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Show HN: CrashBreak – Reproduce exceptions as failing tests in Ruby

37 points by mjaneczek 11y ago

mjaneczek 11y ago
Here is a blog post about the idea: https://medium.com/@mjaneczek/how-to-reproduce-production-exceptions-locally-via-request-spec-and-not-go-crazy-e93924f0693d https://medium.com/@mjaneczek/how-to-reproduce-production-ex...
gbaygon 11y ago
The page is very uninformative, I had to take clues from all around the site to realize this is ruby only. Also is not clear how it works, should I send a dump of the crash to a external server? As a side note, it would be very useful to have a tool like this to debug iOS apps (and maybe integrated with crashlytics, I don't know if it's possible).
- mjaneczek 11y ago
  True, I changed the post title. The idea is not connected to specific platform but for now it is only for ruby programmers, sorry! ;)
benarent 11y ago
@mjaneczek, this is a cool project and a nice take on yet another error tracking service. We built this feature into Airbrake back in 2012, https://airbrake.io/blog/extension/airbrake-chrome-extension https://airbrake.io/blog/extension/airbrake-chrome-extension but we didn't get enough feedback to get it back into local development. Projects such as https://github.com/charliesome/better_errors https://github.com/charliesome/better_errors have been a great addition to the Rails error workflow. It's a tough business to get into, but I would suggest talking to the large players and having a standard for exception replays. I wish you the best of luck, feel free to reach out and keep up the great work.
- mjaneczek 11y ago
  I came up with this idea almost one year ago and it is really awesome to hear some positive feedback (especially from the person who is working on the similar problems) after a hard work. Thanks!
stretchwithme 11y ago
According to the terms and conditions, this service is free if you are a hacker, but $39 a month if you are a company. So how can my company experiment with this to see if it has any value without paying?
- mjaneczek 11y ago
  Hacker plan is for free even if you are a company! Feel free to test and contact me with any problems! ;)
  - stretchwithme 11y ago
    And what is the language in the terms and conditions that makes that clear?
    - mjaneczek 11y ago
      6.3 Using the “Hackers” subscription plan is free. For now it's a beta and you can definitely test it for free (even with more than 3 users - just contact me). Paid plan is more for users who already love the idea and want to say "thanks!". ;)

37 points by mjaneczek 11y ago

Here is a blog post about the idea: https://medium.com/@mjaneczek/how-to-reproduce-production-exceptions-locally-via-request-spec-and-not-go-crazy-e93924f0693d https://medium.com/@mjaneczek/how-to-reproduce-production-ex...

gbaygon 11y ago

The page is very uninformative, I had to take clues from all around the site to realize this is ruby only. Also is not clear how it works, should I send a dump of the crash to a external server? As a side note, it would be very useful to have a tool like this to debug iOS apps (and maybe integrated with crashlytics, I don't know if it's possible).

mjaneczek 11y ago
True, I changed the post title. The idea is not connected to specific platform but for now it is only for ruby programmers, sorry! ;)

benarent 11y ago

@mjaneczek, this is a cool project and a nice take on yet another error tracking service. We built this feature into Airbrake back in 2012, https://airbrake.io/blog/extension/airbrake-chrome-extension https://airbrake.io/blog/extension/airbrake-chrome-extension but we didn't get enough feedback to get it back into local development. Projects such as https://github.com/charliesome/better_errors https://github.com/charliesome/better_errors have been a great addition to the Rails error workflow. It's a tough business to get into, but I would suggest talking to the large players and having a standard for exception replays. I wish you the best of luck, feel free to reach out and keep up the great work.

mjaneczek 11y ago
I came up with this idea almost one year ago and it is really awesome to hear some positive feedback (especially from the person who is working on the similar problems) after a hard work. Thanks!

stretchwithme 11y ago

According to the terms and conditions, this service is free if you are a hacker, but $39 a month if you are a company. So how can my company experiment with this to see if it has any value without paying?

mjaneczek 11y ago
Hacker plan is for free even if you are a company! Feel free to test and contact me with any problems! ;)
- stretchwithme 11y ago
  And what is the language in the terms and conditions that makes that clear?
  - mjaneczek 11y ago
    6.3 Using the “Hackers” subscription plan is free. For now it's a beta and you can definitely test it for free (even with more than 3 users - just contact me). Paid plan is more for users who already love the idea and want to say "thanks!". ;)