19 comments

  • 1dom 4 minutes ago
    This is a really cool idea, and very appealing. Also very nice that it looks usable with just an SSH client. It would be useful if it was explained what the companion client is for?

    Another small personal gripe: I think you should either remove the 1 line copy/paste sh install on the homepage, or add a link to a git repo on the homepage. I know it's possible to view the sh by visiting it, but a raw text file doesn't give any info about contributors or development process. Current form of no git repo and copy/paste bash pipe on homepage feels like a dark pattern.

  • kksweet 1 hour ago
    This is like habbo hotel but for terminal nerds, amazing.
  • modinfo 4 hours ago
    This is amazing! Even real icecast with irc <3 Even my fav game 2048, even with real LLM :D

    Fantastic job mati!

  • tristanMatthias 50 minutes ago
    For those who don't know just discovered you can change your theme!

    Ctrl + O -> Move down to your theme. Helps with the default one being a bit chaotic

    Thanks for whoever made this. This is rad and gives me hope for the old internet vibes.

  • Schlagbohrer 38 minutes ago
    Is this just IRC
  • docheinestages 58 minutes ago
    I loved the text contrast on the landing page. Grey text on a dark background.
  • vjay15 10 minutes ago
    this is amazing
  • amanverasia 1 hour ago
    Pay no need to other comments over here, this is awesome. I showed this to my co-workers, they all love it.
  • hankbond 3 hours ago
    Design is illegible. Needs more contrast between text and background. I'm not even vision impaired and I was squinting immediately.
    • aslakhellesoy 39 minutes ago
      Even 15 years ago this was such a big problem that someone tried to start a rebellion: https://contrastrebellion.com/
    • bjelkeman-again 1 hour ago
      So much modern GUI design is really poor for those a bit older where contrast is important.
    • 1e1a 1 hour ago
      The accessibility checker in Chrome/Firefox devtools would immediately flag this.
    • d0ddy 2 hours ago
      there are many many themes. some high contrast ones
      • sevenzero 2 hours ago
        Hmm maybe the tool has but the design of the website made me squint as well.
        • ssl-3 1 hour ago
          Me, too. For me, it was easier without the DarkReader plugin enabled than with it (which is kind of common), but it wasn't great to see either way.
    • viccis 2 hours ago
      I'm, by contrast, an able bodied person with functioning eyes and had no issues.
      • tapland 1 hour ago
        You might not have the average display.

        But, can you reason more about your intent with the tone of your comment?

  • jrflowers 1 hour ago
    Nice! I was just thinking about how much I love installing binaries instead of going to a website
  • hahahaa 3 hours ago
    why not just use irc?
    • bl4ckbe4r 25 minutes ago
      can you listen to music, play sudoku/nanograms/tetris, do live artboard, jump into NetHack/DCSS/dopewars/LOGD insdie IRC?
    • muzani 41 minutes ago
      Which servers are still alive?
      • stackghost 9 minutes ago
        Rizon, hackint, and Libera, among others
  • wazzup_im 3 hours ago
    Good work, thanks!
  • DANmode 4 hours ago
    Ever see something new, and just know it’s going to survive?

    Your site copy is great to the last drop.

    Great submission.

    • sevg 3 hours ago
      > Your site copy is great to the last drop.

      It is? It’s just the usual LLM.

      • DANmode 2 hours ago
        The design = “flavor of the week LLM”,

        but someone still has to proof and tweak generated copy.

        Someone cared about this page.

        • notpushkin 1 hour ago
          No X. No Y. A is your B.

          We do G, not H. C, D, E — plus an optional F.

          No I, no J, no K — just an L into a W.

          I would say the design is the most human thing about this page. (It has its charm somehow, even if it’s obviously “flavour of the week LLM design”. Also, I don’t think an LLM would choose colours so poorly unless nudged in that direction – accidentally, I suppose.)

        • tkel 41 minutes ago
          There's maybe 100 words on the page. It would have taken someone 5 minutes to type that out. But apparently the creator didn't even care enough to do that.
          • calgoo 5 minutes ago
            See thats the difference, i don't core personally. Its a page to tell you to connect to the ssh server (or install their script). Why does it have to be a philosophical masterpiece? Its just word on a page saying click here, better looking then the majority of the SEO garbage that has plagued the internet for the last 15 year thanks to google and friends.
        • tkel 1 hour ago
          You might be projecting . All the docs in the app looks like the usual wall-of-text that was autogenerated .
        • sevg 1 hour ago
          Yeah, no. Not enough to make the page not look and sound like straight from an LLM.
          • ga_to 1 hour ago
            Also not enough to make the text even a slight bit more readable. I have perfect eyes and am still struggling to focus on the headlines.
        • orphereus 1 hour ago
          Lol
  • catfisher 3 hours ago
    Pretty cool ngl.
  • tonyrice 3 hours ago
    I really love this!
  • TurdF3rguson 3 hours ago
    And... Cue 1M dummies here running that code without even looking at it, SMH.
    • 1dom 12 minutes ago
      It's possible to login and interact and use late.sh with just your SSH client - there's no need to download or run custom code. But you that did make me realise that they don't have a github link on that page anywhere.

      Your tone in this comment is a bit out of place on HN. Why are you here if you think it's 1M dummies?

    • jauntywundrkind 1 hour ago
      i had a quite good experience generating a key/username on my local machine and ssh'ing in.

      lot of vitriol in the comments. looks like a spectacularly put together BBS, to me. the tools are open-source and have some really fun looking value add, but no, i haven't ran them.

  • luciana1u 45 minutes ago
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  • behnamoh 2 hours ago
    A CLI tool that's not grep-able is a GUI disguised as TUI.
    • pmarreck 2 hours ago
      Did it ever claim it was a CLI?
      • jrflowers 1 hour ago
        Under every link to download the CLI. The ones hosted on the cli subdomain
    • joshka 2 hours ago
      yes, and... ?
      • hebelehubele 27 minutes ago
        Let the man not enjoy it in peace.