Fastrace-
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Fastrace-
Fastrace- a fast, dependency-free traceroute implementation in pure C
davidesantangelo.github.io5points
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#3,358of 3,837 in 2025
Top 88%of 2025 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Execution: 1 for, 0 against
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Single-file C application with zero dependencies is impressive
From 1 comment
Good stuff! Single-file C application with zero dependencies, and well written at that, is impressive in itself. The fact that the website is super-polished too kind of threw me…
perkele1989 on HN
Website is polished
From 1 comment
Good stuff! Single-file C application with zero dependencies, and well written at that, is impressive in itself. The fact that the website is super-polished too kind of threw me…
perkele1989 on HN
Objections
Posted while another Show HN was already on the front page
From 1 comment
That's cool but you probably want to give it a bit of time since you have a Show HN on the front page as it is.
pvg on HN
Maker has posted several similar projects in recent weeks
From 1 comment
Out of curiosity, are you posting a bunch of stuff you've previously written to github? It looks like, over the past two weeks, you've published to your github: * today: a fast…
marcus0x62 on HN
Questions
Why many unfinished projects were published in a short period
From 1 comment
Out of curiosity, are you posting a bunch of stuff you've previously written to github? It looks like, over the past two weeks, you've published to your github: * today: a fast…
marcus0x62 on HN