Show HN: Build your own AI code editor
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Jul 6, 2025 08:12
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Summary
A developer created "Bronie," a self-generating AI code editor that was built using its own capabilities, costing only $40 and no manual coding. Bronie supports multiple LLM providers via OpenAI-compatible APIs and is designed for easy extension and customization. This project demonstrates the growing accessibility of AI-powered development tools and suggests that model quality, rather than platform, is becoming the key differentiator in the AI code editor space.
Bronie was bootstrapped using bronie itself, it's a self generating AI code editor. It cost roughly $40 USD to generate over the weekend. I did not write any of the code myself. It supports OpenRouter, and any LLM provider with an OpenAI API compliant endpoint (most of them). It was written to be extended as a good base. I hope you'll try it, fork it, extend/modify it for your own use. I wanted to explore to see how difficult it is to make a useful code editor amid the Cursor Pricing Crisis. I think I reached the conclusion that the platform isn't very important, models are the sauce. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44478788 Points: 2 # Comments: 0