AtomPair
Dev tools
collaborative editing plugin
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
5 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Execution: 2 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Brilliant execution of an old idea, designed for real pair programming over the internet
From 1 comment
An "old idea", but executed brilliantly. I absolutely love this, and will be watching the development closely. I've always been a fan of 'pair programming' even remotely using…
veb on HN
Great for interview coding sessions
From 1 comment
Maybe not terribly useful for real world programming (while there is a one file limit), but for interview coding sessions it seems brilliant to me. Great work!
mattbessey on HN
Objections
Supports only one file per session, a blocker for real projects
From 2 comments
Tried yesterday with my colleague. Actually, it only supports one file per session (see TODO in the README), IMHO this limit doesn't make it usable for a real pairing session,…
apeacox on HNThat's the big thing that's stopped us from using this and similar tools. Most projects involve frequent switches between multiple files.
organsnyder on HN
Requests
Support for multiple files per session
From 2 comments
Tried yesterday with my colleague. Actually, it only supports one file per session (see TODO in the README), IMHO this limit doesn't make it usable for a real pairing session,…
apeacox on HNThat's the big thing that's stopped us from using this and similar tools. Most projects involve frequent switches between multiple files.
organsnyder on HN
Versions for other editors such as Sublime Text and Emacs
From 2 comments
Can anyone suggest a similar package for Sublime Text 3?
gpmcadam on HNInteresting. I'm a regular emacs user though. Does anyone know of any pair programming extensions for emacs?
steveeq1 on HN
Questions
Could WebRTC data channels be used instead of a central server
From 2 comments
Did you consider using a WebRTC data channel for this?
atrilumen on HNIndeed. However, if WebRTC had been used, how would the state be synced? Having a central server vastly simplifies that problem. Disclaimer: Pusher employee (didn't work on this…
DanWaterworth on HN
Alternatives named
Cloud9 collaboration mode
From 1 comment
Cloud9 Collaboration mode is also open source: https://github.com/c9/c9.ide.collab (Same code that's used on http://c9.io which can be used for free). Has chat and ability to…
TimJRobinson on HN
Floobits
From 3 comments
Neat! I realize that this was developed in-house by Pusher, but what I'd really like to see is floobits-atom reach maturity since their service is already editor-agnostic.…
davefp on HNhttps://github.com/Floobits/floobits-sublime maybe?
manveru on HNhttps://github.com/Floobits/floobits-emacs Or, screen/tmux.
scottjad on HN