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49points
16comments
#1,307of 3,515 in 2024
Top 38%of 2024 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

4 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.

Idea: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Nice UI and design

    From 1 comment
    • I really like the UI, great work, I have to dig through the code :) thanks for sharing!
      K0IN on HN
  • Interesting idea and nifty to try

    From 1 comment

Objections

  • Most data is already visible in the GitHub UI

    From 2 comments
    • Is there any information you can get out of this that isn't already available in the GitHub.com UI? I tried asking things like "What could the most interesting information you…
      diggan on HN
    • Same thoughts
      eddywebs on HN
  • Failed on first import and returned no top-contributor data for a repo

    From 1 comment
    • Tried adding a repo I work on, import worked after failing first, but then the query result was that there was no data on top contributors. Put the video in the Readme!
      croemer on HN

Requests

  • Open source the code

    From 2 comments
    • Pretty nifty, is Relta going to be OSS as well?
      bberenberg on HN
    • I am building an AI Slack Moderator bot [0] as a side project. I was thinking that this could be a cool intermediate layer to allow a user to ask questions about moderation logs.…
      bberenberg on HN
  • Add more data from the GraphQL API

    From 1 comment
    • There will new data from the graphql API added over time. Would love your feedback on which data you like to see added https://docs.github.com/en/graphql
      aazo11 on HN
  • Explain code structure or architecture of a repo

    From 1 comment
    • Can this help in explaining how the code works, its schematics or HLD of a given github repo ?
      eddywebs on HN

Questions

  • What questions can it answer that cURL, Git or the GitHub API cannot

    From 1 comment
    • Maybe a better question: What questions could be answered with your service, that could not be answered with just cURL + Git + the GitHub API?
      diggan on HN

Alternatives named

  • GitHub.com UI

    From 1 comment
    • Is there any information you can get out of this that isn't already available in the GitHub.com UI? I tried asking things like "What could the most interesting information you…
      diggan on HN
  • cURL, Git and the GitHub API

    From 1 comment
    • Maybe a better question: What questions could be answered with your service, that could not be answered with just cURL + Git + the GitHub API?
      diggan on HN

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