Floobits
Dev tools
pair programming
SHOW HN2013
375points
135comments
#20of 1,739 in 2013
Top 2%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
31 positive, 54 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 20 critical, out of 111 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Idea: 17 for, 4 againstExecution: 2 for, 10 againstPricing: 4 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for remote pair programming and teaching
From 3 comments
We use Floobits a few times a week to pair and it's incredible.
stevenklein on HNHoly cow this is an awesome concept. Haven't tried it yet, but if it works it's completely transformative. Can be used as a teaching tool for anything - not just for pair…
jalopy on HNSo this could potentially become a pair programming tool that would allow a single person to oversee the work of several people too. Could be good for remote education. In fact I…
ThomPete on HN
Impressive concept
From 2 comments
Holy cow this is an awesome concept. Haven't tried it yet, but if it works it's completely transformative. Can be used as a teaching tool for anything - not just for pair…
jalopy on HNNew ways to collaborate remotely and easily are valuable. Travel time is a waste. David Socha from the University of Washington is looking for teams to video for his research…
efm on HN
Objections
Private workspaces limited on free plan, confusing
From 2 comments
Looks great, going to try it out. Some feedback: it seems I was able to do a private session on the free plan, but the error message indicates I've used 1 out of 0 private…
yesimahuman on HNThis needs to be communicated better. I signed up, created a session, but when I tried to make the session private I got the message about being over the limit and assumed that…
mef on HN
Buggy plugins, especially Emacs and Sublime on Linux
From 3 comments
Been watching this for awhile, it's what we've wanted for years now (we thought about building this as dev offering for Bushido's platform). Finally giving it a go in emacs, I…
sgrove on HNThis still had a bunch of issues when I tried it: The user I connected with saw many instances of my user because I was trying to connect with Sublime Text, and couldn't give…
mustardhamsters on HNGetting an error Unable to create workspace: <urlopen error unknown url type: https> Have tried both the master branch and teh 0.17.5 tag. Same issue. The package control install…
kapad on HN
Server-based design raises privacy and security concerns
From 3 comments
Why does it have to be organized around a centralized server requiring user accounts? Why not make it peer to peer instead? Haven't we learned our lesson?
plg on HNCan you comment on the technical details on how this works at the network level? How secure is this?
ctb_mg on HNAny support for private networks or networks not on the internet? Not everyone wants/can send their code through a third party.
RobotCaleb on HN
Requests
Support for IntelliJ and other JetBrains editors
From 3 comments
Holy cow this is an awesome concept. Haven't tried it yet, but if it works it's completely transformative. Can be used as a teaching tool for anything - not just for pair…
jalopy on HNHopefully they will create a plugin for RubyMine. Not sure, but maybe if they create a plugin for IntelliJ, they'd cover the entire family of Jetbrains editors? (IntelliJ,…
aantix on HNIntelliJ please.. There are plenty of people uses it who loves pair programming
vadivlkumar on HN
Self-hosted or private network option
From 2 comments
Any support for private networks or networks not on the internet? Not everyone wants/can send their code through a third party.
RobotCaleb on HNLooks great - any plans to offer self-hosted for those who want behind-the-firewall solutions?
GrinningFool on HN
Visual Studio support
From 1 comment
This is quite awesome - Visual Studio support would rock!
shaunol on HN
Questions
How does it differ from screen or terminal sharing
From 1 comment
So um..... call me ignorant, but how is this any different from: person 1: ``` screen -t "foo" ``` person 2: ``` ssh person1@blahblah.com screen -x "foo" ``` ??
cheesylard on HN
How does the network and security model work
From 1 comment
Can you comment on the technical details on how this works at the network level? How secure is this?
ctb_mg on HN
Alternatives named
GNU screen shared sessions
From 1 comment
So um..... call me ignorant, but how is this any different from: person 1: ``` screen -t "foo" ``` person 2: ``` ssh person1@blahblah.com screen -x "foo" ``` ??
cheesylard on HN
ScreenHero
From 2 comments
Looks interesting, but I get the feeling using something like ScreenHero would work better. I've used ScreenHero for sort-of pair programming and it works extremely well + it's…
jhartikainen on HNGlad to see more people experimenting in this space! Currently I'm using sqwiggle + screenhero and it'd be killer if they could somehow have a baby together. Screenhero allows me…
agentultra on HN
Madeye.io
From 1 comment
Madeye.io is fun and allows "swarm programming".
KurtMueller on HN