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Kiln
- spicyj 14y agoKiln is already a well-known software development tool from Fog Creek: http://www.fogcreek.com/kiln/ http://www.fogcreek.com/kiln/. I wonder if the author knows.
- colinta 14y agonope, never heard of it.
- w1ntermute 14y agoClearly not that well-known, then. I've never heard of it either. The Fog Creek Kiln project doesn't have its own Wikipedia page (which I consider a rough threshold for notability).
- pilgrim689 14y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog_creek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog_creek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Spolsky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Spolsky
- w1ntermute 14y agoI was referring to the Kiln project by Fog Creek. Obviously, Fog Creek has its own Wiki page.
- neglected_dba 14y agoYour original post said "Fog Creek doesn't have it's own Wikipedia page". Then you edited it to say Kiln project after you saw these links. How about some integrity?
- w1ntermute 14y ago> Your original post said "Fog Creek doesn't have it's own Wikipedia page". Then you edited it to say Kiln project after you saw these links. Wrong, my post originally said "The Fog Creek project" (as opposed to the OP's project). The only word I added was "Kiln", to make it clearer. > How about some integrity? How about stopping to think before making accusations about other people's integrity, rather than shooting from the hip? I see you're new to HN. Why don't you learn some etiquette by reading the HN guidelines, it'll help you to avoid the banhammer: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- objclxt 14y agoI suspect most software developers worth their salt have heard of Joel Spolsky, and by extension Fog Creek. Aside from them actually having their own pages on Wikipedia (which someone else has linked to), Kiln is a trademark of Fog Creek, so not an ideal choice of name for an OSS project.
- w1ntermute 14y ago> I suspect most software developers worth their salt have heard of Joel Spolsky, and by extension Fog Creek. Having heard of Joel or Fog Creek is one thing. Having heard of their Kiln project is another.
- watershawl 14y agoI've heard of both Joel and Fog Creek, but not Kiln. So, yes.
- ams6110 14y agoAgreed, I haven't really paid attention to what he or Fog Creek has been doing since this site killed off the "Joel on Software" site.
- NickLarsen 14y agoI had honestly never heard of Joel until I did my research when applying at Stack Overflow. Didn't affect the outcome.
- gecko 14y agoWe've been on HN a half dozen times, been featured in some trade magazines, have been a gold Mercurial sponsor, and have built-in support in competitor's products (e.g. SourceTree). We're also the second link if you google for "Kiln". I think that qualifies as relatively notable. We also have a trademark on the name Kiln in the context of developer tools. Edit: That last line sounds like a threat, which it absolutely isn't. Just, due to how these things work, picking another name probably makes sense.
- alexgartrell 14y agoMy first reaction when I saw this submission was "Holy shit, who leaked kiln?"
- pnathan 14y agoYeah, that was my reaction as well. Kiln == Fog Creek's hg server in my head.
- manojlds 14y agoIt is now a git and hg server all at the same time.
- mpyne 14y agoMine was similar, if a little less cynical: "Holy shit, Fog Creek is open-sourcing Kiln? On April Fool's Day?"
- spicyj 14y agoWould they really host it on GitHub? :)
- mpyne 14y agoOoh, good point. Though one issue I've noticed popping up of late is that people are starting to associate "open source" with "GitHub" instead of with checking whether the source is open or not. So who knows, maybe a GitHub mirror of their own Kiln-hosted source for April Fool's?
- psycr 14y agoChanging its name would be an appreciated gesture, I think. I'm sure others will agree. I confused it initially thinking it would be related to Fog Creek.
- SkyMarshal 14y agoSame. Title made me wonder if Github and FogCreek had entered into some kind cross-compatibility deal or something.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoIt is literally the first google result when you search for "kiln", even above the original definition of the term.
- ry0ohki 14y agoThink you are getting personalized search, it's #2 if not logged in to Google.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoHrm. Might be regional? Or tied to user agent? If I search in incognito mode it's still #1 but it's #2 via lynx from two different VPSes.
- barrkel 14y agoIt's geo-based, it seems. It's #1 when not logged in, in the UK; it's #2 (with Wikipedia #1) when coming from the US.
- SkyMarshal 14y agoIt's also the first result in DDG, fwiw. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kiln https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kiln
- raverbashing 14y agoTip for naming your projects: google it first I'm not blaming anyone or saying anyone is wrong. But I almost named a project I was involved "beaver" something. (No, I am not a native speaker)
- coolsunglasses 14y agoThere's a Kiln for Ring app context management in the Clojure world too.
- shawn-butler 14y agoSounds like an opportunity. Maybe a name/brand search tool dedicated to software projects that gives a report on conflicts that costs a few bucks or is ad-supported.
- martinwnet 14y agoGoogle?
- jkubicek 14y agoAs cool as that looks, I've been using DCIntrospect for a year or two, and it's nearly everything I need in a live UI inspection tool. https://github.com/domesticcatsoftware/DCIntrospect https://github.com/domesticcatsoftware/DCIntrospect
- colinta 14y agoI spent a long time trying to find similar things to what I was building, and of course now I'm finding out about PonyDebugger and this tool. Different, though, because Kiln is meant to be more generic, and pluggable.
- objclxt 14y agoIt's not totally clear from the project page, but I'm pretty sure this particular project is for RubyMotion, and you'll need to be writing your apps with that to benefit. You wouldn't be able to integrate Kiln straight into an existing Objective-C/XCode flow, unlike DCIntrospect. Someone do correct me if I'm wrong on this though.
- colinta 14y agoThat's correct - RubyMotion only for now.
- sergiotapia 14y agoGone now. Anyone have a mirror?
- spicyj 14y agoThis looks like it gives a lot of what I hoped PonyDebugger [1] would be when I first heard about it. Cool! [1]: https://github.com/square/PonyDebugger https://github.com/square/PonyDebugger
- colinta 14y agoThanks! PonyDebugger is solid, though, and much more useful from when you're at a computer. This project is all about getting debugging information from your device.
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- blueprint 14y agoI hope that this turns into on-device development. I would pay a handsome sum to be able to code on my iPad mini or iPhone on the train.
- mion 14y agoThis is awesome, great work! However, and I don't mean to be rude, lemme just give you a tip about your documentation. I'm not a "documentation expert" or anything, but IMHO I'd say there is too much information on your "landing page" and not a clear "call to action": - How about some installation instructions? - Basic usage? (addressing the main features, those which most users will probably use most of the time) If I were you I'd put the details about plugins somewhere in the Wiki. I don't have a lot of spare time to check out your thing, so the project becomes increasingly unattractive as I have to waste more and more time to figure out how to use it / how to get it up and running for a basic test. Again, IMHO, I believe this applies to most hackers, and to open source documentation in general. Very often I see great hackers who can code 1000x better than I do, but fail to write 'attractive' documentation for their projects.
- thomasfl 14y agoHow many people are using ruby motion to create ios apps?
- colinta 14y agoname is resolved, so all the trolls and snipes that are hung up on the NAME instead of the PRODUCT, please continue your trolling and sniping, but on a new topic (like this comment! it's perfect!) https://github.com/colinta/motion-xray https://github.com/colinta/motion-xray