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Show HN: A collection of Claude Code plugin marketplaces
7 months ago
- Claude Code Plugin Hub is a navigation site for discovering and managing Claude Code Plugins and Marketplaces.
- It offers curated plugins with categories, tags, and documentation links for easy discovery.
- The hub provides guides for installing plugins and comparing marketplaces for team workflows.
- Key features include search & filter, marketplace directory, curated listings, and install guides.
- Users praise the hub for simplifying plugin adoption and standardizing team setups.
- FAQs cover topics like contributing plugins, installation, and using private marketplaces.
Syntax highlighting is a waste of an information channel
7 months ago
- Syntax highlighting is criticized for underutilizing the information channel of color.
- Different coding tasks (debugging, reviewing, etc.) could benefit from customizable highlighting rules.
- Proposed use cases include rainbow parentheses, context highlighting, import highlighting, argument highlighting, type highlighting, exception highlighting, and metadata highlighting.
- Implementation challenges include rule complexity, highlighting conflicts, and editor limitations.
- Future potential for semantic highlighting is acknowledged, but significant hurdles remain.
Show HN: Pxxl App – A Nigerian Alternative to Vercel, Render, and Netlify
7 months ago
- Pxxl App enables zero-configuration deployment of web applications with instant global launch.
- Supports over 20 languages and frameworks including Next.js, React, Vue.js, Python, Node.js, and PHP.
- Features enterprise-grade hosting, automatic scaling, and continuous deployment.
- Offers database management for MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL with seamless integration.
- Facilitates team collaboration with shared projects and databases.
- Allows customization and control through an intuitive dashboard.
- Provides high-performance CDN for global deployment.
- Positive testimonials highlight ease of use, speed, and reliability.
- Includes features like SSL certificates, custom domains, and zero-downtime updates.
- Weekly newsletter offers insights on cloud deployment and development best practices.
Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (2023)
7 months ago
- Historical computer features like blinking LEDs and noisy disks acted as performance indicators for developers.
- Modern developer machines, especially Macs, lack these indicators, making it harder to notice performance issues.
- Examples of unnoticed inefficiencies include excessive logging, slow builds due to connection issues, and rogue processes consuming resources.
- The author recommends installing a performance monitor to track CPU, memory, disk I/O, and network traffic.
- Tools like iStat Menus for macOS and system-monitor-next for Gnome are suggested for local development.
- Remote development workflows pose challenges for monitoring, with no clear solution yet.
- The author mentions a project 'hdd_sound' on GitHub that simulates HDD sounds for Linux, bringing back some of the old indicators.
Nango (YC W23) is hiring Staff Back end Engs (remote)
6 months ago
- Nango is building a simple, reliable, and native integration layer for modern B2B software.
- The team is fully remote, open-source, and focused on developer-friendly solutions.
- They tackle technical challenges like DevExp, high scale, and API fragmentation.
- The team consists of developer infrastructure veterans from companies like Uber, Netlify, and Algolia.
- Nango has fast-growing revenues and usage, making it an ideal time to join.
Show HN: FlashRecord – 2MB Python-native CLI screen recorder
6 months ago
- FlashRecord is a Python-first CLI tool designed for developers, offering instant screen capture, GIF recording, and AI session integration.
- Key features include CLI-first design for automation, Python-native integration, one-command simplicity, zero configuration, and cross-platform support.
- It stands out with intelligent compression (99.5% file size reduction), CWAM-inspired approach, and no ML models required.
- Supports AI integration (Claude, Gemini, Codex), auto-cleanup, and is production-ready with full CI/CD, pytest suite, and Sphinx docs.
- Installation is straightforward via pip, source, or Poetry, requiring Python 3.8+ and core dependencies like Pillow, imageio, and numpy.
- Commands include @sc for screenshots, @sv for GIF recording, and options for saving sessions to different AI platforms.
- Configuration is customizable via config.json, including command style and auto-delete settings.
- Performance metrics highlight fast screenshot capture, efficient GIF recording, and significant file size reduction.
- Future updates plan to add WebP and MP4 support, GUI options, advanced features like real-time streaming, and enterprise capabilities.
- Open-source under MIT License, with a clear contribution guide and development setup.
Code Completion with Caps-Lock (Not Tab)
6 months ago
- The Tab key's dual function for indentation and code completion is problematic, especially with AI suggestions interrupting.
- Caps Lock can be repurposed as a more useful key across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- For VSCode, remapping Caps Lock to F19 avoids interference with the key's original function.
- Microsoft PowerToys' Keyboard Manager is recommended for remapping Caps Lock to F19 on Windows.
- On macOS, Karabiner Elements allows Caps Lock remapping but requires granting extensive permissions.
- Linux users can use the keyd project to remap Caps Lock to F19, though it requires building from source.
- Adjusting VSCode's keybindings to use F19 for completion involves modifying multiple settings.
- The guide suggests using F19 for cross-platform consistency due to potential conflicts with other function keys.
Show HN: Git Auto Commit (GAC) – LLM-powered Git commit command line tool
6 months ago
- LLM-powered tool 'gac' generates contextual commit messages by analyzing code changes.
- Supports multiple LLM providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Gemini.
- Features intelligent filtering to ignore generated files and dependencies.
- Offers three message formats: one-liner, standard, and verbose.
- Includes interactive feedback for message regeneration with specific requests.
- Integrates with Git workflows and respects pre-commit hooks.
- Provides automatic secret detection to prevent committing sensitive data.
- Allows configuration via environment variables or interactive setup.
- Supports one-command workflows for staging, committing, and pushing changes.
- Includes detailed documentation and troubleshooting guides.
WisprFlow Became the Highest-Leverage Upgrade to My Dev Workflow
6 months ago
- WisprFlow significantly enhances development workflow by enabling voice-first orchestration.
- Eliminates the bottleneck of typing by allowing 170-179 WPM voice commands.
- Facilitates multi-branch task briefs and converts audio brain dumps into structured tickets instantly.
- Enables production-ready coding while mobile, such as walking or pacing.
- Integrates seamlessly with tools like Cursor, Claude, and Linear for efficient task management.
- Auto-formats transcripts, distinguishing between code and prose for better readability.
- Supports zero-copy handoffs between humans and agents, preserving nuance in communication.
- Includes features like personal dictionary for technical terms and auto-formatting for markdown.
- Encourages narrating everything (commits, PR feedback, etc.) to make speech the default interface.
- Recommends hardening delivery lanes to ensure speed doesn't compromise safety.
Show HN: Give your coding agents the ability to message each other
6 months ago
- MCP Agent Mail is a coordination layer for coding agents, providing email-like features such as identities, inbox/outbox, and searchable message history.
- It includes advisory file reservation 'leases' to prevent agents from overwriting each other's work and supports GitHub-Flavored Markdown messages with images.
- The system is designed for FastMCP clients and CLI tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI) to coordinate across one or more codebases.
- Installation is straightforward with a provided script that sets up a Python 3.14 virtual environment and starts an HTTP server on port 8765.
- Key features include registering agent identities, sending/receiving messages, managing file reservations, and searching message history.
- The system integrates with Git for human-auditable artifacts and SQLite for indexing and queries.
- A web UI is available for human operators to review agent activity, browse messages, and perform searches.
- Human Overseer feature allows human operators to send high-priority messages to agents, which are clearly marked and prioritized.
- The system supports cross-project coordination with AI-powered project discovery and explicit contact approvals.
- Configuration is managed via environment variables, with options for JWT authentication, rate limiting, and logging.
- The project is under active development, with detailed design captured in project_idea_and_guide.md.
The (Lazy) Git UI You Didn't Know You Need
6 months ago
- The author shares their experience of discovering lazygit, a terminal-based Git UI, during experiments with neovim.
- Lazygit quickly became the author's primary Git tool due to its ease of use, productivity enhancements, and seamless UX.
- The tool is praised for its consistency with Git CLI terms, discoverability, and interactive guidance during operations.
- Lazygit enhances Git workflows without introducing new ones, making existing CLI operations more usable and safer.
- The author highlights specific workflow improvements with lazygit, such as iterating on changes, syncing branches, and cherry-picking.
- Lazygit's design principles—simplicity, consistency, and interactivity—serve as inspiration for building other devtools.
- Despite advancements in AI, the author believes lazygit will remain relevant for version control in software development.
- The post encourages readers to try lazygit, contribute to the project, and apply its UX principles to other tools.
Show HN: Davia – Open source visual, editable wiki from your codebase
6 months ago
- Davia is an open-source tool for generating interactive internal documentation for local codebases.
- It creates documentation files with interactive visualizations, editable in a Notion-like platform or locally in an IDE.
- Setup involves cloning the Davia repository, installing dependencies, and optionally configuring API keys via a .env file.
- Documentation generation is initiated with 'pnpm run docs', specifying the project path.
- Davia supports real-time editing and viewing of documentation, with an option to manually launch the visualization app later.
- Contributions are encouraged, including bug reports, feature requests, code improvements, and feedback.
- The project is licensed under the MIT License.
Branching with or Without PII: The Future of Environments
6 months ago
- Neon introduces anonymized branches to mask sensitive data in development environments.
- Branching allows developers to create isolated environments that mirror production with a single click or API call.
- Traditional methods of maintaining non-production environments are time-consuming and error-prone, leading to data drift and schema mismatches.
- Neon's architecture separates compute and storage, enabling efficient and cost-effective branching.
- Anonymized branches use static masking to replace sensitive data with dummy values, maintaining referential integrity.
- Future plans include dynamic masking to reduce storage costs and improve efficiency.
- Branching workflows can be automated using Neon's API or GitHub Actions, streamlining development and testing processes.
A fast and powerful log viewer that turns JSON/logfmt into human-readable form
5 months ago
- High-performance log viewer and processor for JSON and logfmt formats.
- Automatic Pager Integration with default support for 'less'.
- Log Streaming Mode enabled with the -P flag.
- Field-Based Filtering with hierarchical key support.
- Level Filtering via the -l option.
- Timestamp Range Filtering with flexible formats.
- Field Visibility Control with the -h option.
- Empty Field Hiding with the -e flag.
- High-Speed Message Sorting with automatic indexing.
- Live Follow Mode for timestamp-sorted updates.
- Complex Query Support with logical conditions.
- Non-JSON Prefix Handling with --allow-prefix flag.
- Timezone Flexibility with UTC default and easy switching.
- Customizability and Themes with configuration file support.
- Multiple installation options including Homebrew, Cargo, and direct downloads.
- Performance benchmarks showing superior speed compared to alternatives.
New .env file support in 1Password environments
5 months ago
- 1Password introduces new .env file support in its environments feature, enhancing secure storage and collaboration for developers.
- The new feature allows developers to use and manage .env files securely within the 1Password desktop app, eliminating plaintext storage on disk.
- 1Password environments provide a dedicated workspace for project secrets, integrating with AWS Secrets Manager for production use.
- The solution addresses common .env file issues: plaintext storage, accidental Git commits, and cumbersome team collaboration.
- Developers can mount .env files virtually, ensuring secrets are not written to disk and remain secure, even when offline.
- Setup is quick and integrates with existing dotenv libraries, requiring no code changes.
- Future plans include expanding support to Windows and adding more destinations based on beta feedback.
Depot (YC W23) Is Hiring a Staff Infrastructure Engineer
5 months ago
- Depot aims to redefine software collaboration and accelerate developers with a unique build performance and developer platform.
- The company manages millions of EC2 instances and half a petabyte of cache data monthly to speed up CI jobs and local builds.
- Depot is hiring a Staff Infrastructure Engineer with strong systems engineering skills to help scale their operations.
- The role involves working closely with a small team to develop and ship quality solutions, with significant autonomy.
- Depot is a remote-only company, currently hiring only within North America and Europe for this position.
- The platform saves companies like PostHog, Wistia, Semgrep, and Secoda thousands of hours in build time weekly.
- Founded by developers frustrated with slow builds, Depot focuses on reducing build times to enhance developer productivity and happiness.
- Depot's mission is to accelerate software development by improving iteration speed and maintaining developers' flow states.
A desktop app for isolated, parallel agentic development
5 months ago
- Desktop application for parallel agentic development.
- Enables contextual continuity between changes like code-review, refactor, and new-feature.
- Supports GPT-5-Pro for complex issues with background execution.
- Automatic stream resumption after restarts or connection issues.
- A/B testing: run multiple workspaces in parallel on the same problem with different approaches.
- Tangent exploration: launch tangents away from main work.
- Isolated workspaces with central view on git divergence.
- Multi-model support (sonnet-4-*, grok-*, gpt-5-*, opus-4-*).
- VS Code Extension for direct access to mux workspaces.
- UI and keybinds for efficient agent management.
- Rich markdown outputs including mermaid diagrams and LaTeX.
- Custom agent loop with features inspired by Claude Code.
- Preview state with potential bugs and performance issues.
- Pre-built binaries available for macOS and Linux.
- Free software under GNU Affero General Public License v3.
Dingo: A Meta-Language for Go
5 months ago
- Dingo is a language that compiles to clean, idiomatic Go code, offering modern syntax features without runtime overhead.
- Key features include sum types, pattern matching, error propagation with the `?` operator, and functional utilities like `map`, `filter`, and `reduce`.
- Dingo aims to reduce boilerplate, such as repetitive error handling (`if err != nil`), by introducing Result and Option types.
- The project is inspired by TypeScript's approach to enhancing JavaScript and Rust's type safety features.
- Dingo is currently in active development, with a v1.0 target set for late 2025.
- The language is designed to work seamlessly with existing Go code, allowing gradual adoption without ecosystem fragmentation.
- Dingo's transpiler generates readable Go code, maintaining compatibility with Go tooling and performance characteristics.
- The project includes IDE support via a language server proxy, providing features like autocomplete and go-to-definition.
- Dingo's development is community-driven, with contributions encouraged through GitHub issues and pull requests.
Atuin’s New Runbook Execution Engine
5 months ago
- Introduction of a new runbook execution engine in Atuin Desktop, enhancing automation and reliability.
- Runbooks now maintain state persistently across app restarts and tab closures, eliminating the need for re-execution.
- Enhanced predictability with a clear flow of context through runbooks, where blocks only influence those below them.
- Templates can now be used everywhere, including in variable names and context blocks, with self-referential variables supported.
- Introduction of two types of execution context: Passive (automatic updates) and Active (runtime state during execution).
- Removal of global context, requiring adjustments for runbooks that relied on it.
- Editor variable sync now requires manual updates to reflect variable changes, improving clarity.
- Script output variables now only capture stdout, separating it from stderr for cleaner data.
- Technical overhaul moving the execution system from TypeScript to Rust, enhancing portability and reliability.
- Future plans include CLI runner support, improved serial execution, secrets management, and markdown-based runbooks.
Show HN: We built an open source, zero webhooks payment processor
5 months ago
- Flowglad eliminates the need for webhooks, subscription database tables, and manual mapping of plans to prices.
- It provides a single source of truth for customer billing state, including feature access and usage meter credits.
- Flowglad allows querying customer state by your own user IDs and referencing prices, features, and usage meters via custom slugs.
- It offers a full-stack SDK with backend and frontend support, including a React hook for billing data.
- Flowglad supports adaptable pricing models that can be tested and pushed to production seamlessly.
- Integration is simple, with packages available for Next.js, React + Express, and other React + Node projects.
- Setup involves configuring a Flowglad server client, exposing an API handler, and wrapping your app with a provider.
- Flowglad works with your existing authentication system, using your own user or organization IDs.
- It provides frontend components like FeatureGate and UsageBalanceIndicator for easy integration.
- Flowglad supports various pricing models, including usage-limit + subscription hybrid, unlimited usage, tiered access, and feature-gated subscriptions.
- The platform aims to improve the developer experience in payments, offering a self-serve solution with minimal integration and maintenance effort.
- Flowglad's mission is to simplify billing and payments, unlocking more payment providers through a single integration.

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#developer-tools

Show HN: A collection of Claude Code plugin marketplaces

Syntax highlighting is a waste of an information channel

Show HN: Pxxl App – A Nigerian Alternative to Vercel, Render, and Netlify

Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (2023)

Nango (YC W23) is hiring Staff Back end Engs (remote)

Show HN: FlashRecord – 2MB Python-native CLI screen recorder

Code Completion with Caps-Lock (Not Tab)

Show HN: Git Auto Commit (GAC) – LLM-powered Git commit command line tool

WisprFlow Became the Highest-Leverage Upgrade to My Dev Workflow

Show HN: Give your coding agents the ability to message each other

The (Lazy) Git UI You Didn't Know You Need

Show HN: Davia – Open source visual, editable wiki from your codebase

Branching with or Without PII: The Future of Environments

A fast and powerful log viewer that turns JSON/logfmt into human-readable form

New .env file support in 1Password environments

Depot (YC W23) Is Hiring a Staff Infrastructure Engineer

A desktop app for isolated, parallel agentic development

Dingo: A Meta-Language for Go

Atuin’s New Runbook Execution Engine

Show HN: We built an open source, zero webhooks payment processor