Show HN: Visual flow-based programming for Erlang, inspired by Node-RED

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Hi There,

Erlang-RED has been my project for the last couple of months and I would love to get some feedback from the HN community.

The idea is to take advantage of Erlangs message passing and low overhead processes to have true concurrency in Node-RED flows. Plus also to bring low-code visual flow-based programming to Erlang.

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js4ever ◴[16 May 25 15:07 UTC] No.44006405[source]▶

>>44006231 (OP) #

Congratulations for the launch! Also I never heard of that license before:

"LICENSE - DON'T DO EVIL" https://github.com/gorenje/erlang-red?tab=License-1-ov-file#...

Also I recommend you to put screenshots higher in the readme and also provide real world use case instead of fully abstract examples

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1. Towaway69 ◴[16 May 25 15:17 UTC] No.44006503[source]▶

>>44006405 #

Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll move the examples up and add a link to a running instance.

The license is a reminder that open source software isn’t free, in this case, I would like folks to think about what is evil. That’s the price tag.

The license isn’t enforceable and won’t be enforced.

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2. tough ◴[16 May 25 15:19 UTC] No.44006537[source]▶

>>44006503 (TP) #

Hopefully karma takes care of it heh

3. pvg ◴[16 May 25 15:39 UTC] No.44006754[source]▶

>>44006503 (TP) #

You should absolutely use whatever license you want but the actual price tag a nonstandard license adds is 'far fewer people will be able to try or contribute to your project'. Which might be totally ok for your purposes, just pointing it out since many people who dabble in 'license as messaging' for fun aren't aware of the impact/implications.

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4. adastra22 ◴[16 May 25 16:10 UTC] No.44007124[source]▶

>>44006503 (TP) #

Licenses are enforceable and will prevent many people from collaborating with you, due to the burden of legal review.

5. Towaway69 ◴[16 May 25 16:13 UTC] No.44007162[source]▶

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This has become clear since I started using the license, fortunately what I do is so niche that few contribute :)

I understand the implications but I also don't like big-tech to stealing my code and leaving me out in the cold. In sense, this license is a snub of the wall-gardens that big-tech has become. This software is something that they can't simple integrate into their product and sell on for profit. It stays out of the wall gardens.

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6. pvg ◴[16 May 25 16:42 UTC] No.44007449{3}[source]▶

>>44007162 #

Oh I'm definitely not arguing with you over what license you ought to have on your own project for your own reasons. You want a zany license, let your freak flag fly!

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