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joshprice • last Wednesday at 1:46 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Understand the hesitation, but this is just a convenience script to make installation a shell one-liner and totally optional.

Just click on the hard to spot "Already have an app?" link and it will show you the individual mix tasks you can run yourself.

I would argue that this is the preferred way to see what's happening and avoid running a remote shell script for the security conscious. ;)

Also the generated project name is completely random and intended to be humourous.

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notpushkin • last Wednesday at 4:51 PM

Ahhhh, okay! Looks like I’ve got a bad roll of a dice then. (The `uber_for` is actually hilarious :-)

Maybe move the script to something like ash-hq.org/new?project_name={generated}, so that it’s easier to guess what’s going on? Or break it up into steps, like:

    # Install prerequisites (Elixir and `igniter_new`):
    curl -fsSo 'https://ash-hq.org/install?with=phoenix' | sh

    # Create a new app:
    mix igniter.new {{ generated }} --yes-to-deps --yes --install ""
    cd {{ generated }}

    # Install Ash:
    mix igniter.install ...
(This could also let you eliminate that “Already have an app?” button-link – the users can just skip the steps they’ve already done.)
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