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Photopea.com a browser based photoshop "clone".

This has to be my favorite webapp ever. I don't use it super often, but every time I do, I can't notice how amazing it is. I used Photoshop in the past so I'm familiar with the available tools and the menus and the hotkeys and this webapp emulates that so closely, it's astounding.

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post #61

IO game https://krunker.io . Fun game that you can start playing immediately as a guest, but also has some depth to it.

Oh, wow, this is really cool. Looks like a blocky classic counter strike. I think I played de_aztec for a few rounds.

I'm not sure what the technology behind this one[0] is, but it's basically counter strike 1.6 in a browser.

[0] https://play-cs.com/

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This falling sand game runs a particle simulation in rust compiled to web assembly and WebGL for fluid simulation calculated on the GPU (hope I remembered those technical details right I read it ages ago) https://sandspiel.club/

Plus it’s strangely addictive.

The creator even wrote a blog post describing how he made it. Press info on the top right to get an awesome breakdown of his approach.

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https://webwormhole.io and https://file.pizza both use WebRTC for p2p file transfer. They differ quite a lot in UX but both are really useful: it's 2022 and sending files to one another still seems to be a pain without tools like these.

For the average user, file sharing is already solved. If it’s a small file, you just send it via an IM app. If it’s a large file, you upload it to cloud storage and share a link

These common ways could see a lot of improvement. Everything but tiniest files would require a paid subscription from IM app provider. And sharing via cloud is awkward and slow.

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My site https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/ uses WebGL, Web Workers, WASM, Service Workers, Notifications API, Geolocation API, probably some other web platform features I'm forgetting. The use of workers and WASM is not obvious, but on page load it takes the current orbit parameters for every orbiting satellite that is potentially visible anywhere on Earth and calculates the future position of each satellite eve…

when I grow up, I want to be a dev like you lol

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post #70

The Telegram web client uses all sorts of features and a reimplementation of React. > The project incorporates lots of technologically advanced features, modern Web APIs and techniques: WebSockets, Web Workers and WebAssembly, multi-level caching and PWA, voice recording and media streaming, cryptography and raw binary data operations, optimistic and progressive interfaces, complicated CSS/Canvas/SVG animations, reac…

I hate to even ask, but for a security-focused product, is that a good thing? I think there is a valid argument “there is no good video experience on web otherwise” but that’s still a long list of less-than-fully-mature dependencies.

What makes telegram security focused?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you saying its an electron app running web assembly?

I think Figma being a browser web app is one of the core reasons why it’s outpacing alternatives both in terms of features and UX. It’s a remarkable feat.

https://penpot.app/about.html is an open source competitor to figma. I'm not a designer so I cannot speak to how good it is.

It was built to scratch the itch of the company Kaleidos.

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This falling sand game runs a particle simulation in rust compiled to web assembly and WebGL for fluid simulation calculated on the GPU (hope I remembered those technical details right I read it ages ago) https://sandspiel.club/ Plus it’s strangely addictive. The creator even wrote a blog post describing how he made it. Press info on the top right to get an awesome breakdown of his approach.

Immediately thought of Powder Game, and it turns out that it's one of the main inspirations indeed (according to the info box)!

https://dan-ball.jp/en/javagame/dust/

I spent so many hours in that game. It also had ways to publish your creations, and people created anything from multiplayer coop games to entire ALUs in it. Good times, and thanks for linking the remake!

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#79

My site https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/ uses WebGL, Web Workers, WASM, Service Workers, Notifications API, Geolocation API, probably some other web platform features I'm forgetting. The use of workers and WASM is not obvious, but on page load it takes the current orbit parameters for every orbiting satellite that is potentially visible anywhere on Earth and calculates the future position of each satellite eve…

Too bad it doesnt work with Facebook blocked

It works for me (with FB blocked). I use privacy badger[1] and tried reloading the website after blocking facebook and twitter (by default it blocked cookies)

[1]: https://privacybadger.org/

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My site https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/ uses WebGL, Web Workers, WASM, Service Workers, Notifications API, Geolocation API, probably some other web platform features I'm forgetting. The use of workers and WASM is not obvious, but on page load it takes the current orbit parameters for every orbiting satellite that is potentially visible anywhere on Earth and calculates the future position of each satellite eve…

Holy cow, this is amazing. Absolutely fantastic!
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