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github.com 9y ago

Show HN: A CLI that lets you execute HTTP requests from static YAML files

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vimeo.com 10y ago

An in-browser AI written in golang that can perform tasks for you

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swagger-docs.herokuapp.com 10y ago

Generate slate like documentation from Swagger

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github.com 11y ago

An open source API for web scraping

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www.youtube.com 11y ago

A Little Bit of Forth [video]

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discusslr.com 11y ago

Show HN: Discusslr.com

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releasenoteapp.com 11y ago

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github.com 11y ago

Using types to build reliable systems

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github.com 11y ago

Microservice design resources

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github.com 11y ago

Awesome Artificial Intelligence

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vacancy.io 11y ago

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github.com 12y ago

Show HN: Real time dashboards with websockets and Scala

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www.frequency.io 12y ago

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hackerlinks.org 12y ago

Daily links for programmers

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hackerlinks.org 12y ago

Hackerlinks.org Programming links for startups and hackers

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github.com 12y ago

Better Rails error pages

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github.com 13y ago

InfoQ API

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github.com 13y ago

Free color themes for Emacs 24

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github.com 13y ago

Emacs color themes

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forward.io 13y ago

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That's a good point. I pretty much wrote this in an evening or two so haven't had time to refine it much. But yeah error messages will definitely be improved. It's because of the way URLs are handled in the underlying web app. Will be an easy fix.

Will definitely do something with caching and rate limiting when I get some time. These queries are quite expensive so definitely needs a bit of work in those areas.

Hey. Thanks. Yeah I will add a ton of features over the next few days. JSONP should be an easy one. Feel free to add an issue in Github and I'll get it done for you.

Only really started hacking around on the idea the other day so early stages. Want to add filters so you can say "grab me only the text" or "grab me just the class names". Obviously another step would be to grab multiple elements in one request.

Discusslr Review 11 years ago

Thanks for the review. The markdown editor is a great suggestion and will be implemented ASAP.

I'd see this being more useful to a non technical person who doesn't use Github for example and just wants to start a quick conversation. They can create a discussion and open it up to the world. Given a bit more time there will be more features to keep track of mentions and notifications that lift it up from it's currently very basic state.

That's a good way to look at it. The motivation is basically when you want to have a quick discussion about something but email or twitter aren't suitable. Like you mentioned twitter isn't great for real focussed conversations. It's also far more general than a forum, kind of like a forum to talk about literally anything.

That's a great idea. I think the homepage probably needs some more work around explaining the product and screenshots would be a good move. I'll take a look at improving it today.

Over the next few months we'll add some more features to discusslr. It's pretty basic at the moment. Next up are private conversations, better media handling and a dashboard to track user conversations and interactions. Would love to hear any ideas on improvements or features.

That's a fair summary. One of the use cases for discusslr is just to throw up a topic online and get a discussion going without needing anyone to sign up. You might want to get feedback on an idea or product for example.

Thanks I'll take a look into that. Haven't really done a huge amount of cross browser work on this. Appreciate the help.

I love the idea of private group/companies. Keeping track of many conversations is another big thing that needs to be tackled. So for instance a dashboard to keep track of discussions you're involved in and any notifications around a discussion.

Hi. Thanks. I suppose the who idea is to keep it simple but some new features will be added for private conversations, better link handling as you mentioned. Will definitely need to start thinking about handling spammers on anonymous comments. i had to turn off images for that very reason. I'll change it so that only logged in users can post images from now on.