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Show HN: Port Kill – A lightweight macOS status bar development port monitor

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125 points lexokoh | 3 comments | 24 Aug 25 03:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.706s | source
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dsab ◴[24 Aug 25 05:14 UTC] No.45001575[source]▶
What is "development process" ??? What is "business use case" of this tool? Such a big readme and no introduction to why I should be interested in this tool.
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1. motorest ◴[24 Aug 25 05:26 UTC] No.45001639[source]▶
> Such a big readme and no introduction to why I should be interested in this tool.

This.

Why in the hell would anyone want to kill random processes that open a port in the tange 2000-6000? And why is this need so pressing as to require a full blown monitor integrated in a task bar?

Without context, this sounds like a complete random silly project that makes no sense and serves no purpose at all.

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2. bigyabai ◴[24 Aug 25 05:44 UTC] No.45001708[source]▶
Without context, it sounds like something someone vibe-coded and git push-ed up to the internet. Which is fine, but it's just unusually precise and verbose for something that would end up being a shell alias for most developers.
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3. todotask2 ◴[24 Aug 25 05:50 UTC] No.45001733[source]▶
The author also posted it on Reddit. He used it for himself, but some people use it even though it’s bad practice.