CAcalebhwin·Jan 9, 2026Submission
An Optimizing JIT for LLM Tool-Use to Code
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a1
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a1
The agent-to-code compiler that optimizes AI for speed 🏎️ and safety 🏁
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The agent-to-code compiler that optimizes AI for speed 🏎️ and safety 🏁
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| Nov 10 | 2025-11-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | 2025-11-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Nov 24 | 2025-11-24 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 1 | 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-12-08 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 8 | 2025-12-08 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-12-15 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 15 | 2025-12-15 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-12-22 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 22 | 2025-12-22 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-12-29 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 29 | 2025-12-29 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-05 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 5 | 2026-01-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-12 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
14 sourcesShow HN: A1 – cost-optimizing JIT for CRUD AI agent translation to code
2 points · Open discussionShow HN: A1 – compiler for AI agents into maximally deterministic code
3 points · Open discussionShow HN: We're Building an AOT/JIT Compiler for Program-of-Thought Prompting
1 points · Open discussionShow HN: A1 – Local Sandbox and JIT Compiler for AI Agents
1 points · Open discussionShow HN: Optimizing JIT Compiler for Code Mode MCP
1 points · Open discussionJIT Compiling AI Agents to Code
2 points · Open discussionIf I may make a suggestion, many problems folks face with MCP would be solved if their agents were JIT compiled, not ran in a static while loop.
We've been developing this in case folks are interested: https://github.com/stanford-mast/a1
In What if you don't need MCP at all?Show HN: What if MCP agents were JIT compiled to code?
6 points · Open discussionShow HN: Agent-to-code JIT compiler for Z3-theorem-proving agents
6 points · Open discussionA1: Agents-to-Code JIT Compiler
5 points · Open discussionA1: Agent-to-Code JIT Compiler
2 points · Open discussionShow HN: A1 – An optimizing JIT compiler for AI agents
1 points · Open discussionShow HN: a1 - determinism-maxing JIT compiler for AI agents
Hi HN!
a1 is a cost-optimizing AOT/JIT compiler for AI agents. I thought I'd post here and see if folks are interested in early using/contributing/providing feedback.
Paper coming soon.
-- Caleb (PhD student @ Stanford MAST)
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