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Huginn, an Open Source IFTTT / Yahoo Pipes

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Resurfaced independently across 4 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
5
submitters
5
observed span
2013–2016
peak thread · 70 comments
374 pts
latest 20+ return · 2016-02-01
264 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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Good stuff, although I'm not a Ruby user. Tools like this should be much more widespread. Code Is Bad because you can't write code without a minimum level of vocabulary and syntax, and that excludes a lot of people. True, code offers the most flexibility, but 99% of the time people don't need all that flexibility and want to accomplish fairly straightforward tasks - which is why GUIs are the norm. With GUIs and visual network design, users select from…

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7585605

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
652

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Total comments
115

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2013-03-14Huginn, an Open Source IFTTT / Yahoo PipesFirst breakout · Best threadtectonic37470
2014-12-30Huginn – system for building agents that perform automated tasks for you onlinejoubert111
2015-04-05Build agents that monitor and act on your behalftvvocold10
2015-04-12Huginn: hackable Yahoo Pipes plus IFTTT on your own serverbased220
2016-02-01Huginn – Build agents that monitor and act on your behalfHall induction · Latest 20+ point returnmetachris26444