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I don't understand what am I looking at. Somebody runs htop command and serves output as an html? How did that end up in HN top? Should be maximum a high school

I don't understand what am I looking at. Somebody runs htop command and serves output as an html? How did that end up in HN top? Should be maximum a high school project.

wyldfire 9y ago
I don't think there's an education level prereq for Show HN. It could probably be based on interestingness + utility. Ultimately, upvotes determine a "Show HN"'s success.
cat199 9y ago
> I don't understand what am I looking at. ... > Should be maximum a high school project. umm..
whalesalad 9y ago
Well you’re right in that you have no idea what you’re looking at. Ever tried to render an interactive cli gui as a website in a browser? It’s atrivial. It’s a neat project that has the added twist of rendering it’s own status. You’re seeing the htop output of the server rendering its own htop output.
- gspetr 9y ago
  > Ever tried to render an interactive cli gui as a website in a browser? It’s atrivial. Which part of it is interactive? The cli gui part is also suspect. For all we know it could be handcrafted, which would make GP correct, although in an unintended way.
dang 9y ago
> Should be maximum a high school project. Snarky dismissals are not allowed on HN, especially not allowed in response to new work. That's like trampling someone's garden when new plants are sprouting. From the Show HN guidelines: Instead of "you're doing it wrong", suggest alternatives. When someone is learning, help them learn more. When something isn't good, you needn't pretend that it is. But don't be gratuitously negative. Would you please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html and follow them when commenting here? We'd appreciate it.

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I don't understand what am I looking at. Somebody runs htop command and serves output as an html? How did that end up in HN top? Should be maximum a high school

by mapcars 9y ago

I don't understand what am I looking at. Somebody runs htop command and serves output as an html? How did that end up in HN top? Should be maximum a high school project.

wyldfire 9y ago
I don't think there's an education level prereq for Show HN. It could probably be based on interestingness + utility. Ultimately, upvotes determine a "Show HN"'s success.
cat199 9y ago
> I don't understand what am I looking at. ... > Should be maximum a high school project. umm..
whalesalad 9y ago
Well you’re right in that you have no idea what you’re looking at. Ever tried to render an interactive cli gui as a website in a browser? It’s atrivial. It’s a neat project that has the added twist of rendering it’s own status. You’re seeing the htop output of the server rendering its own htop output.
- gspetr 9y ago
  > Ever tried to render an interactive cli gui as a website in a browser? It’s atrivial. Which part of it is interactive? The cli gui part is also suspect. For all we know it could be handcrafted, which would make GP correct, although in an unintended way.
dang 9y ago
> Should be maximum a high school project. Snarky dismissals are not allowed on HN, especially not allowed in response to new work. That's like trampling someone's garden when new plants are sprouting. From the Show HN guidelines: Instead of "you're doing it wrong", suggest alternatives. When someone is learning, help them learn more. When something isn't good, you needn't pretend that it is. But don't be gratuitously negative. Would you please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html and follow them when commenting here? We'd appreciate it.