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Re:Show HN: Oproxy – inspect and modify network traffic from the browser on Sunday June 07, 2026 @12:44AM (#48431881)
How does it compare to mitmproxy?

Show HN: Nixwrap – Run Nix packages from Python without Nix installed

Posted by eloh on Saturday January 03, 2026 @08:45AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/elohmeier/nixwrap

I built a tool that lets you run any package from nixpkgs without having Nix installed on your system.uvx nixwrap ripgrep --version uvx nixwrap jq --help uvx nixwrap bat README.mdHow it works: 1. Queries nix-index-database to find packages 2. Fetches NARs from cache.nixos.org 3. Uses patchelf to fix binaries with hardcoded /nix/store paths 4. Runs via bundled ld-linux with the correct library...

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Re:Vaultwarden commit introduces SSO using OpenID Connect on Friday August 15, 2025 @02:45PM (#44916076)
Can recommend Kanidm
Re:Composite primary key support lands in Django on Sunday December 01, 2024 @11:28AM (#42289172)
Django keeps jazzing strongly.
Re:piku: The tiniest PaaS you've ever seen on Sunday June 09, 2024 @04:05PM (#40627157)
I just "git push" using nixos-rebuild
Re:LSP-AI: open-source language server serving as back end for AI code... on Saturday June 08, 2024 @11:38AM (#40618244)
Nice. I saw this coming. Next up is a "generic" webserver which just serves HTTP response data based on some system prompt. :)
Re:Ask HN: How to handle a senior hire turning out to be junior? on Saturday June 08, 2024 @11:36AM (#40618232)
Just do the right thing and don't waste time on it. The candidate is out.
Re:What Is PID 0? on Saturday June 08, 2024 @11:34AM (#40618214)
Isn't it lovely how all these detailed code references are just a link away via GitHub?
Re:PEP 730 – Adding iOS as a supported platform on Sunday June 02, 2024 @06:30AM (#40552963)
Would be nice to bundle it with Tauri
Re:FFmpeg 7.0 Released on Friday April 05, 2024 @03:50PM (#39946405)
Happy to see one of Fabrice Bellards awesome projects thriving!
Re:SQLite Schema Diagram Generator on Saturday March 23, 2024 @03:17PM (#39802402)
Also checkout https://www.schemacrawler.com/
Re:AST-grep(sg) is a CLI tool for code structural search, lint, and re... on Sunday December 10, 2023 @09:16AM (#38591648)
There is also a neovim plugin doing structural search/replace, also based on treesitter: https://github.com/cshuaimin/ssr.nvim
Re:Running Windows 98 on the Browser on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @04:37AM (#38377063)
Nice, first thing I tried was to defrag the C: drive. Feeling well-groomed again.
Re:Tauri and CrabNebula announce formal partnership on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @10:56AM (#38264874)
See also https://beta.tauri.app/blog/partnership-crabnebula/ (they both posted)
Re:Zq: An easier and faster alternative to jq on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @06:41PM (#31174063)
You could take a look at jless [1], it allows interactive selections/browsing in JSON documents.

[1] https://jless.io/

Re:Ask HN: Is there any tool for benchmarking responsiveness for Linux? on Friday February 04, 2022 @01:29PM (#30210903)
I can recommend this one: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/is-it-snappy/id1219667593

Was mentioned on HN some time ago.

Re:Ask HN: Did Google turn off IMAP access for good over the weekend? on Monday May 04, 2020 @07:41AM (#23066807)
You need to set up an app specific password [1] and use that for IMAP.

[1] https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en