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josephernest··on Show HN: Yopp – A very quick way to transfer a file from phone to computer
Yes but then, you have to think about deleting it once it's downloaded (or you'll have a growing email box), or ask WeTransfer to delete the files... See https://github.com/josephernest/Yopp/blob/master/README.md#m...
josephernest··on Show HN: Yopp – A very quick way to transfer a file from phone to computer
Here is how it looks like: https://i.imgur.com/KqcRwXY.gif

i.e. "upload with phone, get the file on computer"

josephernest··on Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)
Close the tab (or even close the browser), and open it again: it's still there (backuped in LocalStorage), phew! :)
josephernest··on Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)
Nice, I tried Spongedown but it seems to have at least 0.5 or 1 sec delay between typing and rendering, so it wouldn't be really usable for me.
josephernest··on Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)
Which browser/browser version/os? No blur on ff and chrome on windows and linux for me
josephernest··on Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)
Thanks! I don't know which browser/os you use, but for me hackmd.io is a lot more flickering / slow to render (maybe it's different on other browsers than the ones I use).
josephernest··on Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)
Thanks!

I just tried hackmd.io and even if it's cool, it wouldn't be usable for me on everyday use because it's not responsive enough: write some text, wait 0.5sec to see it in the preview, write some text, wait 0.5sec to see it in the preview, etc.

Also it's not "LPWP" enough for me (i.e. the first page that you visit on the website is the page where things actually happen, that means that there is no welcome page or login page). See https://github.com/josephernest/writing#why-another-markdown...

josephernest··on Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)
Typora seems nice, but it seems it's not in the browser... Sometimes it's ok, but sometimes it's cool to have a solution in the browser (shared computer, university computer, etc.) where you cannot install any binaries.
josephernest··on Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)
Thanks!

HTML export would be cool, I agree.

The shortcut "CTRL+D" will toggle to preview only (not exactly a quick way to view HTML but at least you see preview only), code only or preview+code view.

josephernest··on Show HN: Writing – A lightweight distraction-free editor (MathJax and Markdown)
If you want to test it quickly, copy+paste the following code in the live version (https://josephernest.github.io/writing/):

    #LINEAR ALGEBRA  
    ##1. Introduction  
    **Definition :** A matrix is ... a matrix.

    Examples:  
    $$A = \begin{pmatrix}0&1&-2&3\\5&-3&1&-2\\5&-2&-1&1  \end{pmatrix},\  
     B = \begin{pmatrix}0&8&-5\\0&0&0\\-1&-9&4\\2&19&-8\\1&1&1\end{pmatrix}$$
(paste it without the 4-spaces indentation)
josephernest··on AskHN: As developer, avoid .exe to be “File might be dangerous” by antivirus
No code-compressing or obfuscating used.

> You mention code-signing above, but are you certain it's being done with a root certificate that the AVs trust?

How to do that? What certificate do you usually use / which signing software?

josephernest··on Show HN: Tkui – Python GUI maker that simulaneously edits the GUI and its editor
From your point of view, everything is clear, because you are the author: you know what you are doing, why, etc.

But for a visitor of your github like me, even if I do a lot of Python, it's hard to understand quickly what it's about.

As I don't have 10 minutes to spend for each ShowHN, a video would be great to understand what it's about :)

josephernest··on Show HN: Tkui – Python GUI maker that simulaneously edits the GUI and its editor
Why a post about UI, GUI makers, etc. without a single screenshot in the github's README.md??

Please give us a mean to understand in 10 seconds what it's about, by adding a screenshot or an animated screenshot (http://www.cockos.com/licecap is cool for this) :)

josephernest··on Show HN: TinyAnalytics – A lightweight web analytics tool
Good idea indeed! Haven't thought about it. Anyway learning how GA API works would have probably taken me more time than I actually used to write TinyAnalytics ;)

If you have time to share on Github a ready-to-use GA API -> HTML renderer (just the numbers would be enough, I'll be able to do the chart rendering), it would be awesome, I'll probably use it too!

josephernest··on Show HN: TinyAnalytics – A lightweight web analytics tool
This raw TinyAnalytics log is just temporary, and is digested every day into a summary and then removed. No need to go for a more complex DB than that I think.

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About the JavaScript part: yes it would be totally possible to add a JS tracker to TinyAnalytics (I'm currently thinking about adding one at the moment). You're right it would be interesting to add this.

The main reason for which I did TinyAnalytics is to have a simple super quick dashboard, in which you see all your websites in a blink, without any click.

josephernest··on Show HN: TinyAnalytics – A lightweight web analytics tool
This is the reason, at least for me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13674984

15 or 30 seconds per day, instead of several minutes + twenty clicks in a row on UI elements (too annoying for me).

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Yes, as I mentioned on README.md, it's cool for small or middle-sized websites, but not for more advanced use cases.

But then, if you use OWA or Piwik, be prepared with bugs, slow UI with the default settings (I tried several times, with different servers), etc.

josephernest··on Show HN: TinyAnalytics – A lightweight web analytics tool
In Google Analytics, I would have to:

* click on "Websites" (top left of http://gget.it/5e8tyn6g/2.jpg)

* choose the right website in the list (http://gget.it/8jptjvso/3.jpg)

* wait that the page reloads

This, ten times in a row, which is annoying (once per website I manage).

Conclusion: more time spent on clicking twenty times on UI elements than actually looking at the charts.

I like to go super fast, now I open http://mywebsite.com/tinyanalytics/, and I have an immediate overview of all the websites in 10 seconds.

josephernest··on Show HN: TinyAnalytics – A lightweight web analytics tool
A bit of explanation about why this project:

After years, I've noticed that I prefer to have few (important) informations about my websites, that I can consult each day in 30 seconds, rather than lots of informations for which I would need 15 or 30 minutes per day for an in-depth analysis.

(When it took me 15 minutes per day, I finally watched the analytics only once every 2 weeks or so).

josephernest··on Show HN: TinyAnalytics – A lightweight web analytics tool
I started in Python for the "worker process" because I'm much faster at writing Python code, for data parsing, digesting, etc. It's planned to rewrite this file into PHP to have a 100% PHP solution: https://github.com/josephernest/TinyAnalytics/issues/5 If someone feels like doing it, I'll apreciate :)
josephernest··on Show HN: TinyAnalytics – A lightweight web analytics tool
I started this project because I tried both Piwik and OpenWebAnalytics, and I was a bit unhappy with them (see http://josephbasquin.fr/aboutanalytics).

Own-log because it just worked easily, and doesn't require a configuration to match the server's log policies (logs layout can vary from one config to another). Note: The logs are digested each day, so they will never grow to a super big file.

Most other analytics solutions (Piwik, OWA) also do their own logging.

josephernest··on Show HN: 0Doc is the simplest documentation generator
Here to see it in action with a big doc (C.H.I.P. computer): https://josephernest.github.io/0Doc-chip/
josephernest··on Show HN: TalkTalkTalk – An easy-to-install small chat room, with chat history
Thanks @alexdumitru for pointing me this. I implemented a basic flood control (https://github.com/josephernest/talktalktalk/commit/43877bd1...), and now such a script doesn't work anymore. Of course you can then do another script that would automatically reconnect after being kicked out, etc.
josephernest··on Show HN: TalkTalkTalk – An easy-to-install small chat room, with chat history
Yes. You can talk in this chat with JS : ws.send(...).
josephernest··on Show HN: TalkTalkTalk – An easy-to-install small chat room, with chat history
i wasn't angry actually, maybe the angry "joseph" was another one ;) this troll session helped me to think about flood control, etc.
josephernest··on Show HN: TalkTalkTalk – An easy-to-install small chat room, with chat history
Well the real cleaning / sanitizing part has to be done on the server... I'll work on this in the next weeks, after some other more important projects... This is just a proof-of-concept fun project anyway :)
josephernest··on Show HN: TalkTalkTalk – An easy-to-install small chat room, with chat history
Very funny indeed :)

Someone can be very very very proud of crashing my super-low-end 6€/year sandbox VPS with 256 MB of RAM... Waw, he's probably a very good hacker :)

josephernest··on Show HN: TalkTalkTalk – An easy-to-install small chat room, with chat history
This small chat is intented for a small team, not for global internet usage like I do here :) Usually in a small team there is no spammer, and if there is one, he's banned quickly from the team :)

But yes, I'm open to contribution about antispam / flood control. Constructive additions appreciated :)

josephernest··on Show HN: TalkTalkTalk – An easy-to-install small chat room, with chat history
totally true: abuse/flood control will be the next additions. ideas welcome about how do to it.
josephernest··on Show HN: TalkTalkTalk – An easy-to-install small chat room, with chat history
everyone is discussing there http://185.164.138.19:7311/ (live demo), so nobody is discussing here :/
josephernest··on TalkTalkTalk: an easy to deploy straight-to-the-point web chat
Thanks. I'd like to delete this post, and make a Show HN instead. How to do this?

At least it was well received on https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/5bsjle/talktalktalk...

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