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Developer builds AIM-style buddy list displaying AI API rate limits
58 BoomStory toneHobbyist project, framed as nostalgic creativity
A developer created a project called Die With Me that displays Claude and Codex token usage as retro AIM away messages, posted to Hacker News on September 17, 2026. The project is described as a personal tool to recreate the casual social feel of old-school instant messenger buddy lists.
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Just seems like someone took a badly conceived idea and prompted an agent to make it a website.
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