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Show HN: We built an open-source alternative to expensive pair programming apps (github.com)

39 points by konsalexee ↗ HN
My friend and I grew frustrated with the high cost of existing pair programming tools, and of course of grainy screens when we used Huddle or similar tools.

We believe core developer collaboration shouldn't be locked behind an expensive subscription.

So for the past year we spent our nights and weekend building Hopp, an open-source alternative.

We would love your feedback and we are here to answer any and all questions.

8 comments

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gkove8
This rocks.
iparaskev
Thank you :) (one of the maintainers here)
BoorishBears
I don't understand what makes this less grainy than any other option, like Discord

Clicking in I thought this was going to be like Jetbrain's pair coding setup which uses your local native editor and only transmits editor content and user interaction

pbd
Congrats on shipping! For adoption, have you considered integrating with existing workflows? CLI tools, IDE extensions, Slack integrations? The friction to start a pair session often matters more than the session quality itself.
robertlagrant
Feels like pair programming could use its equivalent of LSP, so editors could standardise interactions.
yencabulator
Your demo video is blocked as as tracking URL by uBlock Origin.

(And loads janky after allowing that, the modal frame visibly shifts and resizes while loading.)

konsalexee
Wow did not know this, thanks for reporting, will probably then skip the video and add something more light-weight.