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An open-source AI infra build log, now on a public road to Y Combinator with msh.

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kilopal HQ is an unfiltered build log for AI infra and open-source projects. Dev Log #1 explains msh, a runtime and emergency brake that stops AI coding agents from freezing a laptop or deleting files, and ships its v1.6.0 update. Then came a numbered Road to Y Combinator series. Readers voted on three projects, and msh won.

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Active since Oct 2026Longest streak 5 wk5-week streak going
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The journey.

  1. Oct 2026

    Hello, terminal

    The welcome post promised daily dev logs, behind-the-scenes architecture and a lot of debugging. Dev Log #1 landed the same day with the v1.6.0 update to msh, and a thank-you followed when 53 people joined in a single day.

    Sources#9#14#15
  2. Oct 2026

    Road to YC

    Day 1 kicked off the series, and Day 2 shared the one-minute founder video YC turned down. Day 3 put msh, Tkngate and Agevine to a reader poll. msh won and became the official YC submission, built straight from the terminal.

    Sources#24#31#35#40

Building now.

msh

Building

Won the reader poll to become the Y Combinator submission; Day 4 of the series was coded straight from the terminal.

6 posts
Sources#39#40
All projects
  • Tkngate

    A zero-trust P2P gateway for LLM agents that stops them from leaking company passwords and private API keys.

    Quiet lately3 posts
    Oct 2026
  • Agevine

    An open-source eldercare OS that connects to smartwatches to spot falls and health emergencies for grandparents.

    Quiet lately1 posts
    Oct 2026

Start here.

  1. 01

    The welcome post: what the channel builds and what to expect.

    Welcome to Kilopal HQ. ☕️ ​Just a dev building AI infra, offline tools, and open-source projects. ​This channel is my unfiltered build log. I'm documenting e...

    Oct 4, 20261.2K views
  2. 02

    Dev Log #1, on why msh exists and its v1.6.0 update.

    Dev Log #1: Why I had to build msh (and shipping the v1.6.0 update today) 🛠 If you’ve ever watched an autonomous AI agent (like Claude Code, Devin, or custom C...

    Oct 4, 2026241 views
  3. 03

    Three open-source projects pitched in a line each, put to a reader vote.

    🎬 Day 3: Pick the Startup I Submit to Y Combinator 20 days to go. I’m putting my top 3 open-source projects on the chopping block and letting you decide what...

    Oct 13, 2026146 views
  4. 04

    Day 4: msh wins the poll and becomes the YC submission.

    Day 4: Until I get into Y Combinator ⚡️ Poll closed: msh won with 56%, so that's our official YC submission. My phone died and power went off in Addis today...

    Oct 25, 2026496 views

In their own words.

This channel is my unfiltered build log.
Oct 4, 2026 ↗
Most agents today execute raw bash on bare metal with zero safety net.
Oct 4, 2026 ↗

Fresh from the channel.

Written from public posts, updated Oct 26, 2026. Every line links to its source.