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Show HN: Whim-proxy, a vibe-coded tool to reverse-tunnel webhooks to your laptop

https://github.com/kakwa/whim-proxy
1•kakwa_•1h ago
It's probably not something that original, and I'm betting something like that already exist, but here we go:

Here is whim-proxy, a client + server combo helping developers tests webhook consumers when running the producer service is not practical (e.g. third-parties like GitHub or Stripe)).

Whim-proxy solves this issue with a whim-server & whim-client combo working as follows:

.1 A public/reachable webhook listener on whim-server receives the events from producers.

.2 Each event is then forwarded to subscribed whim-client processes (pub-sub) running on developer's laptop via WebSocket reverse-tunnels.

.3 Finally, the whim-client takes the event, and reproduces the original webhook, targeting the local consumer being developed/tested.

In all honestly, the tool itself is not that impressive. What impressed me was how quickly I got something working.

With Claude, and from the initial idea, it took me maybe 2 hours for a working prototype. And reaching something looking presentable took barely more than a slightly long evening; logo and demo deployment included.

The tool is probably far from perfect, I highly expect it to be DOSable quite easily for example.

But producing something similar would have probably taken me 1 or 2 weeks pre-AI.

For these kind of small/internal tools, AI as been kind of a blessing. The scope is small and all the code fits in context, also the quality is generally not critical (not on the production path).

For now, it's a far better option in my opinion compared to the old Perl script Joe Nothereanymore wrote 15 years ago. I just hope it will not become a curse, with a jungle of IA generated tools nobody actually understand.

It's kind frightening how little I looked at the actual whim-proxy code. It's small enough that I could probably dive into it. But multiply it by 20 in a corporate settings... well...

Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.5: Better Planning, Similar Execution

https://blog.kilo.ai/p/claude-fable-5-vs-gpt-5-5
1•justiceforsaas•1m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A local-first job-search command center (no cloud, no telemetry)

https://github.com/Fighter90/career-ops-ui
1•Fighter90•1m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Chrome Extension That Removes AI Slop / Spam / Self-Promo from Reddit

https://nobot-two.vercel.app/
1•DevEric•3m ago•0 comments

A thousand Postgres branches for $1

https://xata.io/blog/a-thousand-postgres-branches-for-1
2•tudorg•3m ago•0 comments

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1•sorenlokholm•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I made a Unity Audio Manager that saves me 10 hours every project

https://unityaudiomanager.com
1•Adam-Hincu•9m ago•1 comments

/proc/self/exe overwrite from within a user namespace

https://mixedbit.org/blog/2026/06/12/proc_self_exe_overwrite_from_within_a_user_namespace.html
2•mixedbit•15m ago•0 comments

What is the most valuable skill you've learned outside of your job?

1•Soumya_Max•15m ago•0 comments

Getting World Cup Updates in Slack

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1•ewf•15m ago•0 comments

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1•Soumya_Max•16m ago•1 comments

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1•nico•17m ago•0 comments

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https://fullscale.io/blog/developer-shortage/
1•USTECH_WORKER•19m ago•0 comments

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3495243.3517030
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2•doener•25m ago•0 comments

We economists have done the maths: 'growth' is a doomed strategy

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3•u1hcw9nx•26m ago•0 comments

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1•the-mitr•30m ago•0 comments

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2•mkl95•34m ago•0 comments

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1•01-_-•51m ago•0 comments

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1•microflash•54m ago•0 comments

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2•yboris•55m ago•0 comments