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Show HN: DevTools-X – a cross platform alternative of devutils and devtoys

by Sparkenstein on 9/19/22, 2:18 PM with 16 comments

  • by yardshop on 9/19/22, 4:33 PM

    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!

  • by Sparkenstein on 9/19/22, 4:12 PM

    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

  • by gkfasdfasdf on 9/19/22, 4:05 PM

    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

  • by flatiron on 9/19/22, 3:32 PM

    I use this which does not require and installation https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

  • by sangupta on 9/19/22, 3:31 PM

    Tested 1.7.0 on MacOS 11.6.4 and the pane opens blank. The "about" window works but nothing else is displayed.

  • by schmorptron on 9/19/22, 8:24 PM

    This looks amazing, especially since it includes a REST client. Will try it out tomorrow!

  • by mcbuilder on 9/19/22, 6:21 PM

    And they say POSIX is dead, we have webapps!

  • by timothylaurent on 9/19/22, 5:17 PM

    Why is a broken app on top of the HN feed?

  • by tehlike on 9/19/22, 4:17 PM

    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