doony
Dev tools
ci ui theme
SHOW HN2013
92points
76comments
#256of 1,739 in 2013
Top 15%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
13 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 14 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Design: 3 for, 10 againstExecution: 2 for, 3 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Cleaner, nicer-looking Jenkins interface
From 3 comments
The skin is really nice. I'm a real jenkins hater (one of the reasons I started https://circleci.com) and while I think this makes Jenkins look really nice, I also think a…
pbiggar on HNSo thankful for the Chrome extension. Even more thankful to see some UI projects happening through Github. We use Jenkins every day around the office and I can't count the amount…
publicfig on HNThis looks really awesome. We use Jenkins heavily for deploying applications from build all the way through production. I'll look into this and see what I can get out of it.
echohack on HN
Chrome extension is handy
From 2 comments
So thankful for the Chrome extension. Even more thankful to see some UI projects happening through Github. We use Jenkins every day around the office and I can't count the amount…
publicfig on HNChrome extension is awesome! Our grumpy sys admin will no bother updating our Jenkins.
msoad on HN
Objections
Superficial skin doesn't fix Jenkins' usability problems
From 1 comment
The skin is really nice. I'm a real jenkins hater (one of the reasons I started https://circleci.com) and while I think this makes Jenkins look really nice, I also think a…
pbiggar on HN
Font sizes and spacing too large for dense use
From 1 comment
> Removes a lot of the useless icons The screenshot implies that it's removed all the icons - are icons universally considered useless now? I know I'm a sample of one, but I've…
Shish2k on HN
Green status orbs invisible to colorblind users
From 1 comment
I see that you've got green orbs. Or, more specifically, I don't. I saw a build history with yellow and red orbs but had a hunch and used assistive software to discover that they…
forgottenpass on HN
Requests
Screenshots
From 1 comment
Screenshots?
general_failure on HN
Support for non-GitHub repositories
From 1 comment
I'm curious why you would want a "build now" button on every page. Isn't it easy to configure Jenkins to build on every post-push webhook from GitHub?
dwwoelfel on HN
Questions
Why a build-now button on every page when webhooks exist
From 1 comment
I'm curious why you would want a "build now" button on every page. Isn't it easy to configure Jenkins to build on every post-push webhook from GitHub?
dwwoelfel on HN
Why remove the icons
From 1 comment
> Removes a lot of the useless icons The screenshot implies that it's removed all the icons - are icons universally considered useless now? I know I'm a sample of one, but I've…
Shish2k on HN
Alternatives named
CircleCI
From 2 comments
The skin is really nice. I'm a real jenkins hater (one of the reasons I started https://circleci.com) and while I think this makes Jenkins look really nice, I also think a…
pbiggar on HNWhen was your trial? Happy to hear about the suffering and what we could do better there. We have actually spent a lot of time trying to reduce the pain and suffering from CI. Of…
pbiggar on HN
TeamCity
From 1 comment
I opted to use TeamCity for all my CI exactly because of the UI. It's not perfect either, but I think it is vastly superior. Bigger install, though and relies on a JVM.
FreshCode on HN
Strider
From 1 comment
Somewhat off-topic, but if you're looking for a good OSS CI solution, you may want to check out Strider[1]. It has far fewer features then Jenkins, but it looks nice and is…
michaelmior on HN
Codeship
From 1 comment
Jenkins has done a great job in getting continuous integration as a workflow into the hands of many developers. But their usability is completely out of date and their current…
matlock on HN