WOPR
Dev tools
terminal reporting markup
SHOW HN2015
125points
37comments
#185of 2,565 in 2015
Top 8%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
8 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.44.
Idea: 4 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool and useful for visual monitoring over ssh
From 3 comments
one use case is when ssh-ing machines you can see visual reports rather than text and numbers (think cpu metrics or app specific).
yaronn01 on HNVery cool indeed - pair this with 'watch' and you have instant ASCII monitoring tools implemented as http endpoints.
chazu on HNThis would be useful for AWS instances where you don't want to install a desktop environment on the server.
gavazzy on HN
Name is fun
From 1 comment
Absolutely fantastic name choice; kudos.
Bud on HN
Objections
Unclear what advantage it has over gnuplot with sixel or Tektronix 4010
From 1 comment
Haven't tried this. Just want to know -- what advantage does this give over using gnu plot with sixel output? I can see the advantage over tek 4010 (this could be dynamic). If…
ratboy666 on HN
Requests
Combine with pigshell
From 1 comment
I'd want to combine with pigshell[0] 0. http://pigshell.com/v/0.6.4/
anonbanker on HN
Questions
Why XML as the basic format?
From 1 comment
Why do you decided to use XML as the basic format?
raindev on HN
Alternatives named
gnuplot with sixel output
From 1 comment
Haven't tried this. Just want to know -- what advantage does this give over using gnu plot with sixel output? I can see the advantage over tek 4010 (this could be dynamic). If…
ratboy666 on HN
Tektronix 4010
From 1 comment
Haven't tried this. Just want to know -- what advantage does this give over using gnu plot with sixel output? I can see the advantage over tek 4010 (this could be dynamic). If…
ratboy666 on HN
blessed-contrib
From 1 comment
this uses xterm, so it's more accessible to most users than the other alternatives you mentioned. also note wopr is not just about the graphs (like…
yaronn01 on HN
spark sparkline graphs
From 1 comment
reminds me of http://zachholman.com/spark/ (spark-line graphs using unicode graph chars)
jaxb on HN