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The Original Javascript Error Steamroller

32 mentions on Hacker News by 28 people: 9 stories, 23 comments · first 2012-06-19 · latest 2026-02-16

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  1. There is also a JS pkg with similar behavior: https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs
    comment by wfleming · 2026-02-16 · in Suicide Linux (2009)
  2. Someone solved this 13 years ago: https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs
    comment by stevenfoster · 2025-12-18 · in AI helps ship faster but it produces 1.7× more bugs
  3. …the Eval-Rinse-Reload loop, as implemented by FuckItJS, the original Javascript Error Steamroller: https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs > Through a process known as Eval-Rinse-Reload-And-Repeat , FuckItJS repeatedly compiles your code,…
    comment by creatonez · 2025-08-10 · in Don't “let it crash”, let it heal
  4. Isn't "vibe coding" a natural progression from https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs ? Through a process known as Eval-Rinse-Reload-And-Repeat, FuckItJS repeatedly compiles your code, detecting errors and slicing those lines out of the…
    comment by callmeal · 2025-05-06 · in I so hate the phrase "vibe coding"
  5. Have you ever seen the error steamroller? https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs
    comment by greenavocado · 2025-04-16 · in Hacktical C: practical hacker's guide to the C programming language
  6. feed it through fuckit.js https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4157777
    comment by fragmede · 2022-11-12 · in Each visit to the page deteriorates the main image
  7. Well that's how you end up with https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs Javascript Error Steamroller FuckItJS uses state-of-the-art technology to make sure your javascript code runs whether your compiler likes it or not. Technology Through…
    comment by callmeal · 2022-04-10 · in Why Compilers Don’t Autocorrect “Obvious” Parse Errors
  8. …know there was a python version, but as the README says, this is based on the classic fuckitjs: https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs
    comment by ehsankia · 2021-06-17 · in PyWhat: Identify Anything
  9. A more complicated fuckit.js https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs
    comment by vsviridov · 2020-11-11 · in Vigil: The eternal morally vigilant programming language
  10. Hah reminds me of the spirit of fuckitjs ( https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs ).
    comment by callmeal · 2020-02-28 · in Monkey Patching in Golang (2015)
  11. Fuckit.JS to the rescue? https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs/blob/master/README.m...
    comment by mustardo · 2019-06-28 · in NPM 6.9.1 is broken due to .git folder in published tarball
  12. https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs And http://zombo.com/
    comment by xupybd · 2018-12-06 · in Ask HN: What is the funniest and stupidest software project you know?
  13. In that case, you may enjoy https://github.com/ajalt/fuckitpy Or its siblings, including https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs
    comment by zbentley · 2018-10-28 · in Hubble is back
  14. …100% sure this is meant to be taken seriously as a solution. It reminds me a lot of this project: https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs
    comment by jchw · 2017-11-17 · in Show HN: Quickfix, the best stupid idea for fixing problems in Node modules
  15. It reminds me of this: https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs
    comment by userbinator · 2017-06-03 · in DeepFix: Fixing Common C Language Errors by Deep Learning
  16. Looks to be inspired by fuckit.js: https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs So if you want the same thing but for JS give the above a shot.
    comment by kevinschumacher · 2015-08-31 · in Fuckit.py – The Python error steamroller
  17. https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs
    comment by Gurkenmaster · 2015-02-24 · in Goodbye “undefined is not a function”
  18. …http://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/metaprogramming-for-... This also reminds me of the joke http://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs which does almost the exact opposite --- reduces code until it does not have any errors.
    comment by userbinator · 2014-05-22 · in C-Reduce, a C program reducer
  19. …seems to eat errors while fuckit.js reruns code while removing the offending line until it runs: https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs
    comment by gkoberger · 2013-12-06 · in FuckIt.py - The Python Error Steamroller
  20. …code looks much the same on most peoples sites, or it could be through something more fun, like https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs (who would of thought there would actually be a proper use case for something like that??)
    comment by pserwylo · 2013-03-13 · in Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback due to HTML5
  21. fuckit.js: https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs
    comment by charliesome · 2013-02-17 · in Ask HN: What is the coolest JS library out there?
  22. Code deletion reminds me of it https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs
    comment by frozenport · 2013-01-03 · in Vigil: A programming language with eternal moral vigilance
  23. Yep, the commits are funny too: https://github.com/mattdiamond/fuckitjs/commit/001b146fc9dc6...
    comment by aklofas · 2012-06-26 · in FuckItJS: Runs your javascript code whether your compiler likes it or not.