alt.hn

3/26/2026 at 5:07:51 AM

Show HN: Orloj – agent infrastructure as code (YAML and GitOps)

 https://github.com/OrlojHQ/orloj

by An0n_Jon

3/26/2026 at 7:52:13 PM

Looks interesting. Quick question - one of the biggest challenges with agentic systems in non-deterministic behaviour. Does this framework do anything to address this? Does it help test and validate agent behaviour?

by ColinEberhardt

3/26/2026 at 8:04:30 PM

This is where the governance layer of Orloj fits in. You create policies and attach them to agents/tools which are all governed at runtime. These policies could be token guardrails, tool authority, etc. You can then check all of the traces of a task to have an audit trail for debugging (cli or UI). There are also human in the loop approval features that can be applied to make sure things are working correctly before proceeding on tasks.

by An0n_Jon

3/26/2026 at 7:01:23 PM

Feels like I would be taking on a lot of debt and maintainability I may not need

by graphememes

3/26/2026 at 7:08:15 PM

It depends on what you're trying to build to be honest. For simple tasks Orloj can be a little overkill but it really starts shining when you are trying to setup large task flows that need many agents/tools/policies. Working with Terraform/Kubernettes for years gave a lot of the inspiration for the gitops side of things which we think fits naturally with how agent systems work.

by An0n_Jon

3/26/2026 at 6:34:31 PM

Orloj, btw, is Czech for "Astronomical Clock".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_astronomical_clock

And it comes from mutated Latin word "Horologium".

by inglor_cz

3/26/2026 at 7:01:34 PM

Yes! We visited The Prague Orloj 2 years ago and it's amazing engineering. That's why we named it after it, for how it's coordinating and orchestrating so many complex mechanisms. (for anyone wondering it's pronounced Or-Loy)

by An0n_Jon

3/26/2026 at 7:33:55 PM

You should check out the Olomouc orloj [1]. Equally technically interesting as the Prague one, but with the added "benefit" of having been adjusted for political correctness under the Communist regime.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olomouc_astronomical_clock

by hackyhacky

3/26/2026 at 8:12:29 PM

Didn't realize the Czechs had so many...The story about the clockmaker on the Prague one was interesting. The king trying to blind him so he could never make another for anyone else...

by An0n_Jon

3/26/2026 at 8:18:53 PM

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by 6272connect

3/26/2026 at 7:13:40 PM

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by maxbeech