Show HN: Pipecat – Connect message queues with Unix pipes

kenny_r 10 years 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/

pdkl95 10 years 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...

nikolay 10 years ago |

Great job! I am definitely gonna use this daily!

agborkowski86 10 years ago |

hey guys can u provide usage scenario ?

nyan4 10 years ago |

Why no 0mq? :)

morgenkaffee 10 years 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.

jbverschoor 10 years ago |

Very cool!

sjs382 10 years ago |

That logo... yikes.

lps41 10 years ago | |

Yeah... Maybe change it to a cat crawling into a pipe? Depicted from the side?

dexwiz 10 years ago | |

Well it's...memorable?

morgenkaffee 10 years ago | | |

Now that I look at it again it also seems offensive. Switched it to a more boring but more suitable logo.

Thanks.

tokenizerrr 10 years ago | | |

I didn't see anything wrong with the old logo. Too bad you felt the need to change it.

tekromancr 10 years ago | | |

Yea, cats have/are prominent assholes. It's just how they are!

sjs382 10 years ago | | |

I actually liked the original logo, despite my comment. The new one works very well, too.