Warp
Dev tools
terminal sharing
SHOW HN2017
105points
35comments
#434of 2,242 in 2017
Top 20%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Privacy: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple and cool tool
From 2 comments
Cool tool but in the Readme you should probably explain a little bit 'how it works' rather than just 'how to work it'. In this case, I imagine it needs to connect to and trust…
siliconc0w on HNI agree. This tool is pretty cool but I was a bit confused about how it could work since it just "worked" without prompting for a server. Looking at netstat it looks like warp…
efficax on HN
Avoids cloud accounts and surrendering to the cloud
From 1 comment
I really like that it goes against the current cancer we are experiencing on the internet. That is, * You don't need to rely or surrender to the cloud. * Neither you nor the…
tjoff on HN
Objections
README does not explain how it works or whether it uses a server
From 3 comments
Cool tool but in the Readme you should probably explain a little bit 'how it works' rather than just 'how to work it'. In this case, I imagine it needs to connect to and trust…
siliconc0w on HNBoth the client and the server (warpd) seem to be in the repo. I agree there should be an explanation early in the readme because when I came to the part with IDs I immediately…
vultour on HN> You don't need to rely or surrender to the cloud I would imagine that this goes through someone's server. It would be helpful if the readme gave a little more detail about how…
jdormit on HN
Traffic routes through the default warp.link server, which is not disclosed clearly
From 3 comments
I agree. This tool is pretty cool but I was a bit confused about how it could work since it just "worked" without prompting for a server. Looking at netstat it looks like warp…
efficax on HNThis is false. There has to be some way to resolve the name used (e.g. in the example, `warp connect goofy-dev` is used) to an IP address. Looking through the source code, I've…
lilactown on HNSeems to be using their server by default, but you can change it to your own instance using the environment variable. And yes, it looks like all the data passes through the…
vultour on HN
Repeated submissions of the same URL
From 1 comment
How many times is it reasonable to submit the same URL to HN? This link is to https://github.com/spolu/warp?attempt=8. If one needs to add an "attempt" HTTP parameter to track…
troydavis on HN
Requests
Explain architecture and server dependence in the README
From 2 comments
Cool tool but in the Readme you should probably explain a little bit 'how it works' rather than just 'how to work it'. In this case, I imagine it needs to connect to and trust…
siliconc0w on HN> You don't need to rely or surrender to the cloud I would imagine that this goes through someone's server. It would be helpful if the readme gave a little more detail about how…
jdormit on HN
Explicit Linux support
From 1 comment
Why no explicit Linux support?
confounded on HN
Firewall punching for peer-to-peer connections
From 1 comment
The feature I'd suggest for any peer-to-peer application such as this is some kind of firewall punching. It generally requires a 3rd-party on the internet. To avoid running…
m-j-fox on HN
Questions
What is the practical use of remote terminal sharing without being in person?
From 1 comment
Can someone explain the actual use of sharing a terminal with someone while not being in person with them (in which case they could just watch you and shotgun the keyboard?)? I…
ecma on HN
How does it compare to gotty?
From 1 comment
Is this better than gotty?
ilaksh on HN
Alternatives named
tmate
From 1 comment
Another good open source terminal sharing service is https://tmate.io/ This gives you 2 ssh addresses (read only and read write) that you can send out.
dakra on HN
teleconsole
From 1 comment
I've been using https://www.teleconsole.com/ from the team behind teleport. It has Linux, MacOS, FreeBSD, x86_64 and ARM7 support. This looks like a great project and I'll be…
SparkyMcUnicorn on HN
debug-me
From 1 comment
I recently built https://debug-me.branchable.com/ which also does quick and easy terminal sharing, but with the addition of a cryptographically secure proof of what was done in…
joeyh on HN
gotty
From 1 comment
Is this better than gotty?
ilaksh on HN