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Re: Show HN: Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS

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Post by oliver236 » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 6:45 AM UTC

how do i know this doesnt have malware installed ?

Re: Show HN: Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS

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Post by utibeumanah » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 7:16 AM UTC

oliver236 wrote: post #21

how do i know this doesnt have malware installed ?

its open source you can read the code

Re: Show HN: Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS

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Post by oliver236 » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 8:16 AM UTC

utibeumanah wrote: post #22

oliver236 wrote: post #21

how do i know this doesnt have malware installed ?

its open source you can read the code

why do you downvote me? there are so many open source repos that have become infected

Re: Show HN: Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS

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Post by anoop4bhat » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC

I used to work at AWS and I can't tell you the number of times I wished someone had built something like this! Kudos.

Re: Show HN: Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS

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Post by mx7zysuj4xew » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 11:28 AM UTC

Would it kill you to use a standard native toolkit library rather than whatever black square this is

Re: Show HN: Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS

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Post by zop_10 » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS

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Post by utibeumanah » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC

anoop4bhat wrote: post #24

I used to work at AWS and I can't tell you the number of times I wished someone had built something like this! Kudos.

Thanks! I’m glad you like it

Re: Show HN: Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS

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Post by teitoklien » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC

mx7zysuj4xew wrote: post #25

Would it kill you to use a standard native toolkit library rather than whatever black square this is

go build one for free and then lecture others, besides i think his UI looks wonderful, props to the creator of this ECS app for sharing it with the world

Re: Show HN: Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 2:34 PM UTC

oliver236 wrote: post #23

utibeumanah wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

its open source you can read the code

why do you downvote me? there are so many open source repos that have become infected

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Re: Show HN: Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS

#30

Post by fuzzylightbulb » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC

selcuka wrote: post #18

efskap wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do one thing and do it well, right?

Define "one". If AWS is a single service, then this tool does 1/100 things.

No one would classify AWS as a single service. The name is literally "Amazon Web Services".