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Comment · 2 years ago

It’s great to see more tools taking advantage of the markdown syntax.

I’m the creator of Mask[0], a very similar tool built with Rust. I was originally inspired by Maid[1], which is an older take on this idea built with Node and no longer maintained I believe.

I see this is based on Node as well, and I appreciate that it currently has zero dependencies. Nice work!

[0]: https://github.com/jacobdeichert/mask

[1]: https://github.com/egoist/maid

Comment · 3 years ago

Mask can't directly solve this problem by itself, it just runs whatever script you give it. If you can write a python/js/bash/etc script to achieve what you want, you can stick it inside a maskfile with the rest of your commands.

Regarding docker, I haven't tried it on M1 yet. However, I've been using Ubuntu multipass [1] for over a year now and I'm very happy with it. It makes it easy to set up and manage VMs for different projects, and it seems to run very efficiently on macOS in my experience. When a project needs a docker container like postgres, I just run docker compose inside the VM rather than running it directly in macOS. You can also limit the amount of CPU/RAM the VM uses to keep things under control.

[1]: https://github.com/canonical/multipass

Comment · 3 years ago

And another possibly lighter alternative is something like concurrently: https://github.com/open-cli-tools/concurrently

Comment · 3 years ago

Before mask, I used a custom bash command runner which relied on a directory structure to implement the command and subcommand tree. This was pretty simple and nice to use. So if it’s working for you, there’s no reason to look for alternatives.

Mask takes advantage of the markdown structure in a few ways. Headings define top-level commands and subheadings represent nested subcommands, which makes it extremely easy to structure a command tree. Also, mask checks the code block lang code (ruby, python, js, fish, etc…) and executes the script using that runtime as long as you have it installed. There’s other features, but those two are great examples why markdown works well as a command definition format.

Comment · 3 years ago

Nice to see other markdown-based task runners!

I'm the creator of mask which is another alternative, written in Rust. Our approaches slightly differ. It looks like xc parses the README.md file for commands while mask looks for a maskfile.md by default, though you can provide a --maskfile arg to specify any markdown file that follows the expected format.

https://github.com/jacobdeichert/mask

Comment · 4 years ago

Great feedback, others have mentioned this as well! I’ll try to add this as an option soon.

Comment · 4 years ago

Good question and sorry for the confusion! I originally launched with an optional paid tier which I have since removed. Currently there is no business model. I happily run this at a loss as my costs are very low.

Comment · 4 years ago

Nice collection, thanks for putting this together!

I was thinking of submitting my jigsaw site Puzzle Panda [1] if it fits the requirements. Registration is not necessary and there’s no ads.

[1]: https://puzzlepanda.com

Comment · 5 years ago

All great points, thanks for the feedback! :)

The smudge tool radius idea was especially interesting and something I’ll need to think about further. Very curious how it would affect the UX for beginners vs power users. Could be a great improvement for touchscreen devices as well.

Comment · 5 years ago

Ha, yikes! I’ll have to try reproducing that, since that sounds like a bug that could happen even under normal circumstances.

Comment · 5 years ago

Thank you! I’m aiming to provide a more polished and user-friendly experience than the alternatives out there, and I have many plans to differentiate ever further. Glad you had a good time playing.

Comment · 5 years ago

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! As another reply mentioned, single click/tap on a piece auto rotates it to the correct orientation.

Many have pointed out the auto rotation is either too easy or annoying, so I am considering alternatives. I originally started with single click to rotate 90deg but was told by early users it was too hard. Reconsidering ways to introduce this that is friendly to all users.

Comment · 5 years ago

I’ve heard someone do exactly that before too! Always fun finding ways to break the rules :)

Others in here are suggesting snap on drop instead of auto snapping, which I’m strongly considering now.

Comment · 5 years ago

Yeah, good point regarding snapping on drop which would allow making the drop zone a little larger.

Drag selecting multiple pieces is interesting. If I add that, I think I would need a modifier key like shift or cmd/ctrl to differentiate between this and a background drag.

Comment · 5 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! Looking forward to adding leaderboards.. still brainstorming the best way to introduce them.