No-more-secrets: recreate the decryption effect seen in the 1992 movie Sneakers (github.com)

Article summary

The article presents a command line tool called nms that recreates the data decryption effect seen in the 1992 movie Sneakers. The tool works on piped data and can be used to decrypt ASCII or UTF-8 text. It has various options, including setting the auto-decrypt flag, masking space characters, and changing the foreground color. The project is open-source and available on GitHub.

Main themes

• Sneakers movie effect
• command line tool
• installation and dependencies
• documentation and usability
• production use cases
• programming languages and libraries

What commenters say

• The tool is a fun and nostalgic recreation of a classic movie effect.
• Some users have successfully used the tool in production environments with minimal downtime and maintenance.
• The installation process is straightforward, but some users appreciate the lack of assumptions about the user's prior knowledge and experience.
• There is a debate about the ease of installation, with some users preferring packages to be included in distributions, while others value the ability to build from source without dependencies.
• Some users criticize the documentation for not providing clear examples or links to full configurations.
• The use of C and C++ can make it difficult to install and run programs due to the need to search for and install various libraries and dependencies.