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DigitalOcean Indicator

130 points by spindritf 12y ago

tunnuz 12y ago
Very nice!
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alixaxel 12y ago
Nice! Any plans for a Linode version as well?
- tyrelb 12y ago
  would love a linode version!
kbar13 12y ago
Since you are already using an API wrapper, i would highly recommend using a lib that is provider-agnostic, such as libcloud[0], which provides a pythonic abstraction layer over all the crap that various IaaS providers put into their API designs. [0] https://libcloud.apache.org/ https://libcloud.apache.org/
- abcd_f 12y ago
  > pythonic Not to state the obvious, but that's not terribly practical for anyone except those writing in Python.
  - gingerlime 12y ago
    but: a) the indicator is written in python b) there are equivalent cloud-abstraction libraries in other languages, like fog[0] in ruby, jclouds[1] in java, pkgcloud[2] for node and maybe others. The point I believe was that if you use an abstraction layer over many providers, you can instantly make this useful for other/any cloud providers, not just digital ocean, and without any extra code. At least in theory. [0]http://fog.io/ http://fog.io/ [1]http://jclouds.apache.org/ http://jclouds.apache.org/ [2]https://www.npmjs.org/package/pkgcloud https://www.npmjs.org/package/pkgcloud
    - abcd_f 12y ago
      > the indicator is written in python Ah. Good point, my bad.
techaddict009 12y ago
This is really super cool. Hope someone makes out something similar for windows.
girvo 12y ago
Oh heck yes. Call me weird, but little hacks like this are why I'm struggling to decide what laptop to get. I want to get a MacBook Pro, but I enjoy using Linux so much (Ubuntu in particular) I'm struggling to decide whether or not I should!
- IgorPartola 12y ago
  I was in the same boat. Get the MBP. The build quality is so great, the thing is a pleasure to use. And the OS is something I got used to very quickly.
  - frakkingcylons 12y ago
    With regards to programming, what are the benefits of the high-resolution of the Retina line? I'm looking at laptops and considering a System76 but the resolution is only 1920x1080.
    - Fomite 12y ago
      Room for multiple text editors open, etc. I can say that, having moved to the rMBP, I'd have a hell of a hard time going back.
      - EC1 12y ago
        Same here. Sold off my massive PC tower with multiple monitors for a single MBPr. I goddamn love workspaces.
    - nwh 12y ago
      You can see an awful amount of text on a @2x screen. 1080p just can't compare.
      - rhizome 12y ago
        2 point doesn't count.
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isalmon 12y ago
I'm getting "W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/andrewsomething/digitalocean/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/binary-amd64/Packages http://ppa.launchpad.net/andrewsomething/digitalocean/ubuntu... 404 Not Found " Does anybody else have this problem?
- aroman 12y ago
  I'm not using his PPA, but the reason you're getting those errors is because his PPA only has builds for saucy and trusty, and you're using raring. Easiest thing to do would be to ask him to add a build target for raring.
  - kijin 12y ago
    > Easiest thing to do would be to ask him to add a build target for raring. Many PPA developers have a policy of only supporting Ubuntu releases that Canonical also supports. Official support for raring expired 3 months ago. AFAIK it didn't even get the Heartbleed patch. The correct thing to do would be to update to trusty. It might even turn out to be the easiest thing as well, because you'll run more and more into these kinds of issues as everyone else leaves raring behind.
tnorthcutt 12y ago
The top comment as of the time of my writing is as follows: OS x version, please!! Screw this. I'm on a Mac, but this is crap. This guy put in a bunch of time and made something awful, and the top voted comment is asking him to port it to another system, without even thanking him for his work or acknowledging how often what he made is? Ugh. Talk about entitled. Want an OS X version? https://github.com/andrewsomething/digitalocean-indicator/fork https://github.com/andrewsomething/digitalocean-indicator/fo...
- n72 12y ago
  I think you mean "made something awesome", no?
  - Stormcaller 12y ago
    Well, "terrific" can be used as "awesome" too so...
  - tnorthcutt 12y ago
    Yes, you're quite right :)
- ericduran 12y ago
  Ha, I started working on one (https://github.com/ericduran/digitalocean-indicator-mac https://github.com/ericduran/digitalocean-indicator-mac) but it still needs tons of work before anybody can use it.
  - falker 12y ago
    Have a look at https://github.com/tito/rumps https://github.com/tito/rumps
- tnorthcutt 12y ago
  Oops, that should be "made something awesome"
nilgradisnik 12y ago
Great work! I see myself using this for my droplets. Developing Unity indicators can be fun since it's so simple to create small notification apps for various services. (shameless self promo https://github.com/nilgradisnik/coinprice-indicator https://github.com/nilgradisnik/coinprice-indicator)
tbrock 12y ago
This is great! Would you mind sharing how you got started? Is there a great tutorial out there for building indicators and widgets for unity? I tried to do this twice, once for unity and another time for the gnome shell and I couldn't find anything useful out there (or even figure out what programming language I needed to know) and became pretty discouraged. I think that was about a year or two ago and it seemed like outsiders to those respective dev communities faced an exceedingly uphill battle. I mentioned this to a gnome dev I know and he agreed that the docs were lacking but is there a secret or something new we don't know about?
- nacs 12y ago
  The source is on Github and in Python so looking through it may give you some clues: https://github.com/koalalorenzo/python-digitalocean https://github.com/koalalorenzo/python-digitalocean

130 points by spindritf 12y ago

tunnuz 12y ago

Very nice!

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alixaxel 12y ago

Nice! Any plans for a Linode version as well?

tyrelb 12y ago
would love a linode version!

kbar13 12y ago

Since you are already using an API wrapper, i would highly recommend using a lib that is provider-agnostic, such as libcloud[0], which provides a pythonic abstraction layer over all the crap that various IaaS providers put into their API designs. [0] https://libcloud.apache.org/ https://libcloud.apache.org/

abcd_f 12y ago
> pythonic Not to state the obvious, but that's not terribly practical for anyone except those writing in Python.
- gingerlime 12y ago
  but: a) the indicator is written in python b) there are equivalent cloud-abstraction libraries in other languages, like fog[0] in ruby, jclouds[1] in java, pkgcloud[2] for node and maybe others. The point I believe was that if you use an abstraction layer over many providers, you can instantly make this useful for other/any cloud providers, not just digital ocean, and without any extra code. At least in theory. [0]http://fog.io/ http://fog.io/ [1]http://jclouds.apache.org/ http://jclouds.apache.org/ [2]https://www.npmjs.org/package/pkgcloud https://www.npmjs.org/package/pkgcloud
  - abcd_f 12y ago
    > the indicator is written in python Ah. Good point, my bad.

techaddict009 12y ago

This is really super cool. Hope someone makes out something similar for windows.

girvo 12y ago

Oh heck yes. Call me weird, but little hacks like this are why I'm struggling to decide what laptop to get. I want to get a MacBook Pro, but I enjoy using Linux so much (Ubuntu in particular) I'm struggling to decide whether or not I should!

IgorPartola 12y ago
I was in the same boat. Get the MBP. The build quality is so great, the thing is a pleasure to use. And the OS is something I got used to very quickly.
- frakkingcylons 12y ago
  With regards to programming, what are the benefits of the high-resolution of the Retina line? I'm looking at laptops and considering a System76 but the resolution is only 1920x1080.
  - Fomite 12y ago
    Room for multiple text editors open, etc. I can say that, having moved to the rMBP, I'd have a hell of a hard time going back.
    - EC1 12y ago
      Same here. Sold off my massive PC tower with multiple monitors for a single MBPr. I goddamn love workspaces.
  - nwh 12y ago
    You can see an awful amount of text on a @2x screen. 1080p just can't compare.
    - rhizome 12y ago
      2 point doesn't count.
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isalmon 12y ago

I'm getting "W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/andrewsomething/digitalocean/ubuntu/dists/raring/main/binary-amd64/Packages http://ppa.launchpad.net/andrewsomething/digitalocean/ubuntu... 404 Not Found " Does anybody else have this problem?

aroman 12y ago
I'm not using his PPA, but the reason you're getting those errors is because his PPA only has builds for saucy and trusty, and you're using raring. Easiest thing to do would be to ask him to add a build target for raring.
- kijin 12y ago
  > Easiest thing to do would be to ask him to add a build target for raring. Many PPA developers have a policy of only supporting Ubuntu releases that Canonical also supports. Official support for raring expired 3 months ago. AFAIK it didn't even get the Heartbleed patch. The correct thing to do would be to update to trusty. It might even turn out to be the easiest thing as well, because you'll run more and more into these kinds of issues as everyone else leaves raring behind.

tnorthcutt 12y ago

The top comment as of the time of my writing is as follows: OS x version, please!! Screw this. I'm on a Mac, but this is crap. This guy put in a bunch of time and made something awful, and the top voted comment is asking him to port it to another system, without even thanking him for his work or acknowledging how often what he made is? Ugh. Talk about entitled. Want an OS X version? https://github.com/andrewsomething/digitalocean-indicator/fork https://github.com/andrewsomething/digitalocean-indicator/fo...

n72 12y ago
I think you mean "made something awesome", no?
- Stormcaller 12y ago
  Well, "terrific" can be used as "awesome" too so...
- tnorthcutt 12y ago
  Yes, you're quite right :)
ericduran 12y ago
Ha, I started working on one (https://github.com/ericduran/digitalocean-indicator-mac https://github.com/ericduran/digitalocean-indicator-mac) but it still needs tons of work before anybody can use it.
- falker 12y ago
  Have a look at https://github.com/tito/rumps https://github.com/tito/rumps
tnorthcutt 12y ago
Oops, that should be "made something awesome"

nilgradisnik 12y ago

Great work! I see myself using this for my droplets. Developing Unity indicators can be fun since it's so simple to create small notification apps for various services. (shameless self promo https://github.com/nilgradisnik/coinprice-indicator https://github.com/nilgradisnik/coinprice-indicator)

tbrock 12y ago

This is great! Would you mind sharing how you got started? Is there a great tutorial out there for building indicators and widgets for unity? I tried to do this twice, once for unity and another time for the gnome shell and I couldn't find anything useful out there (or even figure out what programming language I needed to know) and became pretty discouraged. I think that was about a year or two ago and it seemed like outsiders to those respective dev communities faced an exceedingly uphill battle. I mentioned this to a gnome dev I know and he agreed that the docs were lacking but is there a secret or something new we don't know about?

nacs 12y ago
The source is on Github and in Python so looking through it may give you some clues: https://github.com/koalalorenzo/python-digitalocean https://github.com/koalalorenzo/python-digitalocean