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Re: Gource.io – a software version control visualization tool

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Post by skybrian »

dwheeler wrote: post #7

Gource is a really cool visualization tool. Here's a Gource visualization of development of the Python programming language (C Python implementation, aka CPython): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNBtDstOTmA Here's a collection of Gource visualizations: https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource/wiki/Videos If you create your own visualizations, I strongly recommend that you automate doing it as much as possible. For exampl…

Hmm, why do you recommend adding music? This is a pet peeve of mine, many videos would be better without attaching unrelated music to them. Less processing is better.

Re: Gource.io – a software version control visualization tool

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Post by esotericn »

skybrian wrote: post #11
dwheeler wrote: post #7

Gource is a really cool visualization tool. Here's a Gource visualization of development of the Python programming language (C Python implementation, aka CPython): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNBtDstOTmA Here's a collection of Gource visualizations: https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource/wiki/Videos If you create your own visualizations, I strongly recommend that you automate doing it as much as possible. For exampl…

Hmm, why do you recommend adding music? This is a pet peeve of mine, many videos would be better without attaching unrelated music to them. Less processing is better.

Because you can!

There's always the mute button. Gource would be mute by default, so you're not losing anything.

I actually think the music in that Python vid is awesome.

Re: Gource.io – a software version control visualization tool

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Post by madaxe_again »

skybrian wrote: post #11
dwheeler wrote: post #7

Gource is a really cool visualization tool. Here's a Gource visualization of development of the Python programming language (C Python implementation, aka CPython): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNBtDstOTmA Here's a collection of Gource visualizations: https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource/wiki/Videos If you create your own visualizations, I strongly recommend that you automate doing it as much as possible. For exampl…

Hmm, why do you recommend adding music? This is a pet peeve of mine, many videos would be better without attaching unrelated music to them. Less processing is better.

Because it can add something. Here’s a gource animation from nearly a decade ago, when we ship-of-theseused an ecommerce platform, and did a complete rewrite. I actually ended up forcing the output day length to match the music.

https://youtu.be/IxKveFcXsAM

Re: Gource.io – a software version control visualization tool

#16

Post by dwheeler »

skybrian wrote: post #11
dwheeler wrote: post #7

Gource is a really cool visualization tool. Here's a Gource visualization of development of the Python programming language (C Python implementation, aka CPython): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNBtDstOTmA Here's a collection of Gource visualizations: https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource/wiki/Videos If you create your own visualizations, I strongly recommend that you automate doing it as much as possible. For exampl…

Hmm, why do you recommend adding music? This is a pet peeve of mine, many videos would be better without attaching unrelated music to them. Less processing is better.

> Hmm, why do you recommend adding music?

For the human. Videos are way more interesting to most people if there's an audio track of some kind. Anyone who doesn't like the sound can mute it.

Less processing really isn't relevant. CPU is cheap. Yes, audio does take some additional space & network, but it's practically nothing compared to the space required for a video. So if you're making a video anyway, add some sound and make it interesting for the human who's viewing it.

Re: Gource.io – a software version control visualization tool

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Post by wjdp »

Is there a binary available for this? Download on the site seems to just be source.

Currently running `./configure` and going through the dance of working out what my package manager calls each of the dependencies one at a time with no idea of progress (has anyone solved this problem?).

Re: Gource.io – a software version control visualization tool

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Post by db48x »

wjdp wrote: post #17

Is there a binary available for this? Download on the site seems to just be source. Currently running `./configure` and going through the dance of working out what my package manager calls each of the dependencies one at a time with no idea of progress (has anyone solved this problem?).

Yes they have, the best solution is called Cargo.

Re: Gource.io – a software version control visualization tool

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Post by fortran77 »

skybrian wrote: post #11
dwheeler wrote: post #7

Gource is a really cool visualization tool. Here's a Gource visualization of development of the Python programming language (C Python implementation, aka CPython): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNBtDstOTmA Here's a collection of Gource visualizations: https://github.com/acaudwell/Gource/wiki/Videos If you create your own visualizations, I strongly recommend that you automate doing it as much as possible. For exampl…

Hmm, why do you recommend adding music? This is a pet peeve of mine, many videos would be better without attaching unrelated music to them. Less processing is better.

I like the music. And you can mute it. Everyone wins!

Re: Gource.io – a software version control visualization tool

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Post by tjoff »

dwheeler wrote: post #16
skybrian wrote: post #11

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Hmm, why do you recommend adding music? This is a pet peeve of mine, many videos would be better without attaching unrelated music to them. Less processing is better.

> Hmm, why do you recommend adding music? For the human. Videos are way more interesting to most people if there's an audio track of some kind. Anyone who doesn't like the sound can mute it. Less processing really isn't relevant. CPU is cheap. Yes, audio does take some additional space & network, but it's practically nothing compared to the space required for a video. So if you're making a video anyway, add some soun…

Not really picking sides but the one thing I hate with music is that if I for any reason would not like to listen to it. Maybe I'm already listening to music - maybe I don't have my headphones on and don't want to disturb anyone else (or don't have speakers). Or I'm on a laptop/phone where the speakers are just terrible.

If I press the mute button I will not know if I'm missing out on some important commentary.

There should be a standardized way to convey that the audio is optional and doesn't directly relate to the video. To be fair this also applies to videos without sound (how am I supposed to know there is no sound unless I've watched the whole thing?) - though with the advantage that one can leave it unmuted and at least detect if someone starts talking.

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