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Ask HN: What are some tools / libraries you built yourself?

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Re: Ask HN: What are some tools / libraries you built yourself?

#12
I wrote a tool to tail CloudWatch logs called saw: http://github.com/TylerBrock/saw

I was so fed up trying to debug lambdas and the other AWS offerings that a tool like this to see program output in near realtime is indispensable. I use it all the time.

Is it bug free? No

Did i write tests for it? Also no.

Is it useful? Yes.

Re: Ask HN: What are some tools / libraries you built yourself?

#15
I built Ward (https://github.com/darrenburns/ward), a Python test framework.

I have issues with the way the pytest fixture system works (parameter names matching function names), the readibility of the output, and some other things.

It started as a little learning experiment and has turned into something I've been building into what I hope will (and already is in some aspects) be a viable contender to pytest.

Re: Ask HN: What are some tools / libraries you built yourself?

#16
I want a web interface that sets up ssl certificates for me (with wildcard sub domains) and let’s me create sub domains on the fly so I can run multiple apps on my server quickly.

I don’t like nginx because managing the config files is a hassle, it’s complex, and there’s a lot of copying redundant config files over and over again.

https://github.com/garagescript/myproxy

Re: Ask HN: What are some tools / libraries you built yourself?

#19
I wrote a cooperative multitasking system for Turbo Pascal because I needed to be able to stream data through a series of text pipes and it was easier than faking it with a bunch of temporary files. I also wrote a series of data entry routines to allow the quick creation of database editing programs.

I haven't open sourced them because I doubt anyone would care about those old MS-DOS/TP7 tools now, and I'm not up for maintaining them.

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