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Show HN: XCITER – Nintendo Switch gamecard file converter using WebAssembly

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Post by doggo » Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 1:26 PM UTC

Show HN: XCITER – Nintendo Switch gamecard file converter using WebAssembly
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Re: Show HN: XCITER – Nintendo Switch gamecard file converter using WebAssembly

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Post by doggo » Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 1:45 PM UTC

Hey HN - Thought I'd share a pet project I've been working on over the past couple weekends to learn TypeScript/Next/WebAssembly.

Though the use case of the project is pretty particular, it's pretty cool to see the extent at which WebAssembly and Web Workers can be used.

The app isn't reliant on any server at all except GitHub as a hosting solution. Everything happens locally by spawning web workers that leverage a C file converter program compiled to WebAssembly to enable parallel file conversions directly in your browser.

Re: Show HN: XCITER – Nintendo Switch gamecard file converter using WebAssembly

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Post by doggo » Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 1:49 PM UTC

doggo wrote: post #2

Hey HN - Thought I'd share a pet project I've been working on over the past couple weekends to learn TypeScript/Next/WebAssembly. Though the use case of the project is pretty particular, it's pretty cool to see the extent at which WebAssembly and Web Workers can be used. The app isn't reliant on any server at all except GitHub as a hosting solution. Everything happens locally by spawning web workers that leverage a C…

Just realized it might make sense to show a showcase video since most of you guys won't have an XCI/keyset file on hand to test out the actual app.

Uploaded a YouTube vid here! https://youtu.be/11_ZHz5McdY