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a cross platform alternative of devutils and devtoys

Shown by Sparkenstein on Sep 19, 2022. Click the card to turn it over.

136points

16comments

#443of 2,570 in 2022

Top 18%of 2022 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.

Idea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

Useful collection of handy tools in a small self-contained app
From 2 comments
- Runs well on Windows 10, looks decent. Single 7MB executable that can be copied around. A lot of handy tools for a self contained app. A few initial observations: the list of…
  yardshop on HN
- This looks amazing, especially since it includes a REST client. Will try it out tomorrow!
  schmorptron on HN
Runs well on Windows and looks decent
From 1 comment
- Runs well on Windows 10, looks decent. Single 7MB executable that can be copied around. A lot of handy tools for a self contained app. A few initial observations: the list of…
  yardshop on HN

Opens blank on macOS and other platforms
From 2 comments
- Tested 1.7.0 on MacOS 11.6.4 and the pane opens blank. The "about" window works but nothing else is displayed.
  sangupta on HN
- Hey author here. I am so sorry for releasing untested version, apparently every OS is seeing blank page somehow. Will fix this and release soon
  Sparkenstein on HN
Release was untested and broken
From 2 comments
- Hey author here. I am so sorry for releasing untested version, apparently every OS is seeing blank page somehow. Will fix this and release soon
  Sparkenstein on HN
- Why is a broken app on top of the HN feed?
  timothylaurent on HN
Scratch pad language list is not sorted correctly
From 1 comment
- Runs well on Windows 10, looks decent. Single 7MB executable that can be copied around. A lot of handy tools for a self contained app. A few initial observations: the list of…
  yardshop on HN

Keep text in each editor when switching apps
From 1 comment
- Runs well on Windows 10, looks decent. Single 7MB executable that can be copied around. A lot of handy tools for a self contained app. A few initial observations: the list of…
  yardshop on HN
Interpret ANSI escape codes in PowerShell error output
From 1 comment
- Runs well on Windows 10, looks decent. Single 7MB executable that can be copied around. A lot of handy tools for a self contained app. A few initial observations: the list of…
  yardshop on HN
Provide a web-browser version
From 2 comments
- If it's web-UI based, is there an online version of this, either exactly this hosted or something similar? Seems like it would make for a useful site. Edit: similar online tool…
  gkfasdfasdf on HN
- This looks solid! We need a web version of this, running in browser, and that allows link sharing (snippet sharing), with added tools like postgres query plan visualizer etc.…
  tehlike on HN

Is there an online version of this tool?
From 1 comment
- If it's web-UI based, is there an online version of this, either exactly this hosted or something similar? Seems like it would make for a useful site. Edit: similar online tool…
  gkfasdfasdf on HN

CyberChef
From 1 comment
- I use this which does not require and installation https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/
  flatiron on HN