The 200ms window: why voice AI latency is a biology problem | Scribe by Hemanth
Human conversation runs on a 200ms biological clock. Here's what that means if you're building voice AI.
200 milliseconds. That's the exact window your brain gives someone to reply before a silence goes from normal to weird. It's not an arbitrary UX rule, it's literally just biology.
I wrote down some thoughts on what that actually looks like under the hood π
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#AI #Voice
04.03.2026 06:42
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Baked an on-device visual narrator by running Qwen3.5-0.8B on WebGPU π€
It can describe, analyze, or extract text from any pasted or uploaded image, all without your data ever leaving your machine.
Try it π
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#AI #WebAI #LLM
03.03.2026 06:17
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Taalas HC1 implements model weights directly into silicon logic, bypassing the instruction-fetch overhead of traditional GPUs. Hitting 17k tokens per second!
"Mask-ROM" layers makes the chip tied to a particular model version with no flexibility for any changes after tapeout.
#AI #Hardware
22.02.2026 21:45
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I baked Samvada a fully Indic-stack AI Counselor that uses Sarvam's models for almost realtime inference π€
Audio β VAD -> STT (saarika:v2.5) β Text β LLM (sarvam-m) β Text β TTS (bulbul:v2) β Audio
P.S: Will try to host, but need to get the compliance right.
#IndicAI #SarvamAI #VoiceAI
21.02.2026 06:44
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ucpify: JSON β Commerce Server in Seconds | Scribe by Hemanth
Generate a fully UCP-compliant commerce server from a single JSON config. Stripe, PayPal, SQLite, admin dashboard, all wired up. npm install ucpify or pip install ucpify.
Built ucpify because every commerce backend starts the same way: products, checkout, payments, auth.
Now it's one JSON file: β npx ucpify serve config.json β 13 endpoints, Stripe + PayPal, OAuth 2.0 β Node.js and Python
That's it. No framework. Just a config.
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17.02.2026 06:30
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WebMCP Bridge
Bridge any remote MCP server to Chrome's WebMCP API. Discover tools, prompts, and resources β then let browser AI agents use them.
Built webmcp-bridge to map remote MCP tools into WebMCP in the browser.
Connect MCP server -> discover tools -> register with navigator.modelContext.provideContext() -> invoke from browser AI (Prompt API) surfaces.
h3manth.com/ai/webmcp/
#WebMCP #MCP #PromptAPI #WebAI #JavaScript
14.02.2026 16:12
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RFCs vs. READMEs: The Evolution of Protocols | Scribe by Hemanth
How we build the internet's invisible contracts has changed completely. I'm not sure that's entirely good.
As developers, we used to wait for standards. Now we just read the README.
My latest post explores the "Cambrian Explosion" of AI Agent protocols (MCP, UCP, UTCP, A2A, ACP) and asks a hard question.
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#Protocols #AI #Web
01.02.2026 15:53
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agentu
A flexible Python package for creating AI agents with customizable tools
agentu now supports shorthand formats: user/repo, user/repo@branch.
agent = Agent("assistant").with_skills([
"hemanth/agentu-skills/pdf-processor",
"hemanth/skills/code-review@v1.0", # with branch/tag
])
pip install agentu
pypi.org/project/agen...
#python #agent #ai
21.01.2026 05:38
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Baked an interactive demo for the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)
UCP is an open standard enabling AI agents and platforms to complete purchases on any UCP-enabled merchant seamlessly.
ucp-demo.web.app
#UCP #AI
12.01.2026 05:45
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Consolidating 18 Years of Writing: From 6 Platforms to One | Scribe by Hemanth
From Blogspot to Drupal to WordPress to Octopress to 11ty and finally Astro - the story of consolidating 372 posts across 6 platforms with AI pair programming.
18 years. 6 platforms. ~400 posts.
The journey: Blogspot β Drupal β WordPress β Octopress β 11ty β Astro
The hardest part? Code blocks broken by 5+ migrations
#AI pair programming turned a a month long project into a few evening hours.
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09.01.2026 05:16
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My 9-year-old said it should be easy to turn $500 into $5,000 with stocks. I told him to prove it, so I built an app with real market data and a trading
dashboard. If he pulls it off, he will get $500 for real.
Link -> piggystocks.web.app π€πΈ
#stocks #kids
06.01.2026 05:52
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2025 GH wrapped
01.01.2026 23:46
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01.01.2026 23:43
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Made some solid additions to h3manth.com/ai this year π€
Shall keep building and go even deeper in 2026 π
#AI #ML #BuildInPublic
01.01.2026 05:24
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Baked a remote MCP server for TC39 proposals π€
Use `tc39-mcp.deno.dev/mcp` to connect to the server.
P.S: This is not a official remote MCP server from TC39 (yet) ;)
Demo is via mcphost.link
#JavaScript #TC39 #ECMAScript #WebDev #OpenSource #MCP
30.12.2025 23:34
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My 9-year-old built his own gaming PC π€
He did all the research, installed the CPU, RAM, cannibalized an SSD from a dead laptop, and debugged few issues. 90% solo (need help for the power supply)
Read the full story π h3manth.com/scribe/9-yea...
#STEM #Hardware
29.12.2025 16:24
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I'm excited to announce server-managed sessions for agentu!
From stateless agents to stateful sessions. The server now remembers everything automatically.
pypi.org/project/agen...
#AI #Python #AgenticAI #OpenSource #MachineLearning
29.12.2025 16:14
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Hemanth HM's Scribes
A year-end review of my optimistic AI predictions for 2025 β spoiler: 6.5 out of 7 came true.
My 2025 AI predictions: 6.5/7 β
π» Local models β β
π‘ SLMs win β β
π Cheap fine-tuning β β
β¨οΈ AI agents hired β β
π¬ AI movies β β οΈ
π₯ AI diagnosis β β
π« Lawsuits β β
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#ai #2025 #predictions
23.12.2025 23:46
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The idea:
1. Your keys stay in one vault
2. Apps request scoped access
3. You approve and they get a token (not your master key)
4. Revoke any app instantly
Would you use something like this?
What am I missing?
23.12.2025 18:05
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I have API keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, Samabnova and more.
Many AI tools ask me to copy-paste them directly. Keys end up scattered. No visibility. No control.
Here's my proposal: OKAP (Open Key Access Protocol)
okap.dev
#AI #API #Security #DevTools #OpenSource
23.12.2025 18:05
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Introducing mcphost.link a web-based MCP host to connect with multiple MCP servers in one clean chat UI! π€
β’ Multi-server
β’ OAuth2 / Bearer
β’ Persistent sessions
β’ Full MCP tools/resources
β’ LLM support
Demo below π
04.12.2025 20:38
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GitHub - hemanth/mcp-ext-apps: Sample App for MCP Apps Extension (SEP-1865)
Sample App for MCP Apps Extension (SEP-1865). Contribute to hemanth/mcp-ext-apps development by creating an account on GitHub.
Your AI agent calls a tool, gets back a full interactive UI. Dashboard, form, chart - whatever you need.
How it works:
- Tool returns text/html+mcp resource
- Client renders in iframe with CSP
- UI talks back via JSON-RPC 2.0 postMessage
- Fully sandboxed, secure by default
02.12.2025 00:45
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Rendering UI with MCP will get easier sooner
SEP-1865 MCP Apps Extension, even though in draft currently, will change how AI agents deliver interactive experiences.
The idea: MCP tools return HTML/CSS/JS directly. The client renders it in a sandboxed iframe. That's it.
02.12.2025 00:45
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Hands down, @AnthropicAI's Opus 4.5 is the best coding model Iβve ever used!
I gave Opus a very tough MCP UI challenge and even said, βI bet 1000 BTC you canβt fix it.β
Not only did it fix the bug, it didnβt even keep the 1000 BTC! π€
#AI
01.12.2025 18:24
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Nov 25, 2024; Anthropic released MCP, I vividly remember running the Brave search local MCP on my machineβ¦π€
From the early βlocal MCP experimentsβ to todayβs more mature ecosystem with remote MCPs, secure tool calling, and increasingly capable code-execution workflows the pace has been wild!
26.11.2025 03:47
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Got bored with the in-flight entertainment, so I opened DevTools and ran a performance audit on the Alaska Airlinesβs web app π€
I don't know devs from their team, but happy to pair with them if needed.
#javascript #webperformance
20.11.2025 00:10
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Just shipped piragi - RAG in 3 lines! π€
pip install piragi
from piragi import Ragi
kb = Ragi(["./docs", "./code/**/*.py", "<docs_url>"])
answer = kb.ask("How do I deploy this?")
That's it.
Built-in vector store, embeddings, citations, and auto-updates. Free & local by default.
#AI #ML
19.11.2025 18:00
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Moderating a panel discussion on #javascript at @thejsnation #jsnationus2025 π€ with @lirantal.com and @danielroe.dev
17.11.2025 16:29
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Deployed a simple XKCD remote MCP server to HF π€
@huggingface made it easy to add spaces as MCP servers. Here is the list of MCP-compatible spaces -> huggingface.co/spaces?filte...
For Gardio: docstring + `mcp_server=True` in `.launch()` is all you need.
huggingface.co/spaces/gnuma...
#MCP #AI
23.06.2025 05:49
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