greengreengrassan hour ago
I would prefer the connection instructions made clear that the default SSH username would be used to set up my username on the platform and display that to other users without initially seeking my consent. On $machine[work], I don't get to pick that $USER is my full name.
If this affects you, make sure you connect with `ssh [pseudonymous name]@late.sh`.
1dom6 hours ago
This is a really cool idea, and very appealing. Also very nice that it looks usable with just an SSH client. It would be useful if it was explained what the companion client is for?
Another small personal gripe: I think you should either remove the 1 line copy/paste sh install on the homepage, or add a link to a git repo on the homepage. I know it's possible to view the sh by visiting it, but a raw text file doesn't give any info about contributors or development process. Current form of no git repo and copy/paste bash pipe on homepage feels like a dark pattern.
Izmaki5 hours ago
Not to mention that a webserver can be configured to show one sh file when a regular browser visits and another when curl etc. gets it. Show one thing, install another.
nkrisc3 hours ago
So download it with curl and read it first before executing it from your local disk.
codegladiator3 hours ago
read it ? we dont do what kind of stuff here, i got my army of reader agents.
Izmaki2 hours ago
Except you can't really be sure, still: http://web.archive.org/web/20250622061208/https://www.idontp...
drabbiticus12 minutes ago
This is helpful to know, but also pretty general security practice. If you are auditing an artifact, only use that audited artifact after, don't assume that a network endpoint can never change what it serves. If you must use a newly downloaded artifact, verify it matches whatever you audited by comparing some sort of hash or derived value.
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bl4ckbe4r5 hours ago
noted, good feedback :) will change it later, thanks!
roban hour ago
You don't have to change it just because one person complained. I personally like the "copy and paste curl command" to install something and I'm sure many others do as well. It's very convenient, and I can inspect the file myself if I'm that paranoid about it.
jwr20 minutes ago
That is a modern BBS! I love the idea. Though I guess most people these days don't know what a BBS is, if you don't, look it up.
flexagoon4 hours ago
Really reminds me of https://tilde.town
polycancelan hour ago
Also for all these kind of ssh stuff. Please include server finger print so others verify.
Is this your server fingerprint?
ED25519 key fingerprint is SHA256:Tc7aeaaQulKJeF3C/zd2BKvq/KgaQTHyMPNa3s9K+aE.
tristanMatthias6 hours ago
For those who don't know just discovered you can change your theme!
Ctrl + O -> Move down to your theme. Helps with the default one being a bit chaotic
Thanks for whoever made this. This is rad and gives me hope for the old internet vibes.
kksweet7 hours ago
This is like habbo hotel but for terminal nerds, amazing.
tristanMatthias6 hours ago
Totally! Or Club Penguin
amanverasia7 hours ago
Pay no need to other comments over here, this is awesome. I showed this to my co-workers, they all love it.
modinfo10 hours ago
This is amazing! Even real icecast with irc <3 Even my fav game 2048, even with real LLM :D
Fantastic job mati!
bl4ckbe4r6 hours ago
Thank you :)
pwillia72 hours ago
Fix for ChromeOS Linux: https://chatgpt.com/share/6a60b174-7b14-83ea-83d4-bdf4dc8ccc...
Izmaki5 hours ago
OK, which one of yous tried to `sudo apt install bobs and vageen`?? xD
docheinestages7 hours ago
I loved the text contrast on the landing page. Grey text on a dark background.
asdf889905 hours ago
Yeah, it is a very nice way of saying “f off” if you’re poor, whatever with your display (low res mobile) or eyesight.
Schlagbohrer6 hours ago
Is this just IRC
T3OU-7363 hours ago
More of a BBS, I'd argue. Replace dialing with a modem with SSH, and otherwise the analogy holds decentky well.
283042834092343 hours ago
Similar to DevZat: https://github.com/quackduck/devzat
maxgashkov4 hours ago
I'm wondering how many ssh'd into this with the agent forwarding on?
podviaznikov2 hours ago
love this!
was panning to add similar things into my own macOS[1] ssh app with persistent SSH server.
h43z4 hours ago
Reminder to be cautious about leaking public keys.
Once you leak your public key it could be used to check if another server recognizes that leaked public key.
alentred2 hours ago
Did I miss something? Aren't public key are supposed to be public?
To be clear, that's an honest question, not sarcasm of anything. I only assume I don't know about some corner case with SSH or something? Because we have those on our websites, they are supposed to be used to verify signatures, etc. How is publishing them bad?
h43zan hour ago
It's just something everyone should be aware of.
It's up to you to decide if it's okay that you send a server provider (in this case late.sh) a bunch of your public keys which he could for example use to probe other servers to see if you have access to them.
Everyone has different opsec.
drabbiticus7 minutes ago
The site does include a way to use a throwaway key and IIRC it was there last night too.
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/late_throwaway && ssh -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i ~/.ssh/late_throwaway late.sh
benj1113 hours ago
Surely you shouldn't be leaking your username. I could use it to see if another server recognised 'h43z'....
h43z2 hours ago
OpenSSH server is designed not to reveal whether a username exists.
Zambyte4 hours ago
What?
h43z4 hours ago
By default SSH leaks all of the below public keys (if they exist) + all public keys in your ssh-agent to a server you connect to.
~/.ssh/id_ecdsa.pub
~/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk.pub
~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
~/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk.pub
~/.ssh/id_xmss.pub
~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
At the very bottom of the website they give you a command that would not leak your public keys.
`ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/late_throwaway && ssh -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i ~/.ssh/late_throwaway late.sh`
this would only send the late_throwaway public key
Zambyte4 hours ago
Okay, but why is that something to be concerned about? How would one be able to probe to see if a server recognizes a public key? Why does that matter?
prodigycorp3 hours ago
so, i used my public key. can someone please tell me what i should be worried about now?
plaidwombatan hour ago
All your base are belong to us. We recommend rotating keys more often than never.
h43z3 hours ago
If I have your public key I could probe a server to see if it recognizes that public key. Which would tell me information you might not want to be leaked.
ErroneousBosh3 hours ago
l33t h4xx0r5
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hankbond9 hours ago
Design is illegible. Needs more contrast between text and background. I'm not even vision impaired and I was squinting immediately.
aslakhellesoy6 hours ago
Even 15 years ago this was such a big problem that someone tried to start a rebellion: https://contrastrebellion.com/
gombosg4 hours ago
Haha, nice website, with the greyed-out comments on HN featured among the offending examples. :)
bjelkeman-again7 hours ago
So much modern GUI design is really poor for those a bit older where contrast is important.
1e1a7 hours ago
The accessibility checker in Chrome/Firefox devtools would immediately flag this.
arnitdo5 hours ago
Vibe coded slop has the same patterns of black-on-black and grey-on-grey illegible text. Mix that with piss poor monospace, small-size fonts and you have to squint to read each letter
d0ddy8 hours ago
there are many many themes. some high contrast ones
sevenzero8 hours ago
Hmm maybe the tool has but the design of the website made me squint as well.
ssl-37 hours ago
Me, too. For me, it was easier without the DarkReader plugin enabled than with it (which is kind of common), but it wasn't great to see either way.
viccis8 hours ago
I'm, by contrast, an able bodied person with functioning eyes and had no issues.
tapland7 hours ago
You might not have the average display.
But, can you reason more about your intent with the tone of your comment?
bl4ckbe4r5 hours ago
NEW web design with better contrast incoming! :D Thank you for the feedback :)
pixlmint4 hours ago
yeah I was gonna say, it's very difficult to read on an eink display. And while we're at it, I believe my phone is set to reduced animations, which I believe is a preference that's exposed to websites, the experience would be much better without so much blinking going on.
jrflowers7 hours ago
Nice! I was just thinking about how much I love installing binaries instead of going to a website
dev_dan_22 hours ago
Looks neat, bookmarked and want to check it out!
warthog2 hours ago
this is amazing, great idea
wazzup_im9 hours ago
Good work, thanks!
DANmode10 hours ago
Ever see something new, and just know it’s going to survive?
Your site copy is great to the last drop.
Great submission.
sevg9 hours ago
> Your site copy is great to the last drop.
It is? It’s just the usual LLM.
DANmode8 hours ago
The design = “flavor of the week LLM”,
but someone still has to proof and tweak generated copy.
Someone cared about this page.
notpushkin7 hours ago
No X. No Y. A is your B.
We do G, not H. C, D, E — plus an optional F.
No I, no J, no K — just an L into a W.
I would say the design is the most human thing about this page. (It has its charm somehow, even if it’s obviously “flavour of the week LLM design”. Also, I don’t think an LLM would choose colours so poorly unless nudged in that direction – accidentally, I suppose.)
tkel6 hours ago
There's maybe 100 words on the page. It would have taken someone 5 minutes to type that out. But apparently the creator didn't even care enough to do that.
calgoo6 hours ago
See thats the difference, i don't core personally. Its a page to tell you to connect to the ssh server (or install their script). Why does it have to be a philosophical masterpiece? Its just word on a page saying click here, better looking then the majority of the SEO garbage that has plagued the internet for the last 15 year thanks to google and friends.
tkel7 hours ago
You might be projecting . All the docs in the app looks like the usual wall-of-text that was autogenerated .
sevg8 hours ago
Yeah, no. Not enough to make the page not look and sound like straight from an LLM.
ga_to7 hours ago
Also not enough to make the text even a slight bit more readable. I have perfect eyes and am still struggling to focus on the headlines.
orphereus7 hours ago
Lol
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hahahaa9 hours ago
why not just use irc?
dark-staran hour ago
nobody has mIRC/ircii installed by default
everyone has ssh installed by default
bl4ckbe4r6 hours ago
can you listen to music, play sudoku/nanograms/tetris, do live artboard, jump into NetHack/DCSS/dopewars/LOGD insdie IRC?
muzani6 hours ago
Which servers are still alive?
stackghost6 hours ago
Rizon, hackint, and Libera, among others
catfisher9 hours ago
Pretty cool ngl.
vjay156 hours ago
this is amazing
tonyrice9 hours ago
I really love this!
TurdF3rguson9 hours ago
And... Cue 1M dummies here running that code without even looking at it, SMH.
1dom6 hours ago
It's possible to login and interact and use late.sh with just your SSH client - there's no need to download or run custom code. But you that did make me realise that they don't have a github link on that page anywhere.
Your tone in this comment is a bit out of place on HN. Why are you here if you think it's 1M dummies?
TurdF3rguson5 hours ago
The people why ran that line without knowing what it does are dummies. And yes maybe not 1M but there were a lot of them.
jauntywundrkind7 hours ago
i had a quite good experience generating a key/username on my local machine and ssh'ing in.
lot of vitriol in the comments. looks like a spectacularly put together BBS, to me. the tools are open-source and have some really fun looking value add, but no, i haven't ran them.
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behnamoh8 hours ago
A CLI tool that's not grep-able is a GUI disguised as TUI.
pmarreck8 hours ago
Did it ever claim it was a CLI?
jrflowers7 hours ago
Under every link to download the CLI. The ones hosted on the cli subdomain
joshka8 hours ago
yes, and... ?
hebelehubele6 hours ago
Let the man not enjoy it in peace.