[akshay_trikha]

I've had this same thought that it would be nice to have an AI rubber ducky to bounce ideas off of while pair programming (so that you don't sound dumb to your coworkers & waste their time).

This is my first comment so I'm not sure how to do this but I made a BYO-API key VSCode extension that uses the OpenAI realtime API so you can have interactive voice conversations with a rubber ducky. I've been meaning to create a Show HN post about it but your comment got me excited!

In the future I want to build features to help people communicate their bugs / what strategies they've tried to fix them. If I can pull it off it would be cool if the AI ducky had a cursor that it could point and navigate to stuff as well.

Please let me know if you find it useful https://akshaytrikha.github.io/deep-learning/2025/05/23/duck...

[AdieuToLogic]

> I've had this same thought that it would be nice to have an AI rubber ducky to bounce ideas off of while pair programming (so that you don't sound dumb to your coworkers & waste their time).

I humbly suggest a more immediate concern to rectify is identifying how to improve the work environment such that the fear one might "sound dumb to your coworkers & waste their time" does not exist.

[akadeb]

I like the sound of that! I think youre gonna like what we are building here https://github.com/akdeb/ElatoAI

Its as if the rubber duck was actually on the desk while youre programming and if we have an MCP that can get live access to code it could give you realtime advice.

[akshay_trikha]

Wow, that's really cool thanks for open sourcing! I might dig into your MCP I've been meaning to learn how to do that.

I genuinely think this could be great for toys that kids grow up with i.e. the toy could adjust the way it talks depending on the kids age and remember key moments in their life - could be pretty magical for a kid