Hacker News with Generative AI: Developer Tools

Building Databases over a Weekend (denormalized.io)
In this post we take you on a walkthrough on how you can use DataFusion to build your own developer experience for databases.

Databases, Developer Tools, DataFusion

67 points by ambrood 6 hours ago | 8 comments

Platforms Need New Building Blocks (junctionlabs.io)
Junction Labs’ mission is to empower platform builders with a service to service networking platform that bridges the developer-operator divide.

Platform Development, Developer Tools, Cloud Computing, Networking, DevOps

11 points by prospero 8 days ago | 0 comments

Spin 3.0 – open-source tooling for building and running WASM apps (fermyon.com)
The Spin community is proud to introduce Spin 3.0 — the latest major release of Spin, the open source developer tool for building, distributing, and running serverless WebAssembly (or Wasm) applications everywhere.

Open Source, WebAssembly (WASM), Serverless, Developer Tools

175 points by triplechill 9 days ago | 41 comments

The Future of Programming: Copilots vs. Agents (Part I) (eastwind.substack.com)
With the the launch of Github Spark and multi-model support in late October, Microsoft has fired another salvo at AI code-generation startups, bringing the competition for developer mindshare to a new level of intensity.

Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Open Source, Developer Tools, Competition

25 points by thunderbong 9 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: Lead.dev – The Startup Competition for Devs (lead.dev)
Compete on the MRR leaderboard, get feedback, find new users and grow your startup. Claim your unique lead.dev/profile and compete on the leaderboard.

Startup Competitions, Software Development, Developer Tools

15 points by lbaixdotcom 9 days ago | 7 comments

Delta: A syntax-highlighting pager for Git, diff, grep, and blame output (github.com/dandavison)
A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output

Git, Developer Tools, Syntax Highlighting

642 points by nateb2022 12 days ago | 92 comments

Ask HN: How do you see GitHub Spark, threat to developer community or a helper? (ycombinator.com)
Just saw the GitHub Universe 2024 and the highlight was GitHub spar which have ability to create micro apps in minutes without any prior knowledge of coding.

GitHub, Developer Tools, Software Development, AI

5 points by devsoul 14 days ago | 4 comments

My Experience in Testing JetBrains' IDEs (chriswiegman.com)
After a week of using JetBrains IDEs for all of my code I’ve decided to stay with Visual Studio Code.

Software, IDEs, Developer Tools, Programming, Comparison

5 points by luu 17 days ago | 1 comments

ToolGit: A collection of scripts that extend Git with various sub-commands (github.com/ahmetsait)
ToolGit is a collection of scripts that extend Git with various sub-commands to make life easier.

Git, Developer Tools, Open Source

111 points by ahmetsait 18 days ago | 56 comments

Show HN: Mail2github – commit something to GitHub via email (github.com/ulrischa)
Send email and create files in Github with content from the mail.

GitHub, Email, Developer Tools

20 points by ulrischa 20 days ago | 13 comments

Astral: Next-Gen Python Tooling (astral.sh)
Astral’s mission is to make the Python ecosystem more productive by building high-performance developer tools, starting with Ruff.

Python, Programming, Tools, Developer Tools

103 points by hunvreus 22 days ago | 57 comments

Fly.io solves usage-based billing challenges with Metronome (metronome.com)
Fly.io is a developer-focused public cloud that makes it easy to deploy and grow your business. As this lean startup has grown, they’ve faced a now-common challenge: usage-based billing. Jon Phenow, Staff Software Engineer at Fly.io, spoke with Chang Li, Product Marketing Manager at Metronome, about the obstacles his team overcame in making usage-based invoices clear and legible for customers, aligning pricing to value, making pricing updates easier, and more.

Cloud Computing, Billing, Startups, Software Development, Developer Tools

31 points by templaedhel 23 days ago | 3 comments

Augment Code: Developer AI for Teams (augmentcode.com)
TL:DR: Today we’re unveiling the first in-depth look at Augment Code, and inviting you to sign up to try it for yourself. Augment is the first coding AI that deeply understands your software and that scales to large, complex codebases. Teams can request a free trial here.

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools, Teams

29 points by peggyrayzis 28 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: GitInsights – a lightweight developer metrics platform (github.com/marketplace)
GitInsights is a minimal engineering metrics platform.

Software, Developer Tools, Git, Metrics, Open Source

9 points by jeffreyjsatx 28 days ago | 1 comments

X AI – Documentation (docs.x.ai)
xAI offers a world class developer tool set to build scalable applications powered by Grok.

Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools, Programming Languages

5 points by ushakov 30 days ago | 0 comments

Qualcomm cancels Snapdragon Dev Kit, refunds all orders (jeffgeerling.com)
This afternoon I received the following email from Arrow, regarding the Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows:

Hardware, Qualcomm, Developer Tools

141 points by LorenDB 35 days ago | 161 comments

I interviewed 100 DevTools founders and this is what I learned (scalingdevtools.com)
In the last two years, I’ve recorded 100 episodes of Scaling DevTools; a developer tools startup podcast.

Software, Startups, Developer Tools, Interviews, Podcasts

12 points by petercooper 44 days ago | 4 comments

Cloudflare's bigger, better, faster AI platform (cloudflare.com)
Birthday Week 2024 marks our first anniversary of Cloudflare’s AI developer products — Workers AI, AI Gateway, and Vectorize. For our first birthday this year, we’re excited to announce powerful new features to elevate the way you build with AI on Cloudflare.

AI, Cloud Computing, Software, Developer Tools

8 points by jgrahamc 56 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: JSON For You – Visualize JSON in graph or table views (github.com/loggerhead)
The best JSON visualization and processing tool.

JSON, Data Visualization, Developer Tools

211 points by loggerhead 58 days ago | 85 comments

Ask HN: Does anyone use sound effects in their dev environment? (ycombinator.com)
It occurred to me that we often use colours in our terminals and code editors to highlight test failures, linting errors etc, but we don't typically use sounds. Has anyone integrated sound effects in any way?

Programming, Software Development, User Experience, Developer Tools, Sound Design

234 points by jack_riminton 70 days ago | 328 comments

Show HN: Free Xcode Extension for GitHub Copilot and Codeium (ycombinator.com)
Hey everyone! We just released CoderKit, a new FREE Xcode extension for GitHub Copilot and Codeium.

Xcode, GitHub Copilot, Codeium, Free Software, Developer Tools

14 points by vicinnoCoderKit 72 days ago | 16 comments

Ask HN: How do you share and sync .env files and secrets with your team (ycombinator.com)
I am trying to figure out how to securely share and sync .env files and secrets with my team. Is there a saas/oss solution that "just works" or there's no way around using hashicorp vault/GCP Secrets/etc. with custom scripts?

Security, Collaboration, Developer Tools, Secrets Management

51 points by Debkanchan 74 days ago | 60 comments

Show HN: I dropped to part-time work to develop a Design Copilot for developers (reddit.com)

Design, Developer Tools, Work-Life Balance, Side Projects

6 points by purple-leafy 74 days ago | 5 comments

DevHub.app – Developer Utilities for macOS (github.com/jaywcjlove)
A feature-rich offline application, carefully crafted to support developers' daily tasks and ensure the highest security for their data.

macOS, Developer Tools, Security

132 points by wcjiang 76 days ago | 57 comments

The Tool Cache Manifesto (ctrl-c.us)
In my career I’ve used many tools which keep local file caches of one kind or another: pip, Maven, npm, `clj`, `go`, staticcheck, and dozens of others. I’ve also written a few myself.

Tools, Software Development, Programming, Developer Tools

7 points by pabs3 76 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: StarHog – See who starred your open source project (starhog.co)

Open Source, GitHub, Developer Tools

11 points by alishobeiri 79 days ago | 4 comments

Ask HN: Why Is Stack Overflow Fading Away? (ycombinator.com)

Stack Overflow, Online Communities, Developer Tools

88 points by cryptography 86 days ago | 145 comments

Ask HN: Developer PC setup automations for company owned devices (ycombinator.com)

Developer Tools, Automation, Company Resources

31 points by foxylion 87 days ago | 47 comments

Aliasing Your Git Commands for Maximum Developer Efficiency (tutorialedge.net)

Git, Developer Tools, Efficiency, Command Line

18 points by emforce 94 days ago | 29 comments

Dev tools that should be more popular according to the 2024 Developer Survey (mastodon.social)

Developer Tools, Surveys, Programming, Software

8 points by quinncom 116 days ago | 4 comments