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Re: Show HN: DroidDock – A sleek macOS app for browsing Android device files via ADB

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Post by rand17 »

I wouldn't dare to call an app with a webview approach (be that tauri or electron), react, typescript and the whole frontend Pandora's box "sleek", but each to his own. I find using the adb bridge for such operation a bit of an overkill, but fortunately I don't own Apple made devices this year so I don't face such problems; maybe drastic times call for drastic measures: Apple's and Google's hatred towards end users is palpable these days. I took a quick look at the source and the naming convention is not "conventional" and the lack of eslint/prettier made me raise my eyebrows (raised it high enough to not want to touch this project with a ten foot pole), just like the 2452 line main App.tsx and the rampant useEffect abuse in it - but again, I'm not the target audience, maybe this is super useful for the poster and aesthetics have always been subjective.

Re: Show HN: DroidDock – A sleek macOS app for browsing Android device files via ADB

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Post by seam_carver »

jeroenhd wrote: post #20

I must admit I haven't really tried it, but what's wrong with hooking up an Android phone to a Mac? Can't you browse files like you can on other computers? I don't think using ADB is the right way to go about it. Normalizing elevated shell permissions just to copy files just feels like going the wrong way about it. Unless that's the only way to get decent Android file management done on Mac, of course.

No, you can't. You need a special app to browse a recent android phone or kindle on a mac

Re: Show HN: DroidDock – A sleek macOS app for browsing Android device files via ADB

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Post by jeroenhd »

seam_carver wrote: post #24
jeroenhd wrote: post #20

I must admit I haven't really tried it, but what's wrong with hooking up an Android phone to a Mac? Can't you browse files like you can on other computers? I don't think using ADB is the right way to go about it. Normalizing elevated shell permissions just to copy files just feels like going the wrong way about it. Unless that's the only way to get decent Android file management done on Mac, of course.

No, you can't. You need a special app to browse a recent android phone or kindle on a mac

That's pretty annoying. I swear you used to be able to, what changed?

Edit: I thought Apple supported MTP but I guess they never did? That's a weird limitation for an OS to have.

Re: Show HN: DroidDock – A sleek macOS app for browsing Android device files via ADB

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Post by VerifiedReports »

mhuffman wrote: post #22
VerifiedReports wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ugh. This term can't die fast enough.

What term would you suggest instead? Agent-assisted slop?

Not bad; anything that actually mentions "AI" would be better than "vibe." That doesn't tell you anything.

Re: Show HN: DroidDock – A sleek macOS app for browsing Android device files via ADB

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Post by brainless »

dinkelberg wrote: post #14
brainless wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The CLAUDE.md file is right there, so they are probably using agentic coding. But why does it matter? Does the app not work? I don't have a Mac, can't check.

Counter question: How do you know it works? A file manager better be rock solid, I don't want a bug to delete any files or do other shenanigans.

That is a valid question.

But that would apply to any app that deals with files like this one does.

This one is open source and we can run some code analysis on it, compile locally, etc. I am not well versed in security checks but I guess you get the idea.

Re: Show HN: DroidDock – A sleek macOS app for browsing Android device files via ADB

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

rvz wrote: post #7
dcreater wrote: post #2

Looks vibe coded?

Of course it is. As usual, it is low quality and has zero tests.

This situation reminds me of the Visual Basic apps in the nineties. It was possible to write good quality software with VB and some people did. Nonetheless the majority was dross and the fact that an app was written in VB was a strong indicator of poor quality.

Re: Show HN: DroidDock – A sleek macOS app for browsing Android device files via ADB

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Post by manmal »

tgma wrote: post #6

Don't wanna be killjoy, but specifically since "sleek" and "native" is mentioned many times, I'd say that's not what one expects from a sleek macOS application to say the least. I'd expect something like Cyberduck quality UI, as an example. The author should aim to mimic system UI in my opinion as closely as possible (or integrate inside Finder).

Indeed, at first glance I thought the UI is a preliminary Electron one (there are nicer Electron apps for sure).
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