I built an open-source alternative to the "brainrot IDE" that YC funded
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VSCode extension with games (Snake, Plinko, slots), HN/LessWrong reader, and Pomodoro timer for AI coding wait times. Fake currency only.Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TouchGra...Built in a week with Claude Code after seeing Chad IDE get ratio'd for integrating real gambling. Happy to answer questions or get roasted on the code.
HN · launched Dec 15, 2025 · 6 upvotes (top 73%) · 0 views
Niche: source code editors and extensions · 100 launches, 5 in the last 7 days ▼ -58% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- AI feature
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a simple VS Code extension hosting standard webview minigames (Plinko, Snake), an RSS/API reader for HN/LessWrong, and a basic Pomodoro timer.
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Competitors
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Attention rank: #176 of 225 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 45 days after the earliest competitor.
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