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Show HN: Cast.sh An adorable instance of your terminal in the browser

23 points by stenioaraujo 7y ago

mcphage 7y ago
What do you mean by adorable?
- emj 7y ago
  My interpretation was that it was simple, code is easy to read and it does one simple thing. This launches a new instance of a command of your choosing for every new connection. That does not really seem like casting to me more like a remote shell, but it is adorable in some ways.
- tyingq 7y ago
  Calling it adorable without a front and center screenshot is an odd choice.
  - kaycebasques 7y ago
    I visited the README solely because “adorable” was a provocative word and I wanted to see a screenshot of said adorableness. Give the people what they want!
nirui 7y ago
> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/xterm@3.6.0/dist/xterm.css" https://unpkg.com/xterm@3.6.0/dist/xterm.css" /> Just a heads up, xtermjs has now updated to version 4[1]. You might want to consider for an upgrade. 1: https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/releases https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/releases
jonny383 7y ago
Suggestion: Add an example video so we can see what this actually does.
- spapas82 7y ago
  It is very simple: When you run it it will create a web server (listening on port 5000) by default; when you visit that server with your browser you'll get a terminal to your system (the same terminal / user that was used to originally run the server).
  - Jaxan 7y ago
    Then what is adorable about it? I was imagining cute animals would appear in the terminal. This is not the case?
xyzal 7y ago
I'm sure it is an interesting engineering exercise, but I struggle to think of a situation where I would fire a browser to use the terminal instead of just opening a terminal.
- c22 7y ago
  The name might be a hint as to the utility. If you wanted to display your terminal on your massive television using, say, Chromecast, you wouldn't have the option, but you can "cast" a browser window.
- spapas82 7y ago
  I guess you could run the program in one of your private servers then do a reverse proxy to that from a public server. Voila: Easy terminal access to your private servers from everywhere! Not a good idea from a security standpoint though...
- johnisgood 7y ago
  Yeah, I bet there are Electron-based terminals out there anyways.
thegabez 7y ago
Come up with an interesting idea, spend n number of days working on idea, get to the front page of hackernews, have thousands of eyeballs on your thing...Spend 0 time on the readme and have everyone take a half second glance, not know what the thing is or does and move their attention else where. Let this be a lesson to everyone to spend some time on your readme's...https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme
- masukomi 7y ago
  Humorous Readme Driven Development Lightning talk by Matt Parker. Well worth the watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23xzRCoDZf4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23xzRCoDZf4
pensatoio 7y ago
How is this on the front page with basically no README and no screenshots or video?
- klyrs 7y ago
  It says adorable and doesn't show the goods. Nerdrage... rising!
- deleted 7y ago
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neoevolution 7y ago
kjn
johnisgood 7y ago
"Show HN" without a proper README or any screenshots of whatever that is supposedly adorable.

23 points by stenioaraujo 7y ago

mcphage 7y ago

What do you mean by adorable?

emj 7y ago
My interpretation was that it was simple, code is easy to read and it does one simple thing. This launches a new instance of a command of your choosing for every new connection. That does not really seem like casting to me more like a remote shell, but it is adorable in some ways.
tyingq 7y ago
Calling it adorable without a front and center screenshot is an odd choice.
- kaycebasques 7y ago
  I visited the README solely because “adorable” was a provocative word and I wanted to see a screenshot of said adorableness. Give the people what they want!

nirui 7y ago

> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/xterm@3.6.0/dist/xterm.css" https://unpkg.com/xterm@3.6.0/dist/xterm.css" /> Just a heads up, xtermjs has now updated to version 4[1]. You might want to consider for an upgrade. 1: https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/releases https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/releases

jonny383 7y ago

Suggestion: Add an example video so we can see what this actually does.

spapas82 7y ago
It is very simple: When you run it it will create a web server (listening on port 5000) by default; when you visit that server with your browser you'll get a terminal to your system (the same terminal / user that was used to originally run the server).
- Jaxan 7y ago
  Then what is adorable about it? I was imagining cute animals would appear in the terminal. This is not the case?

xyzal 7y ago

I'm sure it is an interesting engineering exercise, but I struggle to think of a situation where I would fire a browser to use the terminal instead of just opening a terminal.

c22 7y ago
The name might be a hint as to the utility. If you wanted to display your terminal on your massive television using, say, Chromecast, you wouldn't have the option, but you can "cast" a browser window.
spapas82 7y ago
I guess you could run the program in one of your private servers then do a reverse proxy to that from a public server. Voila: Easy terminal access to your private servers from everywhere! Not a good idea from a security standpoint though...
johnisgood 7y ago
Yeah, I bet there are Electron-based terminals out there anyways.

thegabez 7y ago

Come up with an interesting idea, spend n number of days working on idea, get to the front page of hackernews, have thousands of eyeballs on your thing...Spend 0 time on the readme and have everyone take a half second glance, not know what the thing is or does and move their attention else where. Let this be a lesson to everyone to spend some time on your readme's...https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme

masukomi 7y ago
Humorous Readme Driven Development Lightning talk by Matt Parker. Well worth the watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23xzRCoDZf4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23xzRCoDZf4

pensatoio 7y ago

How is this on the front page with basically no README and no screenshots or video?

klyrs 7y ago
It says adorable and doesn't show the goods. Nerdrage... rising!
deleted 7y ago
[deleted]

neoevolution 7y ago

kjn

johnisgood 7y ago

"Show HN" without a proper README or any screenshots of whatever that is supposedly adorable.