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guntis_dev

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About guntis_dev

https://lorem.video

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    Comment #46976242

    Thanks! Let me know if you run into any issues or need additional codecs/formats.

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    Show HN: Lorem.video – placeholder videos generated from URLs

    At work I have to deal with videos in different resolutions. We're also switching from H.264 to AV1, so I needed a quick way to test our video pipeline with different formats and s…

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    Comment #46616147

    I know this is a thing of taste, but have you considered a syntax closer to SolidJS's approach? Something that feels a bit more vanilla JavaScript, where signals are just tuples wi…

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    Comment #46558252

    For open implementations, look at ffmpeg.wasm - it's FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly and supports a wide range of codecs. It's open source and actively maintained. Some truly open/r…

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    Comment #46556477

    Without revealing too much, the business logic must remain client side for this use case, and it's a common problem across our industry. I've explained the security reality to the …

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    Comment #46555158

    I've worked with WebAssembly on several real world use cases Codec support: Built video and audio decoding in Wasm to bring codec support to browsers that didn't have it natively. …

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    Comment #46513921

    I've built orienteering training app for Garmin smart watches. Helps me to train in forest without physical orienteering prisms. https://apps.garmin.com/apps/92dfaa42-ebf3-45dc-88f…

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    Comment #46469885

    A colleague of mine is developing an internal tool nobody needs in a large IT corporation. Since it's not client facing, there's no rush from project managers. It's dragged on so l…

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    Comment #46413834

    Google search quality has declined significantly over the years. For many of my searches now, I can ask an LLM and get better results faster - especially for technical questions wh…

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    Comment #46410709

    I think there's a reason these wrappers keep appearing - different tools for different use cases. Not everyone needs to become an ffmpeg expert, especially if they only need it occ…

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    Comment #46405295

    Last time I checked, Dart+Flutter on web renders everything to canvas, which means you lose browser fundamentals: native text selection, accessibility features, screen readers, rig…

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    Comment #46405061

    Not exactly a bug, but I was given a company written video player that receives a video stream, decodes it via the browser WebCodecs API, and renders via WebGL. Users complained th…

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    Comment #46379042

    Quick question - would something like this cover the basic cancelable promise use case, or am I missing something important about what LazyPromise does differently? function cancel…

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    Comment #46354909

    Like the simplicity approach - single-file tools are underrated. One thing to note: if you ever want "install as app" functionality, you'd need to host them (even on GitHub Pages).…