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Show HN: Pipecat – Connect message queues with Unix pipes (github.com)
48 points by morgenkaffee 3821 days ago
7 comments
kenny_r 3821 days ago
This looks really cool. I went ahead and added it to the Arch User Repositories[0].

[0]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pipecat-bin/

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pdkl95 3821 days ago
Ok, I know message queues[1] are not the most popular part of System V IPC, but was it really necessary to overload the name?

(I mean ActiveMQ et al overloading "message queue" in general, not you pipecat project)

[1] http://beej.us/guide/bgipc/output/html/singlepage/bgipc.html...

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nikolay 3821 days ago
Great job! I am definitely gonna use this daily!
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agborkowski86 3820 days ago
hey guys can u provide usage scenario ?
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nyan4 3821 days ago
Why no 0mq? :)
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morgenkaffee 3821 days ago
I don't have any experience with zeromq as I mostly deal with AMQP protocols. But good that you mention it - if there is a demand I can dig into it.

There are quite a few other message queue systems out there. I can also imagine that pipecat could work as a kind of migration systems between them. But this probably should be a separate tool as it requires shuffling around metadata as well.

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jbverschoor 3821 days ago
Very cool!
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sjs382 3821 days ago
That logo... yikes.
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lps41 3821 days ago
Yeah... Maybe change it to a cat crawling into a pipe? Depicted from the side?
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dexwiz 3821 days ago
Well it's...memorable?
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morgenkaffee 3821 days ago
Now that I look at it again it also seems offensive. Switched it to a more boring but more suitable logo.

Thanks.

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tokenizerrr 3821 days ago
I didn't see anything wrong with the old logo. Too bad you felt the need to change it.
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tekromancr 3821 days ago
Yea, cats have/are prominent assholes. It's just how they are!
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sjs382 3821 days ago
I actually liked the original logo, despite my comment. The new one works very well, too.
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