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Thanks so much! I've learned way more than I anticipated (or even wanted..lol) about shaders and resource managment. Now that the pattern is established, I'm going to do a barebone…

Have to agree with _pdp_ on this one. I just don't see the need for an LLM agent to do a recursive grep for API keys in public repos. Not saying people shouldn't build these tools,…

I tried going back to Thunderbird for RSS recently just to get away from bloated web readers. The fact that you can use standard email rules to filter out high-volume noise is actu…

Did designing for LLM output first actually change the component API, or does it mostly live in the docs and tooling?

How do you handle sync conflicts when the same expense gets edited offline on two devices before syncing? Last-write-wins, or something more sophisticated?

I maintain a few small open source projects and the PR quality went off a cliff once AI coding tools got popular. People generate something that compiles and looks reasonable but i…

I spent a while trying to sync animation to music and the biggest surprise was how much rhythm alone does. Change BPM, same notes, same key, and the emotional feel completely flips…

Right? If they're using some sort of tool, there's always another tool to fool the tool.

Started this about 6 months ago. Wanted an animated character that could react to conversation, not just sit there as a static avatar. First version was Canvas 2D. Shape morphing a…

Live demo (click any gesture, no install): https://joshtol.github.io/emotive-engine/examples/3d/element... Open-source character animation engine, MIT licensed. About 6 months of w…

Thank you! It's been a super fun project.

Hey HN! I'm the creator of Emotive Engine. I've been working on this for 2+ years and finally open-sourced it today. The core idea: Most animation libraries work in milliseconds. M…