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       Show HN: React Geiger - performance profiling using sound
        
       Author : kristiandupont
       Score  : 71 points
       Date   : 2024-03-09 18:15 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | jitl wrote:
       | Going to install this and see how much faster we get
        
       | ydant wrote:
       | Cool idea.
       | 
       | This makes me wonder if there's something similar for log files.
       | I sometimes find myself doing adhoc analysis of live logs using
       | visual cues, but auditory ones are really powerful - just never
       | think of using sound for diagnosis/debugging purposes.
        
         | thwarted wrote:
         | Yes, for network related activity. Peep.
         | 
         | https://github.com/the-real-neil/peep
         | 
         | Previously discussed on HN
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         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33017337
        
         | jafarlihi wrote:
         | Relevant to the auditory monitoring is my project called sysm:
         | https://github.com/jafarlihi/sysm
         | 
         | It gives you a framework for configuring such audio pieces.
        
         | fragmede wrote:
         | A plugin for graphana or datadog/similar would be amazing. a
         | ping at one frequency for a request hitting the load balancer,
         | a ping at a different frequencies for a request hitting a given
         | endpoint, a bloop for a request hitting Kafka/the queue, a tone
         | that lasts for as long as the job takes to process the job. a
         | bong for a request hitting the db lasting as long as the query
         | takes. the combined cacofony of sound would grow to feel
         | comfortable when the site is properly operational. and then,
         | with it just sitting open in the background, if something is
         | off, someone could immediately tell without sitting there
         | watching graphs when their brain subconsciously says something
         | happened to the usual pitter patter of the machine operating.
        
       | pcthrowaway wrote:
       | > Geiger: AudioContext did not start. To enable Geiger, you need
       | to give permission to play audio on this page.
       | 
       | anyone know how to do this in chrome?
        
         | __float wrote:
         | There's a small "settings" button to the left of the URL. Click
         | it, and if it shows Sound already, enable it. Otherwise, click
         | "Site settings" and enable it from that list.
        
           | skykooler wrote:
           | Is there a way to do this in Firefox?
        
       | demarq wrote:
       | works like a dream, also surprisingly bearable to just leave it
       | running during development not just when debugging.
       | 
       | Great work!
        
         | ipsum2 wrote:
         | A more pleasant sound (not replicating a literal Geiger
         | counter) would be more useful imo.
        
           | GuB-42 wrote:
           | Maybe the unpleasant sound is a feature, not a bug.
        
             | solardev wrote:
             | I wonder if you can make a song out of it by using
             | juuuuuust the right performance profile, tailoring your
             | async loops and such just right.
        
         | kristiandupont wrote:
         | Thank you! The only concern is that it adds overhead as well,
         | but it doesn't seem to be too bad.
        
       | btbuildem wrote:
       | Back in the day when computers were slow (like, megahertz slow)
       | you could do this with code execution to help with debugging. If
       | you played with a piece of code long enough you'd get very
       | familiar with the patterns (they were tones, not just ticks) and
       | it was easy to tell when something was off / different.
        
       | pcloadletter_ wrote:
       | This is a pretty funny idea. Love seeing this kind of creativity.
        
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