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SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
1 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score -0.38.
Design: 0 for, 8 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Single-file projects are useful for newbies to read and try out
From 2 comments
I'm enjoying these "in a single file" projects. They aren't often the paragon of best-practices but they make it easy for newbies to peep in on the syntax and see how complex…
erikig on HNThere is a widely popular web server in python that is a single file. I find it quite readable and it's well documented. It helped me immensely on a few projects where there was…
user5994461 on HN
Objections
Single file of about 885 lines is too big to read easily
From 3 comments
> all in a single file It's not really an advantage, is it? Having everything mixed up into one giant file just makes the code much harder to make sense of.
laurent123456 on HNI agree. “Single file” projects are good for education if they’re short, but that many lines is just counter-productive.
Nextgrid on HNIt is an interesting idea, but it can be overkill. Just because it can be done doesn't mean it should be. For example, there are ~130 lines of CSS in the Go file. Most editors…
everdev on HN
Inline HTML, CSS and JS in Go file is poor practice
From 2 comments
If "in a single file" means having your html and your javascript in your go file, that's not a feature...
Pelican on HNIt is an interesting idea, but it can be overkill. Just because it can be done doesn't mean it should be. For example, there are ~130 lines of CSS in the Go file. Most editors…
everdev on HN
Logging to file is harder for Docker and log collection; should log to stderr
From 2 comments
This is really cool! One suggestion: logging to a file makes it harder for things like Docker to exfiltrate logs. Log to stderr by default, and the caller can redirect to a file…
throwaway894345 on HNNot be to dogmatic but thus is really good: > A twelve-factor app never concerns itself with routing or storage of its output stream. It should not attempt to write to or manage…
aliswe on HN
Requests
Add a README reading guide or split code into modules
From 2 comments
As feedback to the author, since the author seems to also be the HN poster, I would agree with this. If it were the only meaningful file in the project, maybe it'd be worthwhile,…
jerf on HNMight be worth structuring this like a normal Go project (eg. right now this is in a package called "src", which is not great) if it's meant for education. Also the listen…
SamWhited on HN
Listen option should take an address rather than only a port
From 1 comment
Might be worth structuring this like a normal Go project (eg. right now this is in a package called "src", which is not great) if it's meant for education. Also the listen…
SamWhited on HN
Questions
Where is the HTML and CSS inlined in the Go code
From 1 comment
How do I see the HTML and css in the GO code? Is it inlined somewhere ?
zubairq on HN
Alternatives named
Bottle (single-file Python web server)
From 1 comment
There is a widely popular web server in python that is a single file. I find it quite readable and it's well documented. It helped me immensely on a few projects where there was…
user5994461 on HN
MailHog (Go single binary SMTP server)
From 1 comment
We use a Go app called MailHog, which is a SMTP server for development use. It also has a web interface for management. All in a single go file (SMTP server, HTTP server, plus…
linsomniac on HN
Twitter clone in Haskell single file
From 1 comment
I'm enjoying these "in a single file" projects. They aren't often the paragon of best-practices but they make it easy for newbies to peep in on the syntax and see how complex…
erikig on HN