Oh-heck
Dev tools
command line helper
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
3 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 15 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score -0.44.
Idea: 3 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Pointed to thefuck and similar tools as useful alternatives.
From 1 comment
I was just about to share this. I use this daily and this magnificent tool is really helpful.
frx on HN
Objections
Paid subscription and credit card required before trying it.
From 2 comments
So the "Terms of Service & Privacy" link doesn't work, and apparently it's a paid subscription service but you don't find that out until you've signed up and tried activating an…
MD87 on HNYou need to make an account and then you find out you have to put in a credit card just to try it out? Oh, heck, go fuck yourself with a sharp cactus!
zelienople on HN
Closed source and phones home to check API key.
From 1 comment
The quick demo looks pretty dope, but I am never gonna pay a subscription for a closed source token-identified cli tool. I would have paid a one time fee for a similar tool that…
rank0 on HN
Risk of destructive commands generated by GPT-3 without checks.
From 2 comments
This looks like a fun idea. I'm curious, is GPT3 used to generate the commands, or only to parse the input? I'd personally be very wary to use any GPT3 generated command since…
yosito on HNAm I crazy to think that a tool like this is an accident waiting to happen? I'm assuming that this tool is for people who aren't familiar with the system enough to get what they…
fooblat on HN
Terms of Service and Privacy link missing or not a real link.
From 2 comments
So the "Terms of Service & Privacy" link doesn't work, and apparently it's a paid subscription service but you don't find that out until you've signed up and tried activating an…
MD87 on HNIt's not even that the "Terms of Service & Privacy" link doesn't work, it's that it's not even a link. It's a div that sorta behaves like a link. Shady af.
coreyog on HN
Sends inputs to a third-party server.
From 2 comments
Looks nice; how does it work under the hood? It looks like it needs an API key, so does that mean it sends all my inputs to some server? Does it taylor the answer based on your…
hk__2 on HNWait. Sending what you want to do to a webservice (GPT-3) doesn't sound clever?
ho_schi on HN
Requests
Tailor answers to the user's OS.
From 1 comment
Looks nice; how does it work under the hood? It looks like it needs an API key, so does that mean it sends all my inputs to some server? Does it taylor the answer based on your…
hk__2 on HN
Shorter command name.
From 1 comment
Pretty cool. A small detail, I'd prefer if the command was shorter.
ape4 on HN
Offline operation.
From 1 comment
Looks nice; how does it work under the hood? It looks like it needs an API key, so does that mean it sends all my inputs to some server? Does it taylor the answer based on your…
hk__2 on HN
Questions
Is GPT-3 used to generate commands or only to parse input?
From 1 comment
This looks like a fun idea. I'm curious, is GPT3 used to generate the commands, or only to parse the input? I'd personally be very wary to use any GPT3 generated command since…
yosito on HN
Does it handle piped commands?
From 1 comment
This is awesome, can’t wait to try it out. Does it handle questions that would result in piping commands together like “how do I get the third element in a JSON response from a…
Coryodaniel on HN
Alternatives named
thefuck
From 1 comment
And here's a command that tries to fix up a mistake after you type it. Like this one, it's also named like what you might say afterwards. https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
imglorp on HN
howdoi
From 1 comment
howdoi works great: https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi Most frequently, it looks up the first stackoverflow answer and prints it.
david_draco on HN
tldr
From 1 comment
I love tldr for this too https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr
pizza on HN
cheat.sh
From 1 comment
Slightly related is https://cheat.sh/ [0], which returns real-world examples of how to use a given command. The results are nicely formatted and color-coded. Give it a try in…
qubitcoder on HN
apropos and man -k
From 1 comment
Some people seem to be unaware of apropos too (old text based cli tool). ``` $ apropos network interfaces (5) - network interface configuration for ifup and ifdown aseqnet (1) -…
_wldu on HN