This does look like a useful tool. Especially since `jq | less` is a very common pattern for me.
Apologies if this might take things a little off-topic. But I can recall seeing "written in Rust" in the titles of quite a few HN posts. Is there any relevance to this? From my perspective, the utility of a given project/product could (or even should) be judged independently of the programming language that it was implemented in.
As someone that has recently started learning Rust, I am certainly interested in looking at source for bigger projects than I've made. Getting a feel for patterns and examples of how to do certain things.
If your interest in jless is about its utility, you are right, language doesn't matter. If your interest in jless is looking at its code, I think language is relevant. And personally seeing it in the title let's me know without clicking that I might want to check out it's code later.
Very true. The choice of a language isn't just driven by how appealing it is to oneself, but also how appealing it is to the broader population of developers. If you use a language that no one wants to work with then you're going to have a tough time getting people to want to contribute. You also end up limited on the third-party libraries that are available if you pick a language that isn't popular.
Apologies if this might take things a little off-topic. But I can recall seeing "written in Rust" in the titles of quite a few HN posts. Is there any relevance to this? From my perspective, the utility of a given project/product could (or even should) be judged independently of the programming language that it was implemented in.