Show HN: Whiteboard (YC W26) – An open-source IDE for thoughtful software design
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An open-source IDE aimed at the design phase before code generation, positioning itself as a front-end to agent workflows (it ships Claude plugins, an AGENTS.md, and a review-desktop app) rather than another autocomplete tool. If you're already running coding agents in production, the pitch is that structured up-front design artifacts feed agents cleaner specs and give you a human review gate on PRs—worth a look if your agents are shipping plausible-but-wrong code from underspecified prompts.
Whiteboard introduces an open-source IDE designed specifically for thoughtful software design, enabling developers to streamline the transition from ideation to implementation. This matters because it integrates with existing workflows and tools like GitHub Copilot, reducing friction in the design-to-code pipeline and potentially accelerating development cycles for teams focused on deliberate, high-quality software architecture.