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simonleeb

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About simonleeb

Simon has spent long enough in software to know that creating a new web framework is a bad idea — and did it anyway. After falling for Swift on the server, he accidentally tumbled into the Swift + WebAssembly universe and decided to stay. As a father of two based in Austria, he is currently juggling running a business, shipping code, bedtime stories, and the unsettling realization that he might be middle-aged — all while trying to bring Swift’s safety and ergonomics to the browser.

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    Comment #46860101

    I think the balancing act of code size (how fat your WASM binary will be) and DX/comfort in Swift is tricky. Just as an example: JSON data - Including a Swift serializer adds code …

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    Speaker here — I’m responsible for the slides and the flower shirt. Happy to answer questions.

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    Show HN: ElementaryUI – A Swift front end framework for the browser

    Against my better judgment I could not stop building a Swift + WebAssembly frontend framework and just kicked a 0.1 out the door. GitHub: https://github.com/elementary-swift/elemen…

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    Check out the setup guide here: https://www.pushcut.io/homekit I also posted a quick demo video on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/dfvcal/in_my_gre... I hope yo…

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    Comment #20582928

    To the makers, hackers, and DIY enthusiasts like me: I just released the brand new Pushcut API ! My intention is to offer everything that is needed to integrate Pushcut to any DIY …

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    Comment #20460047

    Hi everyone, for years now I have been playing around with automation and DIY smart home technology, sliding deeper and deeper into this amazing world of fun projects and possibili…

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