Shrink
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SHOW HN2015
40points
16comments
#720of 2,565 in 2015
Top 29%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
4 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Privacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful for issue tracking from the menu bar
From 3 comments
That's exactly what I need. I would probably pay for something crafted well that does this.
ahmetmsft on HNThis is great, allow users to create issues for a repo too and I'd use this everyday!
PeterBarrett on HNThis looks really useful. Thanks for sharing There was a missed opportunity to name the app 'Shirk', though
scottostler on HN
Objections
Requests full repo access because GitHub OAuth has no issues-only scope
From 2 comments
Beware, granting access to this app (or others like it) will mean it will have access to everything including your private repos' source code. This is pretty bad. If you are…
aleem on HNI tried hailing a random security Githubber or two on Twitter about the lack of an issues-only oauth scope; no response. I can only conclude they're holding it back deliberately,…
mik3y on HN
No way to quit the app from the menu bar except kill
From 2 comments
There appears to be no way to quit the app & get it out of your menubar without resorting to `kill`. That's annoying and lazy.
bobwaycott on HNI don't know if it's lazy, but it's certainly annoying.
gee_totes on HN
Requests
Create issues for a repo from the app
From 1 comment
This is great, allow users to create issues for a repo too and I'd use this everyday!
PeterBarrett on HN
Support for self-hosted GitLab
From 1 comment
Anyone know of something (remotely) like this for (self-hosted) GitLab?
matrixagent on HN
Questions
Is it open source?
From 2 comments
Really nice work -- Is this opensource? I want to build a similar menubar application and would love to know how!
joshcrowder on HNIt doesn't appear to be open source since it's not on the authors Github. However if you're looking for a menubar app example with custom views, here is one:…
tjsix on HN
Alternatives named
Trailer
From 1 comment
How does it compare to Trailer [0]? [0] https://github.com/ptsochantaris/trailer
kolev on HN
ghi
From 1 comment
Ahh, that's disappointing. I guess for now I'll just stick with https://github.com/stephencelis/ghi. One thing that I discovered after seeing that Shrink lists "Subscribed"…
z1mm32m4n on HN
IssuePost
From 1 comment
Beware, granting access to this app (or others like it) will mean it will have access to everything including your private repos' source code. This is pretty bad. If you are…
aleem on HN