Hacker News with Generative AI: Development Tools

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.
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.
Java build tooling could be so much better (Seattle Java User Group) [video] (youtube.com)
(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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.