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Simulating shitty network connections so you can build better systems.

27 mentions on Hacker News by 26 people: 4 stories, 23 comments · first 2014-11-13 · latest 2024-01-16

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  1. It has been inactive for awhile, but the name says a lot - https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast
    comment by jmspring · 2024-01-16 · in Speedbump – a TCP proxy to simulate variable network latency
  2. On a similar note, my favorite-named network testing tool: https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast
    comment by Arubis · 2023-10-11 · in Toxiproxy – simulate network and system conditions for chaos testing
  3. And comcast: https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast
    comment by theblazehen · 2023-10-11 · in Open-source network emulators and simulators
  4. https://github.com/tylertreat/Comcast
    comment by SSLy · 2023-10-11 · in Open-source network emulators and simulators
  5. [Comcast]( https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast ) also does this for macOS, BSD, and Linux. And it's _brilliantly_ named.
    comment by Arubis · 2023-06-27 · in macOS command-line tools you might not know about
  6. …at-milk/Anime-Girls-Holding-Programming-... - someone collects anime girls holding programming books. https://github.com/tylertreat/Comcast - and here is someone who is amazing at coming up with funny project names =)
    comment by anvaka · 2023-05-13 · in Hundreds of millions of stars turned into a map of GitHub projects
  7. I think that's what comcast ( https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast#readme ) is trying to do more than mitmproxy. I think there's a competing project but that one is the easiest to remember :-)
    comment by mdaniel · 2022-10-29 · in Mitmproxy 9: WireGuard Mode
  8. Take a look at https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast > Comcast is a tool designed to simulate common network problems like latency, bandwidth restrictions, and dropped/reordered/corrupted packets
    comment by sethammons · 2022-07-26 · in Ask HN: How do I force network failures during development against remote APIs?
  9. …of a networking service that does the same at a higher level, given its easy to remember name : https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast
    comment by Nzen · 2021-12-03 · in The Deadlock Empire
  10. While yours is more fully featured, I submit that https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast had the better name.
    comment by QuinnyPig · 2021-11-02 · in Toxiproxy is a framework for simulating network conditions
  11. Not sure if this software satisfies your need: https://github.com/tylertreat/Comcast
    comment by StarBrilliant · 2021-11-02 · in Toxiproxy is a framework for simulating network conditions
  12. https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast
    comment by verdverm · 2021-04-08 · in Surprisingly Slow
  13. Here's an app that simulates bad networks named Comcast: https://github.com/tylertreat/Comcast :)
    comment by cdoxsey · 2020-02-13 · in I Add 3-25 Seconds of Latency to Every Site I Visit
  14. comcast ( https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast ) is really helpful for simulating poor network connections. Particularly nice when used in Docker to do network simulations.
    comment by aidanhs · 2018-09-25 · in Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI server, and makes them pass
  15. …At a system level, Clumsy ( https://jagt.github.io/clumsy/ ), Comcast ( https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast ), and Network Link Conditioner ( https://nshipster.com/network-link-conditioner/ ) are relatively user-friendly and wor
    comment by callahad · 2018-08-07 · in Securing Web Sites Made Them Less Accessible
  16. …great except for the weird command structure. I really like the comcast tool as a wrapper for tc: https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast It makes it much easier to do throttle the way you want.
    comment by JelteF · 2017-04-02 · in Manually Throttle the Bandwidth of a Linux Network Interface
  17. This was what I was thinking while reading the post. Also, I recently checked and https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast is still alive and well.
    comment by exception_e · 2016-03-23 · in I've Just Liberated My Modules
  18. Comcast[0] is a nice alternative if you're looking to simulate poor network conditions. [0] https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast
    comment by michaelmior · 2016-03-01 · in Show HN: Tcconfig – Simple tc wrapper, easy to set up network traffic control
  19. And to simulate a degraded connection, the colorfully-named comcast tool works well: https://github.com/tylertreat/comcast
    comment by tomkinstinch · 2016-01-19 · in Tcpdive – A TCP Performance Profiling Tool
  20. There's also Comcast[0]. No clue if it's any good but the name is amazing. [0] https://github.com/tylertreat/Comcast
    comment by krebby · 2015-03-02 · in Offer HN: I'll test your web app from Tanzania
  21. yep, https://github.com/tylertreat/Comcast/blob/master/throttler/...
    comment by poor_too_ · 2015-01-28 · in Comcast: Simulating shitty network connections so you can build better systems
  22. …was a different tool in the same category, aptly named "Comcast", featured on HN a few weeks ago: https://github.com/tylertreat/Comcast
    comment by semi-extrinsic · 2015-01-03 · in Show HN: Crapify, a proxy for simulating slow, spotty HTTP connections
  23. "Comcast" is pretty hilarious. https://github.com/tylertreat/Comcast
    comment by artursapek · 2014-11-13 · in Sometimes Kill -9 Isn't Enough