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Is there a public code repository and issue tracker where fans and users can discuss and contribute?

Very neat, and impressive. The one downside I noticed for the exemplar page is the browser CPU load. constant 33% of 1 CPU on an AMD Ryzen 7 1800X with Firefox v103.0.2, and around 32% with Chromium v104.0.5112.79.

I guess that's fair though since the 'page' is playing Towers of Hanoi AND animating the Hilbert curve AND a linear watch (clock)!

I enjoy the presentation itself too - no wasted space, nice multi column, no space-wasting top-bar, no annoying sidebars.

Being able to invoke the code editor with the floating resizeable text-area feels so natural.

The one thing that would be good seeing as the page is a viewport onto a larger canvas is auto-scrolling the viewport when the pointer approaches the margins - so we don't have to chase, make visible, and manually grab the browser scroll bars. That would make the page naturally follow where our attention currently is.

Certainly brings a whole new meaning to "Single Page Application".

Not even going to attempt to view it on a small device though!

The only downside is requiring client-side Javascript to render - I wonder if there's a way to have a fallback to render server-side in that case?

I've been procrastinating over choice of some kind of simple wiki-like static site generator for recording many real-time stream-of-consciousness disparate unrelated bug investigations,fixes and code hacking across a wide range of open-source software.

This has a quirkiness to it that I like and it feels like a nice fit for someone with a coding ethos (even if not usually into functional!).

It may even conquer my preference for Markdown!

Time to explore!

parent iam-TJ 4 years ago

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