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nezaj commented on How and where will agents ship software?   instantdb.com/essays/agen... · Posted by u/stopachka
hoppp · a month ago
Just dont connect an agent to a pay per query database, unless you want to risk getting large bills.

Make sure the agent knows how much it costs to query

nezaj · a month ago
In this case the cost per query is zero!
nezaj commented on How and where will agents ship software?   instantdb.com/essays/agen... · Posted by u/stopachka
simonw · a month ago
This article is about teaching coding agents to use InstantDB, which is "a modern Firebase".

I suggest jumping straight to this document, which is designed to tell the agent how to work with Instant but is pretty great documentation for humans who want to understand what it can do at the same time: https://www.instantdb.com/mcp-tutorial/claude-rules.md

nezaj · a month ago
Thank you for the kind words on the rules/documentation! It was definitely an iterative process to figure out how to get good results.

We have an llms.txt and llms-full.txt (~9k lines) which contains all our documentation. Feeding these to the claude didn't get great results, it was just too much information.

We manually compressed our llms-full.txt into a rules file (~1.5k lines) which declared the API upfront and provided snippets of how to do different things with callouts to common examples. This condensed version did better but would cause Claude to make subtle mistakes.

Looking at the kind of mistakes Claude made, it seemed like a human could make those mistakes too (very useful feedback for us to improve our API ). We thought “what's one of the smallest fully contained examples we can make that packs a bunch of info on how to use Instant?” That would probably be useful for both a human and an agent. And indeed it seemed to be the case.

nezaj commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2025)    · Posted by u/whoishiring
nezaj · 3 months ago
InstantDB (YC S22) | Founding Engineers | ONSITE - San Francisco | Full-time | https://instantdb.com

We're looking for talented individuals interested in solving some of the hardest problems in real-time databases and front-end technology. If you love building delightful developer experiences and want to work on cutting-edge tech, we want to hear from you!

Our current stack: Typescript + Clojure + AWS Aurora Postgres

* We offer client SDKs, a CLI tool, and web GUI to interact with Instant. All written in Typescript

* We have a server written in Clojure for managing websocket connections, parsing queries, running permissions, and broadcasting novelty.

* All of which sits on top AWS Aurora Postgres

Open Roles:

* Typescript Engineer - Help build the best type system for our database and improve developer experience.

* Full-Stack Engineer - Build frontend sync engines and UIs that developers use for hours.

* Backend Engineer - Solve hard database problems and build infrastructure to handle 100k+ connections.

Additional details:

* Location: We're based in San Francisco, CA!

* In-person or open to relocation only: We're a small team and we really do prefer all working together in person!

* Compensation: Sliding scale between 0.5%-2% equity and 150k - 200k base + medical/dental/vision benefits

Our vision is to be the infrastructure for all apps of the future. If this jives with you we should really talk . Send us an email: founders@instantdb.com with a bit about yourself, and a project you've worked on.

nezaj commented on Offline-First with CouchDB and PouchDB in 2025   neighbourhood.ie/blog/202... · Posted by u/felideon
mentalgear · 4 months ago
it's fully open-source for once
nezaj · 4 months ago
Instant founder here! We're fully open source :)

https://github.com/instantdb/instant

nezaj commented on Show HN: InstantDB – A Modern Firebase   github.com/instantdb/inst... · Posted by u/nezaj
Hadriel · a year ago
I'm curious if something like this would be good for multiplayer games?
nezaj · a year ago
We have basic example demonstrating how you can use Instant to make games [1] and a live iOS app built with Instant and React Native [2]

[1] https://www.instantdb.com/examples?#8-merge-tile-game

[2] https://github.com/jsventures/stroopwafel

nezaj commented on Show HN: InstantDB – A Modern Firebase   github.com/instantdb/inst... · Posted by u/nezaj
Lionga · a year ago
Would like to try this out if it had a Flutter/Dart SDK
nezaj · a year ago
This is on our radar and made an issue for tracking and visibility [1]

[1] https://github.com/instantdb/instant/issues/19

nezaj commented on Show HN: InstantDB – A Modern Firebase   github.com/instantdb/inst... · Posted by u/nezaj
android521 · a year ago
How is it better than firebase or Superbase ?
nezaj · a year ago
We wanted to bring the best of both worlds by packaging optimistic updates and offline mode with the power of relations [1]

[1] https://www.instantdb.com/essays/next_firebase#the-missing-c...

nezaj commented on Show HN: InstantDB – A Modern Firebase   github.com/instantdb/inst... · Posted by u/nezaj
intellix · a year ago
Kind of like Horizon + RethinkDB? which sadly disappeared out of nowhere
nezaj · a year ago
RethinkDB is an certainly inspiration for us! We thought their and design was very elegant.
nezaj commented on Show HN: InstantDB – A Modern Firebase   github.com/instantdb/inst... · Posted by u/nezaj
buf · a year ago
Any plans to support other backends besides javascript?
nezaj · a year ago
We have an unofficial HTTP api, will add it to the docs but we've already had folks use it for non-js backends! [1]

[1] https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Unofficial-Admin-HTTP-API--CVa...

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