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vnglston Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?

Yes I also wanted to add swiping back then but I guess it’s even harder if you’re using React.

PWA’s are slowly becoming better on ios, there was another new release of safari that fixed a lot of bugs. But it’s still very niche, since Add to Home Screen is so hard to find for users

vnglston Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?

I created this app for my daughter to help her get better at math. It's still a work in progress, but I thought I'd share it here to get some initial feedback. https://tafels.app

Source code: https://github.com/vnglst/tafels.app

vnglston Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?

Wow very well made, I did a similar thing (for kids) couple of years back, but I really like that you can swipe in your version! https://finding-nora.com/

vnglston Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?

Nice! I’m working on something similar for my daughter to help her learn the multiplication tables: https://tafels.app

(and also to help me learn svelte ;)

vnglston Show HN: Add a live chat overlay to any page

Very nice!

vnglston Show HN: Simple chat app build with GUN (decentralized db)

Source code can be found here: https://github.com/vnglst/svelte-gundb-chat

Let me know what you think! Btw. had a very nice chat with the creator of gundb (Mark Nadal) right inside the chat app. That was pretty cool. He also tweeted about it here:

https://twitter.com/marknadal/status/1253446569665257473?s=2...

vnglston Show HN: Phrassed.com – a decentralized anarchistic chat app

Creator here. It's amazing what you can create in just a few hours using modern web technology.

Source code can be found here: https://github.com/vnglst/svelte-gundb-chat

Let me know what you think!

Btw. had a very nice chat with the creator of gundb (Mark Nadal) right inside the chat app. That was pretty cool. He also tweeted about it here: https://twitter.com/marknadal/status/1253446569665257473

vnglston I created a little chat app with GUN (a decentralized database) and Svelte

Creator here. It's amazing what you can create in just a few hours using modern web technology.

Source code can be found here: https://github.com/vnglst/svelte-gundb-chat

Let me know what you think!

vnglston Show HN: I created a little chat app using GUN (a decentralized db) and Svelte

Creator here. It's amazing what you can create in just a few hours using modern web technology.

Source code can be found here: https://github.com/vnglst/svelte-gundb-chat

Let me know what you think!

vnglston Show HN: I made a conference call soundboard for remote workers

It's based on the DrumKit exercise from Wes Bos' excellent course JavaScript30. Be sure to check out the other exercises if you're looking for a fun way to improve your frontend skills: https://javascript30.com/

vnglston Introducing Yarn 2

This is awesome, will give it a try at work next week (large monorepo with workspaces and lots and lots of packages).

Thanks for the all the hard work (and the excellent blog post)!

vnglston Size of node_modules folder when installing the top 100 packages

I thought it might be (mildly) interesting to keep track of how the npm node_modules folder grows over time. So I made this website. Source code: https://github.com/vnglst/size-of-npm/

vnglston Python adopts a 12-month release cycle

Ah my bad, I think that's the wrong link describing the old process. I remember a recent talk by Axel (author of that post) describing the new process where features are accepted as soon as they are done (i.e. stage 4). But I can't find any articles by him to back this up, so maybe my memory is failing me ;-)

Update: ok, as soon as a proposal reaches stage 4 it's considered finalized and part of the standard. A proposal can reach stage 4 at any time during the year. At that point browser vendors will start implementing those. https://flaviocopes.com/es2019/

vnglston Python adopts a 12-month release cycle

That's a great answer, thanks. I think it's really interesting to see how differently both open source projects are managed and maintained.

vnglston Python adopts a 12-month release cycle

Maybe releasing more often could improve stability and predictability? Isn't it like they say: if it hurts, do it more often.

This is also what the JavaScript community is moving towards, both for the language specs where new features are "released" once they're ready (see: https://2ality.com/2015/11/tc39-process.html) and their respective implementations in browsers and Node.

As far a I can tell, those release processes (with many millions of users and full backwards compatibility going back to early beginnings of JavaScript) are neither unstable nor unpredictable.

vnglston Python adopts a 12-month release cycle

I'm wondering why Python has such an slow release cycle? There are new Node.js releases on a weekly (and sometimes daily) basis.

Why not ship any improvements you have immediately to the users?

vnglston Ask HN: What are some resources to improve speaking skills?

It’s like doing software releases: if it hurts, do it more often.

So accept every opportunity you get to practice.

vnglston Dietlibc – a Libc optimized for small size

I like the proverb on the top of the page:

Person who say it cannot be done should not interrupt person doing it. --Chinese Proverb

vnglston Show HN: Simple Kids Game, Created with HTML, CSS and JavaScript (React)

Stack

- Create React App

- TypeScript

- Mobx State Tree

- react-pose

- Howler for sound fx

Source code is here: https://github.com/vnglst/lumber-jack

vnglston Marquee HTML Element

Fun fact: it works for everything inside a <marquee> tag, you can do this for your entire website in one go!

vnglston Ask HN: Is there a web framework that is focused on stability and LTS?

I think any of the major frameworks (React, Angular, Vue) would be a safe bet. They are and will be well maintained and documented.

Of course it also depends on what you’re building: if it’s simple you could go for old school technologies like jQuery and <script> tags. All those things will still work in 10-15 years time. (generally functionalities are only added to the web, not removed, which means websites from the 90’s should still work on modern day browsers)

I’m personally a React developer and I like that over the last couple of years there have been only a few (and very minor) breaking changes. Upgrading React on any project has not caused me any troubles, which is great.

vnglston Angular v8.0

I can confirm this for the Dutch public sector as well. I'm saying this as a longtime React contractor. There's some React contracts, but very few and no Vue that I know of.

vnglston Show HN: Scar – Static websites with HTTPS, a global CDN, and custom domains

And, if I’m not mistaken, it’s also missing the 1-command-deploy-a-completely-new-version-but-also-keep-the-current-one feature.

It’s still a cool project though, since it shows exactly how many problems Netlify solves for us

vnglston The new Windows subsystem for Linux architecture: a deep dive

Thanks for this, domain blocked!

vnglston Facebook Is Dying, Wall Street Just Doesn’t Realize It Yet

Coming from someone who still thinks cryptos are the future

vnglston Show HN: Tutorial on React Hooks and HTML Canvas

Great, let me know what you think when you finish it!

vnglston Show HN: Didyougogo – An Altavista slayer

Drop the 'did'? Much cleaner.

And maybe also the 'you'?

vnglston Make a “Literary Clock” from a Jailbroken Kindle

Oh so cool this!!

vnglston Show HN: Tetris with words – I created this small game, please give feedback

I'd be curious to hear about your experiences/challenges. I really liked the loading/splash screen.

I tried the PWA/offline mode on Safari/iOS but that's not working right now.