[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":190},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-36935468":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":38,"post_text":39,"what":40,"said":50,"maker_in_thread":116,"shape":128,"grid":132,"attempts":153,"same_week":154,"maker_shows":33,"maker_hidden":183,"reader_version":184,"card":185},"36935468","pff","Modern ping alternative to check your internet connection quality","title","Show HN: pff - Modern ping alternative to check your internet connection quality","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fjmaczan\u002Fpff","github.com","yu3zhou4",1690748106,2023,19,11,1721,3109,56,"shown","dev_tools","network diagnostics cli","cli",[24,25,26,27],"ping alternative","connection quality","packet loss","terminal network test","curious",0,{"positive":29,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":29},3,2,5,{"docs":35,"idea":36,"execution":37},{"positive":29,"critical":29},{"positive":29,"critical":29},{"positive":29,"critical":29},[31,29,29,31,29,31,29,31,29,31,29],"Hi, you can examine your internet connection quality and status in terminal using this small tool I created last year\n\nSee a preview on asciinema: https:\u002F\u002Fasciinema.org\u002Fa\u002F514331\n\nI hope you find it useful. 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But good work as this can be done from the terminal",[65,72],{"value":66,"source":54,"evidence":67},"Pinging is unclear without docs; the README should explain the target and rating brackets",[68],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"36944417","lathiat","What is it pinging? The README would ideally explain what it pings and also the brackets above. I live in Australia. 100-300ms is normal for me unless the thing is also hosted in…",{"value":73,"source":54,"evidence":74},"Using 'I' in the output is odd for software",[75],{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},"36939487","xingped","Great job creating this! 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