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The Signal Metadata Format Specification

Hacker News - Thu, 05/01/2025 - 6:04am

Article URL: https://github.com/sigmf/SigMF

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43855673

Points: 3

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Show HN: Kubetail – Kubernetes real-time logging dashboard now with Grep/Search

Hacker News - Thu, 05/01/2025 - 6:02am

Hi Everyone!

Kubetail is a general-purpose logging dashboard for Kubernetes, optimized for tailing logs across multi-container workloads in real-time. With Kubetail, you can view logs from all the containers in a workload (e.g. Deployment or DaemonSet) merged into a single chronological timeline, delivered to your browser or terminal.

I launched Kubetail on HN last year and at that time the top request was to add search. Now I'm happy to say we finally have search available in our latest official release (cli/v0.4.3, helm/v0.10.1). You can check it out in action here:

https://www.kubetail.com/demo

Kubetail normally fetches logs using the Kubernetes API, which does not have search built-in. To enable search, click the “Install” button in the GUI or run `kubetail cluster install` in the CLI to deploy a DaemonSet that places a Kubetail agent on every node. Each agent runs a custom Rust binary powered by ripgrep; it scans the node’s log files and streams only matching lines to your browser or terminal. You can think of a Kubetail search as "remote grep" for your Kubernetes logs. Now you don’t need to download an entire log file just to grep it locally.

Since last year we've also added some other neat features that users find helpful. In particular, we built a simple CLI tool that starts the web dashboard on your desktop:

# Install brew install kubetail # Run kubetail serve We also added a powerful logs sub-command to the CLI that you can use to follow container logs or even fetch all the records in a given time window to analyze them in more detail locally (quick-start):

# Follow example $ kubetail logs deployments/web \ -- with-ts \ -- with-pod \ --follow # Fetch example $ kubetail logs deployments/web \ --since 2025-04-20T00:00:00Z \ --until 2025-04-21T00:00:00Z \ --all > logs.txt We’ve added a lot more features since last year but these are the ones I wanted to highlight.

I hope you like what we're doing with Kubetail! Your feedback is very valuable so please let us know what you think in the comments here or in our Discord chat.

Andres

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43855654

Points: 2

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Post-Chat UI

Hacker News - Thu, 05/01/2025 - 5:18am
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Automation Test Reporting Options

Hacker News - Thu, 05/01/2025 - 5:05am

I am struggling with Playwright tests analysis—how do you manage complex test data?

I'm researching pain points in automated testing reporting, specifically for Playwright. Our team is hitting some roadblocks with current solutions, and I'm curious if others are experiencing similar issues.

Current limitations we're facing:

1. Basic pass/fail metrics without deeper analysis

2. Hard to identify patterns in flaky tests

3. Difficult to trace failures back to specific code changes

4. No AI-assisted root cause analysis, we are doing that manually with chatgpt

5. Limited cross-environment comparisons

I'm wondering:

1. What tools/frameworks are you currently using for Playwright test reporting?

2. What would an ideal test analysis solution look like for your team?

3. Would AI-powered insights into test failures be valuable to you? (e.g., pattern recognition, root cause analysis) - Did any one tried AI MCP solutions

4. How much time does your team spend manually analyzing test failures each week?

5. Are you paying for any solution that provides deeper insights into test failures and patterns?

6. For those in larger organizations: how do you communicate test insights to non-technical stakeholders?

I'm asking because we're at a crossroads - either invest in building internal tools or find something that already exists. Any experiences (good or bad) would be super helpful!

Thanks for any insights!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43855237

Points: 1

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Ask HN: Why are Americans on this site acting in an anti-free speech way?

Hacker News - Thu, 05/01/2025 - 5:03am

Dear HN community,

it has long been my impression that people here in particular (as well as Americans in general!) consider free speech one of the most important values and themselves as upholders of that value - think of Musk buying Twitter and calling himself a "free speech absolutist", a move that was widely applauded in this community.

Yet, I have noticed that many of my comments and submissions get censored by people abusing the flagging functionality to shut down political views they don't agree with or issues that - while clearly tech related - don't fit in with their ideological agenda. This tends to happen right around the time Americans start waking up.

How does this fit in with this vision of free speech being such a high value? Is this a forum where free speech is practiced and valued? If so, are there any plans to reign in this obvious political censorship?

Here's some recent examples:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43793875

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43728870

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43810880

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43845934

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43855217

Points: 4

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