Shadowbroker
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How HN took it
16 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 18 critical, out of 55 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Execution: 2 for, 11 againstIdea: 6 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 3 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever use of public ADS-B telemetry for GPS jamming detection
From 1 comment
That live GPS jamming calculation using commercial flight NAC-P degradation is honestly brilliant. Such a clever use of existing public telemetry. You mentioned compressing the…
koenschipper on HN
Movie-hacker aesthetic is fitting
From 2 comments
I’ll admit I leaned way too hard into the "movie hacker" aesthetic for the UI Nothing wrong with that. Beats a boring corporate dashboard any day. Video game and similar…
anigbrowl on HNThat live GPS jamming calculation using commercial flight NAC-P degradation is honestly brilliant. Such a clever use of existing public telemetry. You mentioned compressing the…
koenschipper on HN
Objections
Does not run out of the box; blank map without API keys
From 3 comments
There's no data when I tried it on a windows 11 PC. It seemed to install all deps front end is served but dossier says intel unavailable. No planes etc. No helpful output in the…
rustyhancock on HNIt doesn't run at all. If you can get it running, let me know.
DetroitThrow on HNAh, that's my fault for not making the error handling clearer in the UI. If the map is blank, it usually means the backend is missing the .env file with the free API keys…
vancecookcobxin on HN
Possible security issue: committed .env files with API keys
From 2 comments
You leaked `./frontend/.env.local` & `./backend/.env` inside `ShadowBroker_v0.1.zip` in the first commit.
vavkamil on HNYea I rotated the one I used and I dont care about the other...they were both freebies
vancecookcobxin on HN
Looks like AI-generated slop
From 2 comments
So, so sick of all the AI slop.
the_biot on HNcool idea. first llm to stop using those damn colors for every single transparent modal in existence is going to be a big step forward.
serf on HN
Requests
Deploy a hosted demo so it can be tried without building
From 2 comments
i wish someone could deploy this somewhere so we can try it out without having to build it first
coolius on HNIs this hosted anywhere?
raised_hand on HN
Docker version
From 1 comment
Nice work! Is there a Docker version of this?
tonyekh on HN
Add RSS and politician feeds
From 1 comment
Yoooo this is amazing... can you add rss feeds like feeder.co aggregating subreddits and groundnews articles embedded in here too? And add chronological feeds of govtrack.us…
whattheheckheck on HN
Questions
Is it hosted anywhere?
From 1 comment
Is this hosted anywhere?
raised_hand on HN
How is data deduplicated and rate limited across feeds?
From 1 comment
Great execution on aggregating live feeds. Two questions from someone who does similar work on the B2B side: 1. How do you handle deduplication when the same event surfaces…
RovaAI on HN
Does it show datacenter locations?
From 1 comment
Does it show locations of datacenters?
amelius on HN
Alternatives named
WorldView
From 1 comment
Are you this guy: https://youtu.be/0p8o7AeHDzg “Full WorldView: A week ago I built WorldView, my geospatial command center that kind of broke the internet. Then the Iran strikes…
hbarka on HN
worldmonitor.app
From 1 comment
Very cool! Although, the concept, the feeds, the design and everything reminds me of https://www.worldmonitor.app/ - also live and deployed btw, if you want to check out the…
4mitkumar on HN
monitor-the-situation.com
From 1 comment
Looks similar to https://monitor-the-situation.com/
ahannigan on HN