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A Let's Encrypt Library and CLI in Go

Shown by xenolf on Dec 5, 2015. Click the card to turn it over.

93points

26comments

#273of 2,565 in 2015

Top 11%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

5 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.

Idea: 1 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against

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Useful, with a clear README and easy to use
From 3 comments
- I like the README on this project -- I've noticed a lot of Go libraries tend to have absolutely no "getting started" code and tend to just push people toward the godocs. One of…
  chrisfosterelli on HN
- No dependencies, runs everywhere, and easy to use. Great job! Some of those PRs are looking pretty tasty too. Here's a link to the current release with cross-platform binaries:…
  mholt on HN
- This is super useful. Thank you kindly!
  zkirill on HN
No runtime dependencies and cross-platform binaries
From 1 comment
- No dependencies, runs everywhere, and easy to use. Great job! Some of those PRs are looking pretty tasty too. Here's a link to the current release with cross-platform binaries:…
  mholt on HN

Name may be a trademark conflict with LEGO
From 3 comments
- Are you really, really sure that this is not a trademark violation? Do you like receiving cease & desist letters, or your projects getting DMCA'd? Are you prepared to defend your…
  DrJokepu on HN
- Given Lego's history of vigorously defending its trademark, this is on point - it would save a lot of pain switching asap.
  Bahamut on HN
- But of course children's toys are not the only category of products and services that The Lego Group has trademarked as "Lego". It's a fairly long list[0]. I have no idea whether…
  DrJokepu on HN
Depends on external libraries at unknown versions, hard to audit
From 1 comment
- I see multiple dependencies. No runtime dependencies, but the code is still difficult to audit due to depending on external libraries at some unknown versions.
  TheDong on HN

Change the project name
From 3 comments
- Are you really, really sure that this is not a trademark violation? Do you like receiving cease & desist letters, or your projects getting DMCA'd? Are you prepared to defend your…
  DrJokepu on HN
- As others have said, better change name early, how about LetsGo ? :-)
  macns on HN
- Given Lego's history of vigorously defending its trademark, this is on point - it would save a lot of pain switching asap.
  Bahamut on HN
Vendor dependencies
From 1 comment
- Vendoring the libs solves that problem.
  XorNot on HN

Whether multiple valid certs can be issued for the same domain at once
From 1 comment
- Do Let's Encrypt issue multiple valid certs for the same domain at the same time? Something I've been thinking of doing (with a library like this) is building the LE client right…
  XorNot on HN