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SHOW HN2013

92points
76comments
#256of 1,739 in 2013
Top 15%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

13 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 14 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.

Design: 3 for, 10 againstExecution: 2 for, 3 againstIdea: 4 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.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Cleaner, nicer-looking Jenkins interface

    From 3 comments
    • The skin is really nice. I'm a real jenkins hater (one of the reasons I started https://circleci.com) and while I think this makes Jenkins look really nice, I also think a…
      pbiggar on HN
    • So thankful for the Chrome extension. Even more thankful to see some UI projects happening through Github. We use Jenkins every day around the office and I can't count the amount…
      publicfig on HN
    • This looks really awesome. We use Jenkins heavily for deploying applications from build all the way through production. I'll look into this and see what I can get out of it.
      echohack on HN
  • Chrome extension is handy

    From 2 comments
    • So thankful for the Chrome extension. Even more thankful to see some UI projects happening through Github. We use Jenkins every day around the office and I can't count the amount…
      publicfig on HN
    • Chrome extension is awesome! Our grumpy sys admin will no bother updating our Jenkins.
      msoad on HN

Objections

  • Superficial skin doesn't fix Jenkins' usability problems

    From 1 comment
    • The skin is really nice. I'm a real jenkins hater (one of the reasons I started https://circleci.com) and while I think this makes Jenkins look really nice, I also think a…
      pbiggar on HN
  • Font sizes and spacing too large for dense use

    From 1 comment
    • > Removes a lot of the useless icons The screenshot implies that it's removed all the icons - are icons universally considered useless now? I know I'm a sample of one, but I've…
      Shish2k on HN
  • Green status orbs invisible to colorblind users

    From 1 comment
    • I see that you've got green orbs. Or, more specifically, I don't. I saw a build history with yellow and red orbs but had a hunch and used assistive software to discover that they…
      forgottenpass on HN

Requests

  • Screenshots

    From 1 comment
  • Support for non-GitHub repositories

    From 1 comment
    • I'm curious why you would want a "build now" button on every page. Isn't it easy to configure Jenkins to build on every post-push webhook from GitHub?
      dwwoelfel on HN

Questions

  • Why a build-now button on every page when webhooks exist

    From 1 comment
    • I'm curious why you would want a "build now" button on every page. Isn't it easy to configure Jenkins to build on every post-push webhook from GitHub?
      dwwoelfel on HN
  • Why remove the icons

    From 1 comment
    • > Removes a lot of the useless icons The screenshot implies that it's removed all the icons - are icons universally considered useless now? I know I'm a sample of one, but I've…
      Shish2k on HN

Alternatives named

  • CircleCI

    From 2 comments
    • The skin is really nice. I'm a real jenkins hater (one of the reasons I started https://circleci.com) and while I think this makes Jenkins look really nice, I also think a…
      pbiggar on HN
    • When was your trial? Happy to hear about the suffering and what we could do better there. We have actually spent a lot of time trying to reduce the pain and suffering from CI. Of…
      pbiggar on HN
  • TeamCity

    From 1 comment
    • I opted to use TeamCity for all my CI exactly because of the UI. It's not perfect either, but I think it is vastly superior. Bigger install, though and relies on a JVM.
      FreshCode on HN
  • Strider

    From 1 comment
    • Somewhat off-topic, but if you're looking for a good OSS CI solution, you may want to check out Strider[1]. It has far fewer features then Jenkins, but it looks nice and is…
      michaelmior on HN
  • Codeship

    From 1 comment
    • Jenkins has done a great job in getting continuous integration as a workflow into the hands of many developers. But their usability is completely out of date and their current…
      matlock on HN

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