Lucidity
Dev tools
program visualizer
SHOW HN2020
184points
35comments
#314of 3,028 in 2020
Top 11%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
7 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.36.
Idea: 6 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks impressive and useful for program visualization
From 3 comments
This is absolutely spectacular, I love it. Have you thought about approaching a programming tools company like Jetbrains to licence/sell it to them? They would have the resources…
lanbanger on HNVery cool! Looks very promising and something I'd use often if it were connected to IntelliJ. I'd been toying around with a similar idea of doing a similar "visual debugger" but…
duncancarroll on HNI hope you find some way to proceed with Lucidity, I have once in a while whished for something like this, the potential seems to be huge. Good luck!
mansard on HN
Good fit for educational videos and interview prep
From 2 comments
A use case I think that's awesome for this project is YouTube educational videos about programming.
mettamage on HNIf I could download it, I'd use this to better prep for data structures and algorithm style interviews.
mettamage on HN
Objections
Nothing to try yet, so arguably not a Show HN
From 1 comment
This should not be a Show HN as there is nothing you can actually try. > Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you…
capableweb on HN
Requests
Open source it
From 3 comments
Firstly, congrats on an interesting project with clearly a lot of thought and time investment. At end of article you request feedback on should you open source - in that respect:…
ptrott2017 on HNdo you have a github repo? if not, why did you choose to self host? edit: ok, sorry I missed the whole section of your website that answers this. let me rephrase as, "can you say…
hooande on HN> things I need to take into consideration Some thoughts, in no particular order. * Would it bother you if someone used your code in a proprietary product without paying you?…
Reelin on HN
IntelliJ integration
From 2 comments
Very cool! Looks very promising and something I'd use often if it were connected to IntelliJ. I'd been toying around with a similar idea of doing a similar "visual debugger" but…
duncancarroll on HNThanks, and glad to hear! Yeah... having it connected to IntelliJ was something that seemed always 'around the corner' for years. I think I will forever be annoyed working on…
westoncb on HN
Downloadable binaries
From 2 comments
This should not be a Show HN as there is nothing you can actually try. > Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you…
capableweb on HNIf I could download it, I'd use this to better prep for data structures and algorithm style interviews.
mettamage on HN
Questions
Is it cross-platform or macOS only, and which languages are supported?
From 1 comment
Is it cross-platform or MacOS only? Which languages does it support?
iCarrot on HN
Can it show data structure changes from memory corruption?
From 1 comment
Awesome ! Can it show DS modification from a memory corruption ? Would be super helpful in exploit development
gyanchawdhary on HN
Alternatives named
Firefox devtools WebReplay
From 1 comment
Thanks, and glad to hear! Yeah... having it connected to IntelliJ was something that seemed always 'around the corner' for years. I think I will forever be annoyed working on…
westoncb on HN
Clojure REBL
From 1 comment
Thanks, and glad to hear! Yeah... having it connected to IntelliJ was something that seemed always 'around the corner' for years. I think I will forever be annoyed working on…
westoncb on HN
DS-PITON, Jive, Glamorous Toolkit
From 1 comment
Firstly, congrats on an interesting project with clearly a lot of thought and time investment. At end of article you request feedback on should you open source - in that respect:…
ptrott2017 on HN
VS Code debug visualizer extension
From 1 comment
This reminds me very much of my debug visualizer extension for vs code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hediet.debug-visualizer We have different approaches…
Gehinnn on HN