Termui – Go terminal dashboard • Hacker News Board

Re: Termui – Go terminal dashboard

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Post by coldtea » Sat, Mar 28, 2015, 6:25 AM UTC

bmurphy1976 wrote: post #54

coldtea wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, it's like how all those people cutting trees with a manual saw proved that you don't need a power saw!

Or maybe programming languages aren't like saws at all and your analogy is fundamentally compromised by this. They are tools, but they are there own tools. Good at what they are good at and people are apt to use what feels right. More power to them.

>Good at what they are good at and people are apt to use what feels right. More power to them.

That's just wishy washy "let's everyone use what's best for them" etc.

It's not like there's not something called computer SCIENCE, and PL research, that has studied Generics and what they bring to the table...

Re: Termui – Go terminal dashboard

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Post by rcarmo » Sat, Mar 28, 2015, 10:05 AM UTC

user826 wrote: post #13

This is pretty cool! Do you guys know if there is a web app that lets you create dashboards like this one?

Well, you could go all out, grab https://github.com/chjj/term.js, plug that into termui using WebSockets or something, and it would most likely work:

On the other hand, you can easily code your own without too much hassle. https://github.com/rcarmo/raspi-cluster includes a minimalist Dashing clone with a Go backend and real-time updates.

Re: Termui – Go terminal dashboard

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Post by bmurphy1976 » Sat, Mar 28, 2015, 2:49 PM UTC

coldtea wrote: post #71

bmurphy1976 wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or maybe programming languages aren't like saws at all and your analogy is fundamentally compromised by this. They are tools, but they are there own tools. Good at what they are good at and people are apt to use what feels right. More power to them.

> Good at what they are good at and people are apt to use what feels right. More power to them. That's just wishy washy "let's everyone use what's best for them" etc. It's not like there's not something called computer SCIENCE, and PL research, that has studied Generics and what they bring to the table...

You're pretty hilarious. There's no SCIENCE here, there's religious fanaticism on both sides driven by anecdotes from thousands of amateurs. Where's the rigorous study that shows if Go or Haskell is better for building quality software?

These tools don't solve some mythical perfect "math" problem. They solve a "social" problem. We write software to help people. Wether a language has generics or not almost certainly not the most important factor that drives the success or failure of a project. But hey, I haven't done a rigorous study to back that up. At least I can admit that.

Re: Termui – Go terminal dashboard

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Post by Dewie » Wed, Apr 01, 2015, 7:15 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #64

Dewie wrote: post #15

How precious. I thought that the novelty of "my website is a terminal" had worn off by now, but oh well. One thing which is subpar about such an interface is that you basically have to type "help" unless you just want to blindly guess what the commands are. This is like a landing page that has a button that says "show what sites I can go to from here": why not just show my options straight away? Unnecessary indirecti…

> How precious. I thought that the novelty of "my website is a terminal" had worn off by now, but oh well. Gratuitous negativity violates HN's guidelines and is not welcome here. If you have criticisms to make, make them substantively. This is not a site for spewing bile.

But I guess this site is for handing out shadow bans instead of outright telling you that you are banned. What a fine bunch, the lot of you.