[HN Gopher] Show HN: DevTools-X - a cross platform alternative o...
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       Show HN: DevTools-X - a cross platform alternative of devutils and
       devtoys
        
       Author : Sparkenstein
       Score  : 123 points
       Date   : 2022-09-19 14:18 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | tehlike wrote:
       | This looks solid!
       | 
       | We need a web version of this, running in browser, and that
       | allows link sharing (snippet sharing), with added tools like
       | postgres query plan visualizer etc.
       | 
       | Then you can even charge for it.
       | 
       | I started doing this, added a bunch of features, but got too lazy
       | to add billing and multi tenancy/isolation for it. It was running
       | everything (except ping tools) on client by default so it was
       | both private and non private depending on which way you want to
       | run it. Sharing would allow for collaborating with coworkers...
       | 
       | Happy to talk more if you want, email in profile
        
       | schmorptron wrote:
       | This looks amazing, especially since it includes a REST client.
       | Will try it out tomorrow!
        
       | timothylaurent wrote:
       | Why is a broken app on top of the HN feed?
        
       | mcbuilder wrote:
       | And they say POSIX is dead, we have webapps!
        
       | gkfasdfasdf wrote:
       | If it's web-UI based, is there an online version of this, either
       | exactly this hosted or something similar? Seems like it would
       | make for a useful site.
       | 
       | Edit: similar online tool here:
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32899714
        
         | Sparkenstein wrote:
         | I think it's doable. the thing is system communication is
         | handled through rust at the moment. so will have to do a lot of
         | refactoring to move it to pure web based tool
        
       | sangupta wrote:
       | Tested 1.7.0 on MacOS 11.6.4 and the pane opens blank. The
       | "about" window works but nothing else is displayed.
        
         | DHPersonal wrote:
         | Someone responded to your GitHub issue that it seems related to
         | the Content Security Policy.
         | https://github.com/fosslife/devtools-x/issues/22#issuecommen...
        
       | flatiron wrote:
       | I use this which does not require and installation
       | https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/
        
         | pranaysharma wrote:
         | Whole idea is not to post online
        
           | account-5 wrote:
           | In fairness you can run that completely offline. It's self
           | contained, that's just a demo.
        
           | IceWreck wrote:
           | This thing doesn't send requests to a server, it all executes
           | on your own CPU
        
       | Sparkenstein wrote:
       | Hey author here. I am so sorry for releasing untested version,
       | apparently every OS is seeing blank page somehow. Will fix this
       | and release soon
        
       | yardshop wrote:
       | Runs well on Windows 10, looks decent. Single 7MB executable that
       | can be copied around. A lot of handy tools for a self contained
       | app.
       | 
       | A few initial observations: the list of languages in the Scratch
       | Pad is not correctly sorted. Also the Powershell results for
       | errors show the ANSI escape codes. It would be nice if those were
       | interpreted and the output colored.
       | 
       | It would also be nice if each editor held on to its text when you
       | switch apps. I could see putting some code together in the
       | scratch pad or the markdown editor, then going over to a color or
       | number convertor to get a result, then going back to what I
       | already had in progress.
       | 
       | Altogether though, great start and very nice job!
        
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