Abyss vs Layer

Stop trusting your AI agent with your machine. Give it a sandbox it can't escape. [Abyss](https://abyss.scurry.io/) is my take on a local-first agent containerization framework for ACP agents. It aims to neatly solve 2 issues:1. Agents having full access to your desktop, and thus indiscriminate access to your files/secrets/etc.2. Agent/harness features having to be re-implemented for each agent, even if the feature isn't tied to the specific agent in any way.The former is largely self-explanatory, I think. I want to log into my bank, I don't want my agent to even have the ability. There's a fair bit of software in this space a...

One API for prediction markets. Find markets, stream normalized data, place orders, and track positions across Kalshi and Polymarket. Hi HN, I'm David. I built Layer, an API + SDK or building trading bots/ai agents across prediction markets.The idea came from something i kept running into while playing with trading bots. Once your bot needs access to more than 1 venue, you suddenly have to deal with different market schemas, contract definitions, prices, fees and APIs before you can reason about where to trade. That gets messy real fast, especially with prediction markets. The same real-world event can exist on Kalshi & Polymarket, but the contracts can be represented differently.Here's my broader thesis:...