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Re:Show HN: Browser-based video compositor built on WebGPU on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @05:22PM (#46967794)
This works very well. It's super fast and responsive. But please add a gun pointing at Clippy that lets the user end him in one, clear action. I otherwise had to keep clicking through to get rid of him.

Your tech choices (WebGPU/WebAudio) make for ultra-fast load times that easily beat Kdenlive (my usual go-to editor) without even needing a download. But have you tried using Tauri to provide a "native" version?

That's what it was! I really, really wanted to use Dart because I love Flutter (only ever used it through FlutterFlow and was duly impressed) but I couldn't get around the binary size, mainly because I'm supporting WASM as a backend so it needs tiny binaries.

How did you handle the WASM backend? That part was extremely impressive to me. But aren't the binaries practically too large for WASM?

In any case, really love what you're doing and will be following progress. Outstanding work!

Wow, the website excels at showcasing the framework!

What are compiled binaries like with this and Dart? I've been building a sort of similar framework and engine in Nim, mostly because I can get binaries under 200Kb. I looked into implementing the concept in other languages but don't recall much with Dart.

Also, how does this carry over to Flutter? Is this similar enough that minimal changes would be needed to move a TUI app into Flutter's graphical domain?

Well done! I'm a little confused about the theme customization though. Is the idea to feed config.py into ChatGPT and ask it for a custom version of it? If so, have you already done that?

Also, I noticed there are shaders in that config. Have you tried doing special effects with that like bloom or CRT effects?

Show HN: Zerorain – Game of binary rain for the terminal

https://github.com/maddestlabs/zerorain

The game of binary rain. Totally inspired by The Matrix and cmatrix specifically. It's just a simplified typing game. Just two keys for control, 0 and 1. Type the digits in sequence within the falling strains to clear them before they reach bottom.Made with Nim. Zero dependencies, under 200KB compiled, crazy fast compile time (under 2 seconds on my PC).

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Isn't this misinformation? Project 2025 is not a Republican scheme. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025
There are apps like Plane9 (very similar to Milkdrop from Winamp) and the commercial Luminant Music. I'd say FL Studio's integrated plugin ZGameEditor Visualizer is probably the top alternative considering the sheer number of presets and templates as well as configurability. They're all listed at AlternativeTo.

https://alternativeto.net/software/projectm/

Re:Soldat: a 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:28AM (#26063585)
Maybe Armajet? I think we've done a pretty good job with the alternatives here (I work off and on at AlternativeTo): https://alternativeto.net/software/soldat/
Re:Kdenlive: an open-source video editor on Monday March 11, 2019 @05:17PM (#19362912)
Yeah, especially with that free tier exporting up to 4k/60fps. Then you get the node compositing and souped up mixer for audio. I had to switch to an nvidia driver to get it working on Kubuntu but it works great. For me, it only crashes only when using a specific few filter effects. But I now use the massive filter set that was bundled with Natron so I don't even need DaVinci's bundled filters.

If you can get it working, the thing's a glorious beast.

Re:Amiga Music Tracker in JavaScript on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @07:40PM (#19041185)
Good grief, he did that with just 4 tracks! Sounds exactly like I remember it too. Thanks for sharing.
Re:Show HN: Visual Basic 6 reimagined in JavaScript on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @12:40AM (#18966225)
Wait, what about Lazarus? https://www.lazarus-ide.org/

It's Pascal rather than Basic but otherwise, wouldn't that qualify as a parallel?

murder: the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

If a legal system grants the death penalty, it isn't murder under that legal system.

That same 4%+ would exist with or without the death penalty so the death penalty isn't the problem. It should be unacceptable that any innocent people suffer under false judgement.
I think you're referring to the part listing the drawbacks of using GitHub Issues for a blog in general. If you continue to the subsequent "How it works" section, you'll see this:

"Glyph removes all of those drawbacks for you."