Thursday is a new project experimenting with AI to make building software fun again, shortening the feedback loop between developer and user. The creator, after losing his job due to funding troubles, fell into a period of feeling lost and unmoored from his identity. He realized he was treating code as the goal rather than the joy of building.
After experimenting with Deep Seek Harness and investing significant time and AI credits, he understood he wanted an AI agent that simply followed his direction. The first version of Thursday emerged as a skill file after hundreds of dollars and thirty thousand lines of code, aiming to make vibe coding enjoyable. The project draws inspiration from Serenity OS, created by Andreas Kling as a personal rehabilitation project that grew into a serious open-source endeavor spawning the Ladybird browser.
The creator is optimistic that systems can be built to responsibly use AI and correct industry incentive misalignment. He invites users to try the Thursday skill and provide feedback via the command /thfeedback. The project represents a personal bet to fix the world by making coding fun again, just for oneself.
Source: Hacker News · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing