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Re: Gloomberb

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Can you elaborate on the network effect piece? Curious about that

Same effect as a country club. You know a lot about the person you’re talking to just based on their presence.

(Or you can get an [un-]Truth [a-]Social API subscription and know before everyone else!) /s

Re: Gloomberb

#232
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I really wish people would mention their stack when they have these curl install scripts. I'd rather use a real package manager, but I'm not totally against installing a compiled binary this way. I am, 100%, not going to install some Java/Type-script nightmare like this though. How is it resolving the dependencies? Is it installing some version of node, bun... on my machine? How's that working with other versions I h…

If you're gonna be particular about it, that's on you, dude. curl | bash is a stupid way to install software in the first place! But we're all lazy and it's too easy to just copy and paste that. If you're gonna be lazy about it, you don't get to complain about it. curl | less is right there!

Re: Gloomberb

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the name makes it seem like it only delivers bad news

It’s not really their fault. It’s just the world we live in.

Yes it's their fault they chose that name because that's how they feel. Could have called it HappyBloom and gone on a positive vibes instead of being, well, gloomy. Fervo energy is this advanced geothermal power plant that doesn't have the same problems as solar (night) or wind (doesn't work if there's no wind). Fusion looks like won't take another 50 years to happen. The future is as bright or as dark you want it to be!

Re: Gloomberb

#234
post #64

I really wish people would mention their stack when they have these curl install scripts. I'd rather use a real package manager, but I'm not totally against installing a compiled binary this way. I am, 100%, not going to install some Java/Type-script nightmare like this though. How is it resolving the dependencies? Is it installing some version of node, bun... on my machine? How's that working with other versions I h…

It does have a GitHub link where all these questions are answered: Claude-generated TypeScript slop. So no, you don't want to pipe this into your bash.

Re: Gloomberb

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post #121
post #64

I really wish people would mention their stack when they have these curl install scripts. I'd rather use a real package manager, but I'm not totally against installing a compiled binary this way. I am, 100%, not going to install some Java/Type-script nightmare like this though. How is it resolving the dependencies? Is it installing some version of node, bun... on my machine? How's that working with other versions I h…

And in the GitHub release page they include compiled binaries anyway... Why would you advertise `curl | bash` as a way to install if there's a binary available?! Download it, put it wherever you like (probably `~/.local/bin/`) and you're good to use it. Sometimes I truly wonder...

The project is vibe-coded slop and coding LLMs are not famous for using obvious or minimalistic approaches.

Re: Gloomberb

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Asked a dear friend in the finance industry what he thought about Bloomberg. He's the type of guy who uses these systems daily. Mostly paraphrasing: 1) Bloomberg was lightyears ahead of anything else in the pre-internet days, so there's a lot of UI familiarity. 2) Bloomberg's chat is important because, as a hedge fund or investment bank, the chat is how you buy and sell bonds. You agree to the trade in the chat, then…

I've heard the same thing about Bloomberg's chat many years ago. Since everyone you're chatting to also has to fork over ~$30k/yr to use it, there's the implicit assumption that you're talking to a serious person.

It also basically guarantees they are a accredited investor, meaning there are no general solicitation rules to fall afoul of.

Re: Gloomberb

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post #115

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Asked a dear friend in the finance industry what he thought about Bloomberg. He's the type of guy who uses these systems daily. Mostly paraphrasing: 1) Bloomberg was lightyears ahead of anything else in the pre-internet days, so there's a lot of UI familiarity. 2) Bloomberg's chat is important because, as a hedge fund or investment bank, the chat is how you buy and sell bonds. You agree to the trade in the chat, then…

I find it interesting that nobody from the finance community is directly speaking about their experience in this thread. What's the equivalent of hacker news for financial folk?

Nuclear Phynance at one point was incredible. Really one of the best forums for any subject I have ever been on. I think it is completely gone now.

I have never used bloomberg but my understanding is it has history, network effects and great data.

The data is ultimately the problem with any project like this. Data is not cheap for personal use. For redistribution in a commercial product, it is really a huge bottleneck to get anything off the ground.

This just looks like the standard , useless, retail trading software IMO.

Re: Gloomberb

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post #116

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> The source is prominently linked: https://github.com/gloom-sh/gloomberb This is how I found out it's a javascript project and didn't install it. I only even bothered to do that because I actually wanted to try it. I'm just saying it would be awesome to have that right there next to the curl command. > Around 40% of Linux CLI tools are written in interpreted languages. And I prefer not to use those. Everything I sai…

I think the point was that even Bash is interpreted.

I definitely do not think Bash scripts should be distributed.

Re: Gloomberb

#240
- stupid question

- if i wanted to build an aggregator say 500k tickers real time , ohlc from every exchange on the planet and every known asset to mankind...

- where would i start?

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