I built a DeepSeek coding harness, then it started improving itself

I keep seeing people ask some version of: “okay but what are you actually running DeepSeek through?” So, here’s mine. It’s called Aura . It’s a desktop AI coding harness built in Python with PySide6. DeepSeek is the default provider, because honestly the price/performance is kind of absurd once you put a real harness around it. Aura main workspace: chat, repo browser, source viewer, Planner/Worker toggles, drones, and live token/cost tracking. The basic loop is: Planner reads the repo and writes a focused i