Hacker News: AlfieJones

New comment by AlfieJones in "Incident Report: May 19, 2026 – GCP Account Suspension"

AlfieJones — Wed, 20 May 2026 11:44:37 +0000

This isn’t the first time Google Cloud has seriously messed with a customer’s account: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/detail...

New comment by AlfieJones in "CopyFail: From Pod to Host"

AlfieJones — Wed, 20 May 2026 10:44:22 +0000

It feels like AI is speeding up bug discovery faster than security can keep up. Curious if this is temporary or just the new normal.

New comment by AlfieJones in "India's hottest district shuts at 10 am as mercury breaches 48 C mark"

AlfieJones — Wed, 20 May 2026 05:26:49 +0000

In the UK we don’t get temperatures like this, but it doesn’t take much heat before parts of the country start feeling completely unprepared for it

New comment by AlfieJones in "Show HN: CI/CD with TypeScript Instead of YAML (Open-Source)"

AlfieJones — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:15:53 +0000

Cheers! I was originally planning on going down that route but since my goals were to simplify workflows, having both a Githhub workflow and PandaCI file didn't sit well me.

I have been experimenting with running Github extensions inside PandaCI which could be a good way to make use of my new syntax without sacrificing the great resources Github workflows have to offer

Show HN: CI/CD with TypeScript Instead of YAML (Open-Source)

AlfieJones — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:36:15 +0000

I've always struggled with the various declarative syntaxes other CI/CD platforms use, especially when I just want to focus on shipping my projects.

The goal of PandaCI is enable you to code advanced workflows with little more than a quick example. I've found that by just having a few functions (job, exec, etc), everything else can be done natively in the language. A few such examples are:

- Conditional jobs — Use standard if statements - Matrix jobs — Just write a for loop - Code reuse — Create functions or import shared code - Parallel steps — Use Promise.all - API integrations — Native fetch or import npm packages

I'd love to hear any feedback (harsh or otherwise)! Personally, It's been a big upgrade for my projects and I'm excited to see what the community makes of it.

P.S. The core is language agnostic so let me know if there are any other languages you'd like to see.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43354385

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

Show HN: Open-source Percy/BrowserStack alternative

AlfieJones — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 16:38:34 +0000

Hey , I've created Pixeleye, a cross-browser visual review and testing platform.

I've found the pricing of visual testing platforms quite absurd, with companies often opting out of testing their UI's across different browsers.

We offer a cloud version of our product but also provide the tools to self-host it for free. We hope this will keep our pricing honest and promote a sustainable open-source community around the project.

Some of our main features include:

- Cross-browser testing

- Lots of integrations: Storybook, Cypress, Playwright & Puppeteer

- Permission syncing - We'll sync with your Github team permissions

- VCS integration - We'll automatically add checks to your GitHub commits & pull requests

- Anti-aliasing detection

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39631073

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

New comment by AlfieJones in "Show HN: Open-source, multi-browser visual review and testing platform"

AlfieJones — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:40:07 +0000

We have built-in integrations with Storybook, Cypress, Playwright & Puppeteer.

We capture your UI's across different browsers & screen sizes

You can self-host or use our cloud offering.

If you use Github, we can sync our roles with your team's permissions.

Show HN: Open-source, multi-browser visual review and testing platform

AlfieJones — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:36:19 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/pixeleye-io/pixeleye

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39627787

Points: 2

# Comments: 1