bonhardcomp | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Truck.app – an rsync client for Mac
Obviously several. It’s quicker to learn. It’s easier to use. A non technical person can use it. Etc etc.
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bonhardcomp | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Truck.app – an rsync client for Mac
It’s 12 USD. I will add this more plainly to the website.
bonhardcomp | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Truck.app – an rsync client for Mac
Wow! I did not realise you had made a build system as a standalone project. This is excellent.
bonhardcomp | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Truck.app – an rsync client for Mac
Incidentally, as a throwaway comment, FTP is from the 70's and rsync is from the 90's. I think about that sometimes.
bonhardcomp | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Truck.app – an rsync client for Mac
And sorry yes, the whole thing is implemented in Python.
bonhardcomp | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Truck.app – an rsync client for Mac
I find Python to be one of the least worst languages. It took some difficult weeks to figure out how to build and package, although, to that end, PyQtDeploy came along at just the right time. It's already in the Mac App Store.
bonhardcomp | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Truck.app – an rsync client for Mac
Don't get me wrong; I like Transmit, I've used it a lot. But it doesn't do rsync over SSH.
bonhardcomp | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: Truck.app – an rsync client for Mac
Slow and steady with the addition of features over the last few months (http://bonhardcomputing.com/category/news/) and how does it compare to Transmit!? Transmit is an FTP app; Truck uses rsync-over-SSH.
bonhardcomp | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Developers, how do you keep SSH and web URLs organized at work?
Just append aliases to .bash_profile? E.g.
alias connect-amazon-example="ssh -i ~/.ssh/amazon-example-key.pem [email protected]"
Then just 'connect-amazon-example' at the terminal?
bonhardcomp | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Paid PhD or Silicon Valley?
15 years is a long time. You're giving up a large amount of freedom right there. The DoE will still be there in 12 months if SV doesn't work out. I'd do it that way round.
bonhardcomp | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Maximise your Holiday – UK
Pretty handy. Fast. Nice.
bonhardcomp | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Truck.app: an SSH browser with rsync
blushes -- 51 when expanded :)
Okay as it's coming up to Christmas....
19 Megs of Qt
18 Megs of Python
5 Meeggggssss of SSL
3 PyObjC
2 MB compiled rsyncs
and a ..bunch..of..other..crap.
bonhardcomp | 8 years ago | on: Mac rsync gui (looks like ftp; goes like rsync) free to HN today (HN100)
Use code HN100
bonhardcomp | 8 years ago | on: Rsync vs. FTP
Things that didn't make it into the marketing proposal.
bonhardcomp | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: IT careers for those who hate people
I guess you'll be looking for a remote position. Sounds like a pity IMO, usually the quiet ones are the best! Good luck
bonhardcomp | 8 years ago | on: Looking at Python for commercial apps but there are problems with packaging
The outlook is much better in 2017 than it was just a few years ago. Another +1 for PyQt. I wanted a native Mac look and you can get get pretty darn close with Qt. I've also used PyInstaller, which is superbly well documented.
bonhardcomp | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Advise on buying a mac
15 inch pro
bonhardcomp | 8 years ago | on: SSH browser with rsync transfer engine
Nice. Am gonna be doing this.
bonhardcomp | 8 years ago | on: SSH browser with rsync transfer engine
FWIW this is written in PyQt so it'll easily port over to Ubuntu and Windows, will post again here when done.
bonhardcomp | 8 years ago | on: SSH browser with rsync transfer engine
As far as speed goes: Transfers: ~1000s times faster (thanks to Rsync as fimdomeio says); Browsing: ~10x (thanks Paramiko); Deletion: ~100x (SSH/rsync beats SFTP recursion).
Although one day I am going to write a FUSE/driver that implements all this and avails it for SSHFS, because it's hard to beat that Finder integration...
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