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Show HN: Snipper – Lets you collaborate on the same code in real time

64 points by red93 8y ago

GIFtheory 8y ago
For a low-tech solution, GNU Screen can also be used to share a terminal. e.g., http://wiki.networksecuritytoolkit.org/index.php/HowTo_Share_A_Terminal_Session_Using_Screen#Sharing_A_Screen_Session_With_Another_User http://wiki.networksecuritytoolkit.org/index.php/HowTo_Share...
- bwasti 8y ago
  As well as tmux! But neither offer multiple cursor support.
parruda 8y ago
Would you be open to some collaboration? I created a serverless platform for Ruby. It would be cool if there was a button on snipper.io to run the Ruby code as a faastruby.io function!
- red93 8y ago
  Yes why not! I am not a Ruby developer but you can write me an e-mail with all the info about your project at the address you find on the website!
duiker101 8y ago
Unfortunately it looks very broken on Opera for Mac https://imgur.com/a/9QeUz8x https://imgur.com/a/9QeUz8x I think that for some reason the bootstrap css is not loading.
- red93 8y ago
  Thanks for reporting! I'll fix asap
thecatspaw 8y ago
> iubenda hosts this content and only collects the Personal Data strictly necessary for it to be provided > Analytics > Google Analytics > Personal Data: Cookies and Usage Data Google analytics is not strictly required for your website to work. GDPR requires that everything not absolutely required for operating the website, must be opt-in.
- red93 8y ago
  Ok thanks for reporting, i'll make sure to change it so that user have to opt-in
  - fiatjaf 8y ago
    No! Don't agree! These people are trying to run your life.
- robbiemitchell 8y ago
  I disagree that it's this cut and dry. Unless you are stuffing PII into the GA cookie, there's nothing personal there and therefore it doesn't require consent -- at the least, you're not going to get in trouble for skipping it. Furthermore, even if an anonymous user did give consent, then requested a deletion, the company would be hard pressed to verify that person's identity in order to scrub the anonymous data.
- fiatjaf 8y ago
  Do you say that in every Show HN or just this one? No, GDPR doesn't require that.
icebraining 8y ago
Well done, it's quite fast and usable. I'm not sure I ever felt this need, though; what led you to build it?
- red93 8y ago
  Thanks! I wanted to build something that could make a bit more easier to collaborate on the same code, i remember when i was in uni i used to share the code with my friends to complete assignments, it was very hard to work together. In the last year i started working remotely with other freelancers and while debugging some code or doing some code review i started to think about a service that let you collaborate on the same code in real time. So i spent two days of the last week working on this project hoping that someone could find it useful :)
- iDemonix 8y ago
  TIL Opera for Mac still exists.
- Jackim 8y ago
  Tools like this are awesome for remote 1-on-1 tutoring.
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hello2 8y ago
Is there any way you could make an eclipse plugin for this? This is what developers in a company usually use, and that is where the code is written. This tool is useful for a coding interview maybe...
- deleted 8y ago
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- red93 8y ago
  Thanks for the suggestion! I really don't know how to build an eclipse plug-in but i'll consider it!
cameronhowe 8y ago
Is there supposed to be syntax highlighting? I'm only blocking the trackers.
- red93 8y ago
  It really depends on the language you are using, i'm using this library for the editor https://github.com/atularen/ngx-monaco-editor https://github.com/atularen/ngx-monaco-editor
conradk 8y ago
Data collection without consent, from an Italian website, with GDPR in place ? And you say you collect "Personal Data: Cookies, Usage Data and various types of Data". What does "Various types of data" mean ? https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/87096999 https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/87096999
- red93 8y ago
  Thanks for reporting it has been reportd before, im tring to fix this issue as fast as i can, i build this website in 2 days as sort of a challenge so i might have missed something.
injidup 8y ago
Why use a web interface when you can use Visual Studio Code with Live Share?https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/11/15/live-share https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/11/15/live-share
- red93 8y ago
  Simply beacuse not everybody uses VS Code ;) Of course if the whole team uses VS Code the Live share function is way more powerful of my simple tool and i recommend using that :)
  - injidup 8y ago
    Actually one service I do use a bit is https://godbolt.org/ https://godbolt.org/ a C++ compiler explorer. It would be nice if their editor could work collaboratively. You can share snippets there but can't edit them with another person.
    - red93 8y ago
      Yes compling and building code in real time would be a very nice feature to add!
  - TimTheTinker 8y ago
    Small correction - live share is also available for & compatible with Visual Studio.
  - scrollaway 8y ago
    You should be able to make it compatible with VSCode, I believe the protocol powering Live Share is public and VSCode's goal is to make it cross-IDE compatible.
- thanatropism 8y ago
  This seems to be an improved pastebin for IRC channels.
- thebeefytaco 8y ago
zacharypinter 8y ago
Neat! Minor typo at the bottom: s/wite/write
- red93 8y ago
  Thank you! Thanks for repoting the typo ;)
  - int0verflow 8y ago
    s/repoting/reporting :D
kiechu 8y ago
It sounded exciting, but it would be much better as a plugin to IDE.
- icebraining 8y ago
  On the other hand, this can be used right now by everyone, not just those who use a particular IDE.
- red93 8y ago
  I will consider developing a plugin for some IDEs
Alex3917 8y ago
Every company that has built this over the last 20 years has eventually shut down, and it's not like they didn't execute on the vision well; their products were incredibly good and mature. Do you see that the market has changed, or is there something you're doing that's different? I guess it's not immediately obvious to me why this and now.
- red93 8y ago
  That is a good point. This was mainly a personal challenge to build a side project that could be useful in the shortest time possible (end up building this in 2 day), so my focus is not to build the next big thing but just building somethig and having fun in the process ;)
  - Alex3917 8y ago
    Fair enough, I figured that might be the case. I didn't mean to criticize, I was just curious if there was actually some macro thing going on that I wasn't seeing.
louiskottmann 8y ago
Floobits does real-time caret-sharing between common editors like Emacs/Vim/Intellij/Atom and maybe more. (I'm just a happy casual user)
- red93 8y ago
  Cool, didn't know about Floobits, i'm sure it is very more complete and polished than my simple side project ;)
jookyboi 8y ago
For a more robust team snippet organizer: https://www.cacher.io https://www.cacher.io
- red93 8y ago
  Cool project!
antoniomika 8y ago
Made something similar to this a while ago (albeit, a lot simpler, replaces transfer.sh for me, and is self-hosted: https://github.com/antoniomika/Sharer https://github.com/antoniomika/Sharer). Mine is based on Firepad (https://firepad.io/ https://firepad.io/) but both use Firebase as the underlying data source/RTDB.
- red93 8y ago
  Cool! i didn't know about firepad, yes i used Firebase too, it was the simplier solution to build something fast
bwasti 8y ago
I made a Vim plugin somewhat like this a while back https://github.com/bwasti/vim-multiuser https://github.com/bwasti/vim-multiuser It’d be interesting to standardize the diff protocol for live collaboration tools. Everyone uses a slightly different mechanism.
- red93 8y ago
  Cool project! Yes it would be very intresting to standardize it
- anderspitman 8y ago
  Are you using something other than CRDTs or Operational Transforms?
apexkid 8y ago
No language specific formatting, no boiler code, no auto compilation detection. I will just use google docs.
buu700 8y ago
Ran into a few errors the first time I loaded it (looks good after a refresh though): https://i.imgur.com/xflIFYN.png https://i.imgur.com/xflIFYN.png
- red93 8y ago
  Thanks for reporting! I'll make sure to check them out
bastijn 8y ago
This comes with VSCode (free) and VS (full version) for those who didn't know but are interested in working on code together in GDocs/o365 fashion. Including debugging even. https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/11/15/live-share https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/11/15/live-share

64 points by red93 8y ago

For a low-tech solution, GNU Screen can also be used to share a terminal. e.g., http://wiki.networksecuritytoolkit.org/index.php/HowTo_Share_A_Terminal_Session_Using_Screen#Sharing_A_Screen_Session_With_Another_User http://wiki.networksecuritytoolkit.org/index.php/HowTo_Share...

bwasti 8y ago
As well as tmux! But neither offer multiple cursor support.

parruda 8y ago

Would you be open to some collaboration? I created a serverless platform for Ruby. It would be cool if there was a button on snipper.io to run the Ruby code as a faastruby.io function!

red93 8y ago
Yes why not! I am not a Ruby developer but you can write me an e-mail with all the info about your project at the address you find on the website!

duiker101 8y ago

Unfortunately it looks very broken on Opera for Mac https://imgur.com/a/9QeUz8x https://imgur.com/a/9QeUz8x I think that for some reason the bootstrap css is not loading.

red93 8y ago
Thanks for reporting! I'll fix asap

thecatspaw 8y ago

> iubenda hosts this content and only collects the Personal Data strictly necessary for it to be provided > Analytics > Google Analytics > Personal Data: Cookies and Usage Data Google analytics is not strictly required for your website to work. GDPR requires that everything not absolutely required for operating the website, must be opt-in.

red93 8y ago
Ok thanks for reporting, i'll make sure to change it so that user have to opt-in
- fiatjaf 8y ago
  No! Don't agree! These people are trying to run your life.
robbiemitchell 8y ago
I disagree that it's this cut and dry. Unless you are stuffing PII into the GA cookie, there's nothing personal there and therefore it doesn't require consent -- at the least, you're not going to get in trouble for skipping it. Furthermore, even if an anonymous user did give consent, then requested a deletion, the company would be hard pressed to verify that person's identity in order to scrub the anonymous data.
fiatjaf 8y ago
Do you say that in every Show HN or just this one? No, GDPR doesn't require that.

icebraining 8y ago

Well done, it's quite fast and usable. I'm not sure I ever felt this need, though; what led you to build it?

red93 8y ago
Thanks! I wanted to build something that could make a bit more easier to collaborate on the same code, i remember when i was in uni i used to share the code with my friends to complete assignments, it was very hard to work together. In the last year i started working remotely with other freelancers and while debugging some code or doing some code review i started to think about a service that let you collaborate on the same code in real time. So i spent two days of the last week working on this project hoping that someone could find it useful :)
iDemonix 8y ago
TIL Opera for Mac still exists.
Jackim 8y ago
Tools like this are awesome for remote 1-on-1 tutoring.

deleted 8y ago

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hello2 8y ago

Is there any way you could make an eclipse plugin for this? This is what developers in a company usually use, and that is where the code is written. This tool is useful for a coding interview maybe...

deleted 8y ago
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red93 8y ago
Thanks for the suggestion! I really don't know how to build an eclipse plug-in but i'll consider it!

cameronhowe 8y ago

Is there supposed to be syntax highlighting? I'm only blocking the trackers.

red93 8y ago
It really depends on the language you are using, i'm using this library for the editor https://github.com/atularen/ngx-monaco-editor https://github.com/atularen/ngx-monaco-editor

conradk 8y ago

Data collection without consent, from an Italian website, with GDPR in place ? And you say you collect "Personal Data: Cookies, Usage Data and various types of Data". What does "Various types of data" mean ? https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/87096999 https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/87096999

red93 8y ago
Thanks for reporting it has been reportd before, im tring to fix this issue as fast as i can, i build this website in 2 days as sort of a challenge so i might have missed something.

injidup 8y ago

Why use a web interface when you can use Visual Studio Code with Live Share?https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/11/15/live-share https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/11/15/live-share

red93 8y ago
Simply beacuse not everybody uses VS Code ;) Of course if the whole team uses VS Code the Live share function is way more powerful of my simple tool and i recommend using that :)
- injidup 8y ago
  Actually one service I do use a bit is https://godbolt.org/ https://godbolt.org/ a C++ compiler explorer. It would be nice if their editor could work collaboratively. You can share snippets there but can't edit them with another person.
  - red93 8y ago
    Yes compling and building code in real time would be a very nice feature to add!
- TimTheTinker 8y ago
  Small correction - live share is also available for & compatible with Visual Studio.
- scrollaway 8y ago
  You should be able to make it compatible with VSCode, I believe the protocol powering Live Share is public and VSCode's goal is to make it cross-IDE compatible.
thanatropism 8y ago
This seems to be an improved pastebin for IRC channels.
thebeefytaco 8y ago

zacharypinter 8y ago

Neat! Minor typo at the bottom: s/wite/write

red93 8y ago
Thank you! Thanks for repoting the typo ;)
- int0verflow 8y ago
  s/repoting/reporting :D

kiechu 8y ago

It sounded exciting, but it would be much better as a plugin to IDE.

icebraining 8y ago
On the other hand, this can be used right now by everyone, not just those who use a particular IDE.
red93 8y ago
I will consider developing a plugin for some IDEs

Alex3917 8y ago

Every company that has built this over the last 20 years has eventually shut down, and it's not like they didn't execute on the vision well; their products were incredibly good and mature. Do you see that the market has changed, or is there something you're doing that's different? I guess it's not immediately obvious to me why this and now.

red93 8y ago
That is a good point. This was mainly a personal challenge to build a side project that could be useful in the shortest time possible (end up building this in 2 day), so my focus is not to build the next big thing but just building somethig and having fun in the process ;)
- Alex3917 8y ago
  Fair enough, I figured that might be the case. I didn't mean to criticize, I was just curious if there was actually some macro thing going on that I wasn't seeing.

louiskottmann 8y ago

Floobits does real-time caret-sharing between common editors like Emacs/Vim/Intellij/Atom and maybe more. (I'm just a happy casual user)

red93 8y ago
Cool, didn't know about Floobits, i'm sure it is very more complete and polished than my simple side project ;)

jookyboi 8y ago

For a more robust team snippet organizer: https://www.cacher.io https://www.cacher.io

red93 8y ago
Cool project!

antoniomika 8y ago

Made something similar to this a while ago (albeit, a lot simpler, replaces transfer.sh for me, and is self-hosted: https://github.com/antoniomika/Sharer https://github.com/antoniomika/Sharer). Mine is based on Firepad (https://firepad.io/ https://firepad.io/) but both use Firebase as the underlying data source/RTDB.

red93 8y ago
Cool! i didn't know about firepad, yes i used Firebase too, it was the simplier solution to build something fast

bwasti 8y ago

I made a Vim plugin somewhat like this a while back https://github.com/bwasti/vim-multiuser https://github.com/bwasti/vim-multiuser It’d be interesting to standardize the diff protocol for live collaboration tools. Everyone uses a slightly different mechanism.

red93 8y ago
Cool project! Yes it would be very intresting to standardize it
anderspitman 8y ago
Are you using something other than CRDTs or Operational Transforms?

apexkid 8y ago

No language specific formatting, no boiler code, no auto compilation detection. I will just use google docs.

buu700 8y ago

Ran into a few errors the first time I loaded it (looks good after a refresh though): https://i.imgur.com/xflIFYN.png https://i.imgur.com/xflIFYN.png

red93 8y ago
Thanks for reporting! I'll make sure to check them out

bastijn 8y ago

This comes with VSCode (free) and VS (full version) for those who didn't know but are interested in working on code together in GDocs/o365 fashion. Including debugging even. https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/11/15/live-share https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2017/11/15/live-share