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Totally fair. I'm not really aiming to compete with general purpose editors.

The motivation for Hedit was more about workflows, like syncing from remote sources or shared lists. So Hedit is closer to a small system utility rather than "yet another editor".


So you've replaced a <10 line shell script (which is what I've been using to workflow host blacklist updates and similar for...oh...25 years) with an entire application. Fair enough...but I thought it was only mobile shoveling "EVERYTHING MUST BE AN APP" down on us. The more you know.

Hey HN! I'm Felipe, the maker of Hedit.

I created Hedit after using an outdated hosts file editor that didn't support Apple Silicon. I wanted a modern, user-friendly alternative that works seamlessly on today's systems.

Hedit is still evolving, and I’d love your feedback.

Thanks for checking it out, and happy to answer any questions!


> outdated hosts file editor that didn't support Apple Silicon

I use vim and vscode to edit my hosts file on apple silicon with no issues, what are you using?


I was using gasmask app before. But it's not just about the editor, it's the automations. I can synk StevenBlack hosts automatically for example. Check it out ;)

don't wink at me please, I have no need for this, so will not be checking it out

Let's goo! That's awesome! Finally a decent API with a generous free tier. Thank you for that.

Quick question, are you using the official Meta API on your side?


thanks! yes, we use the official Meta API


Wow! That's awesome! Success on it


They updated their status page: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/


Me too. Looks like it's back.


Down here aswell. Seeing 500 error after app refresh.


Looks like it got back for me.


Hey! It should be more dynamic than a spreadsheet. Providing you with more details about it, like domain rating and backlinks. I plan to add more info, like SSL details, Google safe browsing, blacklist check, and so on.

Also, it will have email notifications about all that info. Remind you about expirations. Notify about DR changes and or some other metric that changed.

Does this answer your question? Please let me know.


Just to clarify one more thing. You don't transfer the domain to it. It's not a domain registrar. You keep them where you registered it originally, you just add them to the dashboard.


That’s 100% true. My bad. Since it’s just an MVP, I initially didn’t bother, but I regret it now. I’ve already added a minimal landing page. Unfortunately, I can’t change the URL on HN.


And you made it again! :D Nice writeup. Very interesting analysis.


I thought it would be nice to immediatly do a write-up.

Otherwise I push it into the future and it never happens.

Happy that I found some time this week.


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