asked it to write skills but that is about it. And skills dont require this. But I do use other peoples extensions.

         1. dv_dt · 1790938235 · focus · HN ↗

            I suppose one potential drawback is that the visibility of the logic of a plugin is inherent in the pi ts extensions, and unless it's shipped with the rpi (pi-rust) extension, it may not be the same to use it. There are instances where I've seen pi go digging around in it's own docs & code to figure out how to do something.

            1. bigfishhk · 1791039313 · focus · HN ↗

               There is a tool named Docs that guides users on how to use RPi and how to write extensions. RPi has a plugin ABI to support extensions.

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