Esy
Dev tools
package manager
SHOW HN2019
134points
16comments
#338of 2,195 in 2019
Top 16%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Execution: 1 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Gives npm/yarn convenience for native development, cross-platform.
From 1 comment
Just wanted to say thank you for all your work on this, Andrey! I've been using for developing native projects with ReasonML / OCaml (on Windows!) - a framework called Revery [1]…
bryanphe on HN
Smart build caching shared across projects.
From 2 comments
Just wanted to say thank you for all your work on this, Andrey! I've been using for developing native projects with ReasonML / OCaml (on Windows!) - a framework called Revery [1]…
bryanphe on HNHi, I'm one of the developers of esy, would be happy to answer any questions about it. I have background in JS ecosystem and always liked how npm/yarn allows you to have a set of…
andreypopp on HN
Link workflow useful for multi-package development.
From 2 comments
Just wanted to say thank you for all your work on this, Andrey! I've been using for developing native projects with ReasonML / OCaml (on Windows!) - a framework called Revery [1]…
bryanphe on HNHi Andrey, can you tell me if this understanding is correct - ? I can use Esy to write native OCaml/Reason, but has no use in a compile-to-js environment - there it is npm/yarn.…
jasim on HN
Objections
Does not work with BuckleScript yet due to pnp installation.
From 1 comment
Hi Ben, > It looks like a nice project, but I'm still a little confused about its purpose. You mention your JS background, so is it all about familiarity to npm? I think…
andreypopp on HN
Build reproducibility and signature verification are incomplete.
From 2 comments
I'm having a hard time figuring out if esy supports reproducable builds, and package signing+verfication. And if reproducable builds are supported, what format is used to store…
Foxboron on HNAnd how is the build env recorded for timestamps and env variables? Is all of this standardized? >we do only integrity checks now for packages downloaded from npm and via opam…
Foxboron on HN
Requests
Package signing and verification against keys.
From 1 comment
And how is the build env recorded for timestamps and env variables? Is all of this standardized? >we do only integrity checks now for packages downloaded from npm and via opam…
Foxboron on HN
Video tutorial.
From 1 comment
Hi Andrey, can you tell me if this understanding is correct - ? I can use Esy to write native OCaml/Reason, but has no use in a compile-to-js environment - there it is npm/yarn.…
jasim on HN
Support for comments in config format.
From 1 comment
Awesome work! I've not had the greatest experience with Opam in the past for the reasons you mention - after using Cargo for a long time, it was a bit of a shock! This could do…
bjz_ on HN
Questions
Does it support Coq projects?
From 1 comment
Awesome work! I've not had the greatest experience with Opam in the past for the reasons you mention - after using Cargo for a long time, it was a bit of a shock! This could do…
bjz_ on HN
Can it be used with BuckleScript?
From 1 comment
hi Andrey, thanks for yor work on esy, everytime it comes up I have a look at the documentation and the latest developments. It looks like a nice project, but I'm still a little…
benkb8 on HN
Does it support reproducible builds?
From 1 comment
I'm having a hard time figuring out if esy supports reproducable builds, and package signing+verfication. And if reproducable builds are supported, what format is used to store…
Foxboron on HN
Alternatives named
opam with dune
From 2 comments
Hi Andrey, can you tell me if this understanding is correct - ? I can use Esy to write native OCaml/Reason, but has no use in a compile-to-js environment - there it is npm/yarn.…
jasim on HNHi Ben, > It looks like a nice project, but I'm still a little confused about its purpose. You mention your JS background, so is it all about familiarity to npm? I think…
andreypopp on HN
npm/yarn
From 1 comment
Hi Andrey, can you tell me if this understanding is correct - ? I can use Esy to write native OCaml/Reason, but has no use in a compile-to-js environment - there it is npm/yarn.…
jasim on HN
Nix
From 1 comment
Hi, I'm one of the developers of esy, would be happy to answer any questions about it. I have background in JS ecosystem and always liked how npm/yarn allows you to have a set of…
andreypopp on HN
Cargo
From 1 comment
Awesome work! I've not had the greatest experience with Opam in the past for the reasons you mention - after using Cargo for a long time, it was a bit of a shock! This could do…
bjz_ on HN