Hacker News with Generative AI: Development Tools

Swift Container Plugin (github.com/apple)
Build and publish container images using Swift Package Manager.
RubyKaigi: Empowering Developers with HTML-Aware ERB Tooling (speakerdeck.com)
ERB tooling has lagged behind modern web development needs, especially with the rise of Hotwire and HTML-over-the-wire. Discover a new HTML-aware ERB parser that unlocks advanced developer tools like formatters, linters, and LSP integrations, enhancing how we build and ship HTML in our Ruby applications.
Nix: Better Way for Fun and Profit (birkey.co)
Nix is a software build and management system that can replace traditional package managers, build environments and configuration tools.
Show HN: Pad.ws – Whiteboard IDE is now open-source (github.com/pad-ws)
pad.ws is a whiteboard app that acts as a dev environment in your browser
Tini: A tiny but valid `init` for containers (github.com/krallin)
Tini is the simplest init you could think of.
Show HN: Kforward – Lightweight K8s proxy for local dev (github.com/sanspareilsmyn)
kforward is a lightweight, simple CLI tool designed to streamline local development for applications interacting with Kubernetes services.
JetBrains Terminal: A New Architecture (jetbrains.com)
We’re excited to announce our reworked terminal architecture, which is available in Beta starting with the 2025.1 versions of JetBrains IDEs. It now runs on a stable, standards-compliant core and uses the IDE’s editor for UI rendering. This change lets us introduce new features while preserving compatibility and performance across various platforms, whether local or remote.
Glamorous Toolkit (gtoolkit.com)
Glamorous Toolkit is the Moldable Development environment made out of visual and interactive operators that can be combined inexpensively in many ways.
Pico.sh – SSH powered services for developers (pico.sh)
The ultimate ssh powered services for developers
The AI Dev Tools Landscape 2025 (ainativedev.io)
Your Guide to the AI Development Ecosystem
Rama, the 100x developer platform, is now free for production use (redplanetlabs.com)
I’m excited today to announce we’re ending our private beta and making Rama free for production use!
Native Git Support in Zed (zed.dev)
We've heard for a long time that many of you want to be able to use Git from within Zed. Not necessarily for everything, but particularly for the 90% "git-commit", "git-push" workflow, it's just too slow to have to context switch every time.
Show HN: Cargo-visualize – Interactive dependency graph (github.com/kxxt)
Know your dependencies via interactive cargo dependency graph visualization. An opinionated fork of cargo-depgraph that focuses on interactivity.
Ask HN: What is an "outdated" tool or plugin that you refuse to switch from/why? (ycombinator.com)
In the age of github stars being inflated and people jumping ship to ship between mainstream projects, I'm curious to hear other's opinions.
Ask HN: Best way to simultaneously run multiple projects locally? (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN, I often work on couple of projects at the same time and am trying to figure out what’s the easiest way to run all of them at once.
A CLI to quickly launch VSCode/cursor devcontainers (github.com/michidk)
A CLI/TUI which makes it easy to launch Visual Studio Code (vscode) dev containers. Also supports other editors like Cursor.
Show HN: Grogg – Manage Multiple Kubernetes Clusters in VSCode (grogg.app)
MSVC Address Sanitizer updates in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13 (microsoft.com)
We have been investing in the quality of MSVC Address Sanitizer (ASan) in several key areas over the past year, including working with LLVM upstream to stay coordinated with their changes, adding coverage for internal tools and libraries, and hardening APIs and runtime modes.
Blessed Rust Crates (blessed.rs)
The standard library in Rust is not "batteries included", excluding functionality like HTTP(S), JSON, timezones, random numbers, and async IO. The recommended crate directory is a hand-curated guide to the crates.io ecosystem, helping you choose which crates to use.
Show HN: Subtrace – Wireshark for Docker Containers (github.com/subtrace)
Subtrace is Chrome DevTools for your backend. It tracks the API requests coming in and going out of your servers so that you can solve problems in production quickly.
I shouldn't of made this. Another direnv alternative for no reason (willwa.de)
I hate having to do this. But I have.
JetBrains Fleet drops support for Kotlin Multiplatform (jetbrains.com)
A couple of years ago, we initiated the idea of creating a Kotlin Multiplatform IDE to help facilitate the development of KMP applications.
Show HN: Built A Better Shopify (that's not a rip off) (gitpage.site)
Save 360+ Hours of Development Time
Docker Bake is now generally available (docker.com)
We’re excited to announce the General Availability of Docker Bake with Docker Desktop 4.38! This powerful build orchestration tool takes the hassle out of managing complex builds and offers simplicity, flexibility, and performance for teams of all sizes.
VSCode Marketplace Web Pages No Longer Allow Direct VSIX Downloads (github.com/microsoft)
Describe the bug New, direct-download, installation instructions indicate that users should choose an OS-appropriate version from the Download link under the Version History section of the extension's listing in the marketplace. No such link exists and the previous download link in the sidebar of the extension listing has been removed.
Run-All (ycombinator.com)
github.com/clovis818/run-all is a command-line tool that allows you to execute commands across multiple directories based on a customizable directory pattern.
UV Tricks (bitecode.dev)
You can test things in your venv without polluting it using uv run --with, create almost standalone scripts with uv init --script or convert a PDF to markdown by running uvx markitdown file.pdf.
Show HN: Link-in-Bio *just* for apps and devs (ycombinator.com)
Hey all, we felt like existing link-in-bio tools cater to influencers, so we decided to build a tool just for apps and developers.
Show HN: Actionate – GitHub Actions for JetBrains IDEs (github.com/revenate)
Actionate brings the power of GitHub Actions directly into your JetBrains IDE, creating a unified, all-in-one environment for your development flow.
Wild – A fast linker for Linux (github.com/davidlattimore)
Wild is a linker with the goal of being very fast for iterative development.