'Ask HN: What Tools Have You Made for Yourself Since the Advent of AI?' Hits 372 Points

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A June 8 Ask HN thread (372 points) collects practitioner accounts of personal tools developers have built now that AI lowers the cost of bespoke software — scripts, dashboards, and automations they'd never have written before. It is a window into how working engineers actually use coding agents day-to-day, beyond vendor demos. The thread reinforces the 'everyone is a tool-builder now' shift the user tracks.