CodePad
Dev tools
online code editor
SHOW HN2015
CodePad
Free Code Editor for Pair Programming with Compilers and Autocomplete
codepad.remoteinterview.io#online code editor#pair programming#remote interview#code sandbox
How HN took it
5 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for remote tutoring and interviews
From 2 comments
I think projects like these hold an academic value. As a programming tutor at my college, sometimes we have to aid students online due to xyz reasons that they just cannot come…
giancarlostoro on HNGreat! I wil; definitely use it in interviewing process over Skype.
solomatov on HN
Objections
Name is confusingly similar to CoderPad
From 2 comments
This looks a lot like CoderPad https://coderpad.io/ Don't know which came first, but one of you should change your product name. Maybe you guys could meet at the Starbucks on 2nd…
stevewilhelm on HNI'm the CoderPad guy. Besides RI's obvious ripoffs, they really should change the name if for no other reason besides: http://codepad.org/
akanet on HN
Shared sessions crash browsers when code loops forever
From 2 comments
somebody did while(true) in that html. Crashing everyone's browsers.
asadlionpk on HNyeah we were making a shared todo list and somebody came in just killed it. I cant load the page anymore. good times :)
it_learnses on HN
Requests
Vim keybinding support
From 2 comments
It's hard for vim users to use in-browser text editors without vim-key support.
bttf on HNVim keybindings can and probably should be handled with a browser extension.
ThrustVectoring on HN
Sandbox HTML rendering to prevent browser crashes
From 1 comment
i don't know the tech you are using but you can prevent that by running the code in a sandboxed worker, at least it won't crash, like https://github.com/asvd/jailed (i don't know…
afgho on HN
Questions
Can the URL be made easier to read over the phone
From 1 comment
It would be really helpful to make the url easier to read to a candidate over the phone. Sometimes we don't get to correspond over email.
ruler88 on HN
Alternatives named
CoderPad
From 2 comments
This looks a lot like CoderPad https://coderpad.io/ Don't know which came first, but one of you should change your product name. Maybe you guys could meet at the Starbucks on 2nd…
stevewilhelm on HNI'm the CoderPad guy. Besides RI's obvious ripoffs, they really should change the name if for no other reason besides: http://codepad.org/
akanet on HN
CollabEdit
From 2 comments
haha! Coderpad looks good too. But CollabEdit is what came first. But it's not a great option now I think.
asadlionpk on HNExactly, I also frequently use this (and previously collabEdit) when I am pair programming with a student. Academia is one of the mains reason for keeping this free and separate…
asadlionpk on HN
Python Tutor
From 1 comment
I think projects like these hold an academic value. As a programming tutor at my college, sometimes we have to aid students online due to xyz reasons that they just cannot come…
giancarlostoro on HN