krapslog-rs VS jid

A tool for visualizing log file volume over time in your terminal [1]. Useful for quickly getting a handle on traffic patterns during a production incident. This began as a scratch-the-itch project and was also the first useful thing I made in Rust. Two itches scratched :)

A tool for visualizing ping latency as a heatmap [2]. My Macbook's wifi had developed a severe latency stutter every ~500ms that was driving me nuts when using interactive tools like SSH. It was very satisfying to visualize it and see the pattern, and it helped to narrow the list of possible causes.

[1] https://github.com/acj/krapslog-rs

> Please be kind. We're all trying to do our best.

It took me a while to grok jq, but now that I do I kinda like it? I don't think I want to learn yet another thing.

I do like tools that complement/supplement jq though, like jid: https://github.com/simeji/jid

Link for the lazy: https://github.com/simeji/jid

If you're trying to work out the structure and content of an API's JSON responses, you can keep paging through the documentation and the paged output of less or you can reach for more precise JSON parsing tools such as, jq and jid.

Yeah, I love me some jq, and my first reaction to the JSON tools page was 'What do these bring to the table that jq doesn't?". Gron and Jid changed my mind.