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0.00 Show HN: Rev-dep – 20x faster knip.dev alternative build in Go (github.com S:+0.15 )
36 points by jayu_dev 7 hours ago | 7 comments on HN | Neutral Product · v3.7 ·
Summary Open Source & Code Freedom Acknowledges
This GitHub repository documents rev-dep, a dependency analysis toolkit for JavaScript/TypeScript projects. The content is purely technical documentation with no explicit engagement with human rights principles. However, the open source MIT license and public repository structure implicitly acknowledge principles of free expression and access to knowledge.
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Preamble: ND — Preamble Preamble: No Data — Preamble P Article 1: ND — Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood Article 1: No Data — Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood 1 Article 2: ND — Non-Discrimination Article 2: No Data — Non-Discrimination 2 Article 3: ND — Life, Liberty, Security Article 3: No Data — Life, Liberty, Security 3 Article 4: ND — No Slavery Article 4: No Data — No Slavery 4 Article 5: ND — No Torture Article 5: No Data — No Torture 5 Article 6: ND — Legal Personhood Article 6: No Data — Legal Personhood 6 Article 7: ND — Equality Before Law Article 7: No Data — Equality Before Law 7 Article 8: ND — Right to Remedy Article 8: No Data — Right to Remedy 8 Article 9: ND — No Arbitrary Detention Article 9: No Data — No Arbitrary Detention 9 Article 10: ND — Fair Hearing Article 10: No Data — Fair Hearing 10 Article 11: ND — Presumption of Innocence Article 11: No Data — Presumption of Innocence 11 Article 12: ND — Privacy Article 12: No Data — Privacy 12 Article 13: ND — Freedom of Movement Article 13: No Data — Freedom of Movement 13 Article 14: ND — Asylum Article 14: No Data — Asylum 14 Article 15: ND — Nationality Article 15: No Data — Nationality 15 Article 16: ND — Marriage & Family Article 16: No Data — Marriage & Family 16 Article 17: ND — Property Article 17: No Data — Property 17 Article 18: ND — Freedom of Thought Article 18: No Data — Freedom of Thought 18 Article 19: +0.07 — Freedom of Expression 19 Article 20: ND — Assembly & Association Article 20: No Data — Assembly & Association 20 Article 21: ND — Political Participation Article 21: No Data — Political Participation 21 Article 22: ND — Social Security Article 22: No Data — Social Security 22 Article 23: ND — Work & Equal Pay Article 23: No Data — Work & Equal Pay 23 Article 24: ND — Rest & Leisure Article 24: No Data — Rest & Leisure 24 Article 25: ND — Standard of Living Article 25: No Data — Standard of Living 25 Article 26: ND — Education Article 26: No Data — Education 26 Article 27: ND — Cultural Participation Article 27: No Data — Cultural Participation 27 Article 28: ND — Social & International Order Article 28: No Data — Social & International Order 28 Article 29: ND — Duties to Community Article 29: No Data — Duties to Community 29 Article 30: ND — No Destruction of Rights Article 30: No Data — No Destruction of Rights 30
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Editorial Mean 0.00 Structural Mean +0.15
Weighted Mean +0.07 Unweighted Mean +0.07
Max +0.07 Article 19 Min +0.07 Article 19
Signal 1 No Data 30
Confidence 2% Volatility 0.00 (Low)
Negative 0 Channels E: 0.5 S: 0.5
SETL -0.15 Structural-dominant
FW Ratio 67% 4 facts · 2 inferences
Evidence: High: 0 Medium: 1 Low: 0 No Data: 30
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Foundation Security Legal Privacy & Movement Personal Expression Economic & Social Cultural Order & Duties Foundation: 0.00 (0 articles) Security: 0.00 (0 articles) Legal: 0.00 (0 articles) Privacy & Movement: 0.00 (0 articles) Personal: 0.00 (0 articles) Expression: 0.07 (1 articles) Economic & Social: 0.00 (0 articles) Cultural: 0.00 (0 articles) Order & Duties: 0.00 (0 articles)
HN Discussion 3 top-level · 2 replies
e1g 2026-02-26 19:20 UTC link
+1 for the idea. Enforcing hard boundaries between is surprisingly helpful for AIs to reason about how to structure their changes.

We recently rolled out our own static analysis using oxc-parser and oxc-resolver, and it runs surprisingly fast (<1s for ~100K LOC). For us, it was definitely worth adding this layer of defence against The Slop.

esafak 2026-02-26 19:27 UTC link
Looks good; I'm eager to try it. Do you have any questions?
silverwind 2026-02-26 20:17 UTC link
I prefer to have unused code detected during linting, but sadly, eslint has decided to kill off the APIs that support rules like `no-unused-modules`. Running a separate tool like this one or knip in place of a few lint rules just seems impractical.
jayu_dev 2026-02-26 19:32 UTC link
Nice! I’ve come to similar conclusions recently, with the recent increase in code changes velocity, solid static analysis is more important than ever.

When it comes to the performance, I've learned that reading code from file system and parsing it takes most of the time. Then resolving modules takes a little also.

Once that is done, running different checks is almost instant - like miliseconds.

dmix 2026-02-26 20:39 UTC link
eslint is a good example of why coding in javascript is annoying. Your tools just constantly changing wildly over a version upgrade, so you look for a better one and find there's a new Rust linting tool but it's alpha and is missing half the features.
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What the content says
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Article 19 Freedom of Expression
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The README describes software functionality without discussing freedom of expression, press, or information access.

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Preamble Preamble

The Preamble reaffirms faith in fundamental human rights and dignity. This repository contains purely technical documentation with no engagement with these principles.

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Article 1 Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood

No content addresses equal and inherent dignity or rights of all humans.

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Article 2 Non-Discrimination

No discussion of discrimination or rights without distinction.

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Article 3 Life, Liberty, Security

No engagement with right to life, liberty, or security of person.

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Article 4 No Slavery

No content addresses slavery or servitude.

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Article 5 No Torture

No content addresses torture or cruel, inhuman treatment.

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Article 6 Legal Personhood

No engagement with recognition as person before law.

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Article 7 Equality Before Law

No content addresses equal protection before law.

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Article 8 Right to Remedy

No engagement with right to effective remedy for rights violations.

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Article 9 No Arbitrary Detention

No content addresses arbitrary detention.

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Article 10 Fair Hearing

No engagement with right to fair and public hearing.

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Article 11 Presumption of Innocence

No content addresses presumption of innocence or criminal procedure.

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Article 12 Privacy

Repository documentation does not discuss privacy protection.

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Article 13 Freedom of Movement

No content addresses freedom of movement.

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Article 14 Asylum

No engagement with right to seek and enjoy asylum.

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Article 15 Nationality

No content addresses right to nationality.

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Article 16 Marriage & Family

No engagement with rights to marriage or family.

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Article 17 Property

No discussion of property rights or ownership.

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Article 18 Freedom of Thought

No engagement with freedom of thought, conscience, or religion.

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Article 20 Assembly & Association

No content addresses freedom of peaceful assembly or association.

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Article 21 Political Participation

No engagement with right to participate in governance.

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Article 22 Social Security

No content addresses social security or welfare.

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Article 23 Work & Equal Pay

Tool improves developer productivity but does not address labor rights, fair wages, or working conditions.

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Article 24 Rest & Leisure

No engagement with right to rest, leisure, or reasonable hours.

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Article 25 Standard of Living

No content addresses standard of living, health, or social services.

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Article 26 Education

Repository contains educational code and documentation but not positioned as educational content.

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Article 27 Cultural Participation

Documentation does not discuss scientific advancement or cultural participation.

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Article 28 Social & International Order

No engagement with right to social and international order.

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Article 29 Duties to Community

No explicit discussion of duties to community.

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Article 30 No Destruction of Rights

Interpretive provision; not applicable to substantive evaluation.
Structural Channel
What the site does
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Article 19 Freedom of Expression
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Context Modifier
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SETL
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Repository is publicly accessible on GitHub under MIT license. Source code is viewable, downloadable, modifiable, and redistributable without restriction. This open source distribution model directly supports freedom of expression and access to information.

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Preamble Preamble

Repository structure does not engage with preamble themes.

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Article 1 Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood

Not applicable to software documentation.

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Article 2 Non-Discrimination

Repository access is open to all without discrimination.

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Article 3 Life, Liberty, Security

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Article 4 No Slavery

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Article 5 No Torture

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Article 6 Legal Personhood

Not applicable to software.

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Article 7 Equality Before Law

Not applicable to software licensing.

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Article 8 Right to Remedy

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Article 9 No Arbitrary Detention

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Article 10 Fair Hearing

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Article 11 Presumption of Innocence

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Article 12 Privacy

GitHub platform performs analytics and telemetry collection; repository itself does not implement privacy protections or violations.

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Article 13 Freedom of Movement

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Article 14 Asylum

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Article 15 Nationality

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Article 16 Marriage & Family

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Article 17 Property

Software is licensed (not owned) under permissive MIT terms.

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Article 18 Freedom of Thought

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Article 20 Assembly & Association

Not applicable to individual repository.

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Article 21 Political Participation

Repository does not facilitate governance participation.

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Article 22 Social Security

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Article 23 Work & Equal Pay

Tool is provided freely; no direct engagement with labor rights.

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Article 24 Rest & Leisure

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Article 25 Standard of Living

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Article 26 Education

Open source availability enables learning and study of code by anyone globally.

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Article 27 Cultural Participation

Open source contribution participates in shared technical and scientific culture.

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Article 28 Social & International Order

Repository operates within international open source ecosystem.

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Article 29 Duties to Community

Open source publication implies community contribution and responsibility.

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Article 30 No Destruction of Rights

Not applicable.
Supplementary Signals
Epistemic Quality
0.62
Propaganda Flags
1 techniques detected
exaggeration
Claims '10x-200x faster execution' without specific methodology or benchmark citations provided
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Event Timeline 6 events
2026-02-26 23:41 eval_success Evaluated: Neutral (0.31) - -
2026-02-26 22:36 eval_success Light evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-26 22:16 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Show HN: Rev-dep – 20x faster knip.dev alternative build in Go - -
2026-02-26 22:13 rate_limit OpenRouter rate limited (429) model=llama-3.3-70b - -
2026-02-26 22:12 rate_limit OpenRouter rate limited (429) model=llama-3.3-70b - -
2026-02-26 22:11 rate_limit OpenRouter rate limited (429) model=llama-3.3-70b - -
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build 1286ad6+p3nv · deployed 2026-02-27 02:22 UTC · evaluated 2026-02-27 01:29:19 UTC