Hacker News with Generative AI: Development Tools

I think it's time to give Nix a chance (maych.in)
The modern developer tooling ecosystem has exploded with choices, leading to frustrating scenarios where some piece of code builds perfectly on someone’s system, runs flawlessly in production, but mysteriously fails to build for you and you have absolutely no idea why.
Software, Development Tools, Open Source
148 points by pacmansyyu 32 days ago | 151 comments
Clojure MCP (github.com/bhauman)
This project is in early development and rapidly evolving. While I've found it invaluable for working with Clojure projects and it has significantly improved my development workflow, expect breaking changes, rough edges, and incomplete documentation.
Clojure, Development Tools, Open Source
202 points by todsacerdoti 33 days ago | 50 comments
Postgres IDE in VS Code (microsoft.com)
We are excited to announce the public preview of the brand-new PostgreSQL extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), designed to simplify PostgreSQL database management and development workflows.
PostgreSQL, Database Management, Development Tools
1040 points by Dowwie 35 days ago | 406 comments
IDE for PostgreSQL in VS Code from Microsoft (microsoft.com)
We are excited to announce the public preview of the brand-new PostgreSQL extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), designed to simplify PostgreSQL database management and development workflows.
PostgreSQL, Databases, Development Tools, Microsoft
6 points by tosh 36 days ago | 0 comments
Announcing a new IDE for PostgreSQL in VS Code (microsoft.com)
We are excited to announce the public preview of the brand-new PostgreSQL extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), designed to simplify PostgreSQL database management and development workflows.
Databases, VS Code, PostgreSQL, Development Tools
12 points by coffeemug 37 days ago | 4 comments
Self-hostable webhook tester in go (testwebhook.xyz)
Webhook Tester is a lightweight platform that lets developers create temporary webhook endpoints to inspect and debug HTTP requests in real-time.
Go, Webhooks, Debugging, Development Tools
76 points by muliswilliam 45 days ago | 15 comments
Java build tooling could be so much better (Seattle Java User Group) [video] (youtube.com)
Java, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development
4 points by lihaoyi 46 days ago | 3 comments
(ab?)using Node module hooks to speed up development (immaculata.dev)
I wanted a much faster way to develop the front-end of my site.
Web Development, Node.js, Front-End Development, Development Tools
38 points by sbjs 53 days ago | 16 comments
Show HN: 100.st – Dev utilities I built for format conversions and encoding (100.st)
100.st is your all-in-one developer toolkit, offering seamless encoding, IP generation, format conversions (XML, YAML, JSON), and UUID creation to enhance productivity.
Development Tools, Encoding, Format Conversion, Productivity
33 points by abdelbkk 54 days ago | 22 comments
Kate and Python Language Server (akselmo.dev)
As much as I love Kate editor, as I mentioned in my previous post, setting up Python language server has always been a bit fiddly if you want it to work with virtual environments.
Python, Text Editors, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Virtual Environments
79 points by todsacerdoti 56 days ago | 12 comments
Vibe Coding: Developer Slot Machines (Cursor, Windsurf) (prototypr.io)
I've been a Cursor subscriber for over a year, and I find its performance can vary depending on the project. Sometimes it's amazing, sometimes it's frustrating, a bit like the Illusion of AI Productivity chart:
AI, Development Tools, Software, Productivity
37 points by graylien 59 days ago | 31 comments
Show HN: VSCode-remote-glibc-patch – Patch legacy Linux to use VSCode Remote (github.com/hsfzxjy)
Patch glibc on legacy Linux systems to enable compatibility with the latest VSCode Remote.
Software, Linux, Development Tools, VSCode
5 points by hsfzxjy 63 days ago | 1 comments
Swift Container Plugin (github.com/apple)
Build and publish container images using Swift Package Manager.
Swift, Containers, Development Tools
86 points by frizlab 64 days ago | 96 comments
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.
Ruby, Web Development, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Hotwire
4 points by ksec 66 days ago | 0 comments
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.
Software, Development Tools, Build Systems
6 points by birkey 66 days ago | 0 comments
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
Open Source, Development Tools, Whiteboard, Web Applications
20 points by cyclotruc 67 days ago | 6 comments
Tini: A tiny but valid `init` for containers (github.com/krallin)
Tini is the simplest init you could think of.
Containers, Software, Development Tools, Linux
31 points by thunderbong 68 days ago | 2 comments
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.
Kubernetes, Development Tools
13 points by sanspareilsmyn 74 days ago | 5 comments
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.
Software, Development Tools, Programming, Beta Releases, Terminal Emulators
6 points by ingve 80 days ago | 0 comments
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.
Software, Development Tools, User Interfaces
343 points by radeeyate 82 days ago | 190 comments
Pico.sh – SSH powered services for developers (pico.sh)
The ultimate ssh powered services for developers
SSH, Development Tools, Cloud Services
635 points by TheTaytay 86 days ago | 141 comments
The AI Dev Tools Landscape 2025 (ainativedev.io)
Your Guide to the AI Development Ecosystem
Artificial Intelligence, Development Tools, Software, Trends
18 points by destraynor 93 days ago | 4 comments
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!
Software, Development Tools, Open Source, Startups
18 points by nathanmarz 101 days ago | 1 comments
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.
Software, Version Control, Git, Development Tools
48 points by DASD 107 days ago | 11 comments
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.
Software, Rust, Development Tools, Visualization, Dependencies
7 points by kxxt 108 days ago | 0 comments
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.
Software, Programming, Development Tools, Community, Trends
9 points by simojo 109 days ago | 13 comments
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.
Development Tools, Programming, Software Development, Local Development, Workflows
36 points by suralind 113 days ago | 59 comments
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.
Development Tools, Dev Containers
49 points by michidk 121 days ago | 23 comments
Show HN: Grogg – Manage Multiple Kubernetes Clusters in VSCode (grogg.app)
Kubernetes, VSCode, Development Tools, Show HN
11 points by invm 122 days ago | 2 comments
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.
Software, Development Tools, C++, Visual Studio, Security
25 points by pjmlp 125 days ago | 0 comments