DevUtils.app
Dev tools
developer utilities
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
17 positive, 25 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 53 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 9 for, 3 againstPricing: 3 for, 1 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Offline, native macOS app with convenient hotkey and context menu workflow
From 3 comments
CyberChef is awesome for sure! I built DevUtils because I wanted more "integrated workflow". For example when I have an unformatted JSON string in my clipboard, I just need to…
trungdq88 on HNIt looks like it has a separate input and output which is nice, and it also lists the possible options so you don't have to type and guess :)
ladberg on HNOh that seems really interesting. Smart detect is a nice addition, I'd say. I'll try it out.
arthtyagi on HN
Good alternative to web tools like CyberChef
From 2 comments
This reminds me a lot of CyberChef[0], which has a lot of similar features. That said, it's a web application(though it's easy to run locally). This looks like a nice native-UI…
charlesdaniels on HNDevUtils reminds me of CyberChef [1][2]. The latter supports ~300 operations, is also open source and works entirely offline, but lacks the 'smart detect' feature of DevUtils…
arthurfm on HN
Objections
Available only on macOS; want other platforms
From 2 comments
Most of these tools are not mac only, it would be amazing if you could make this available to users of other operating systems, too. On a tooling note, how much work would it be…
TheRealPomax on HNDoes anyone have an alternative for Windows?
Farbklex on HN
Prefer App Store distribution for purchase and updates
From 3 comments
The JSON formatter/validator alone would make this worth the money to me. A YAML formatter/validator could also be very useful. But they do have to be rock-solid and able to…
bradknowles on HNI agree with the App Store statement. If this was on the App Store, I would pay and try it out. Instead I downloaded the source code and building myself right now.
sercand on HNI would definitely buy it if it was on the App Store. Much less hassle to buy and keep updated than to have to track the github repo and build my own CI/CD workflow around…
bradknowles on HN
Browser dev tools or scripts can already do much of this
From 2 comments
Can't i just pop open my browser's console and: - Unix time converter: (unixtime) => new Date(unixtime) - Unix time converter reverse: (date) => ~~(date.getTime() / 1000) - JSON…
iptq on HNNot to sound negative but I always wonder, who is this for? Seems like a lot of these can be replaced by a line of python (or javascript or gnu util). - backslash escapes:…
wraptile on HN
Requests
Regex support
From 3 comments
Any plans to include regex support? I used to use a small offline tool (regexhibit?) but that remained unsupported, now moved to regex101.com. Yet something offline would be so…
technimad on HNAnother comment in favor of regex support. If it worked similar to regex101.com I'd instabuy
chowndown on HNNice, now absorb https://regex101.com/ too!
ianlevesque on HN
YAML formatter and validator
From 2 comments
The JSON formatter/validator alone would make this worth the money to me. A YAML formatter/validator could also be very useful. But they do have to be rock-solid and able to…
bradknowles on HNNice app! Some suggestions: - a YAML formatter and validator would be nice. I lost counts of how many hairs I pulled trying to debug my YAML configuration files only to find out…
neurostimulant on HN
JSON diff and text diff tools
From 2 comments
Couple additional things would be interesting: 1. UUID generator (v1/v4, etc...) 2. Text diff checker (two sets of text, show the differences). 3. JSON diff. Show differences…
mrcarruthers on HNJSON diff would be extremely useful!
bradknowles on HN
Handling very large JSON files
From 2 comments
The JSON formatter/validator alone would make this worth the money to me. A YAML formatter/validator could also be very useful. But they do have to be rock-solid and able to…
bradknowles on HNNot OP in question. I threw a 20k student campus of json class registration data ... Hundreds of Megs at CyberChef to pretty print and it choked. I sometimes use jq/ya ... The…
tenken on HN
Custom scripts for user-defined tools
From 2 comments
Thanks! These are all good suggestions. I also have plan to add custom scripts so people can add their own tools from their specific workflows.
trungdq88 on HNYeah... This is what I was always doing. Everytime I open my Chrome Dev Tool for this, I wish there is an app that do it for me with just a single click / hotkey. So I wrote the…
trungdq88 on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Boop?
From 1 comment
Just to be clear, what's the primary difference between the featured app and Boop (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/boop/id1518425043?mt=12)?
tr1ll10nb1ll on HN
Is there tab support for multiple inputs?
From 1 comment
Very cool! Is there support for tabs? For example, on the JSON Formatters I usually have a few Chrome tabs open where I work with different data structures.
throw03172019 on HN
Alternatives named
CyberChef
From 2 comments
DevUtils reminds me of CyberChef [1][2]. The latter supports ~300 operations, is also open source and works entirely offline, but lacks the 'smart detect' feature of DevUtils…
arthurfm on HNThis reminds me a lot of CyberChef[0], which has a lot of similar features. That said, it's a web application(though it's easy to run locally). This looks like a nice native-UI…
charlesdaniels on HN
Boop
From 1 comment
Just to be clear, what's the primary difference between the featured app and Boop (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/boop/id1518425043?mt=12)?
tr1ll10nb1ll on HN
jq and yq
From 2 comments
Interesting! Could you share more on why would you use this app for large JSON/YAML files but not other specific tools like jq/yq? I'm interesting to know because I built this…
trungdq88 on HNNot OP in question. I threw a 20k student campus of json class registration data ... Hundreds of Megs at CyberChef to pretty print and it choked. I sometimes use jq/ya ... The…
tenken on HN
json.pizza
From 1 comment
I use json.pizza [1] on the web but have not hit it at scale. Likely it would choke. Still a great little tool. [1] https://json.pizza/
kripy on HN
regex101.com
From 1 comment
Nice, now absorb https://regex101.com/ too!
ianlevesque on HN