crypticwyrm (59)in #programming • 6 years agoMy thoughts on Svelte - The magical disappearing UI frameworkA few months ago I've made a Mastodon account (that I haven't really been using since I tried to stay off social…crypticwyrm (59)in #programming • 6 years agoiftool - Live Interactive Fiction Development EnvironmentI've been playing around with ideas for interactive fiction creation tools for many years, even more so when multiple…crypticwyrm (59)in #linux • 6 years agoDo you use the Brave browser on Linux? Make your voice heard to make Widevine support a priorityLinux users of the privacy focused Open Source Brave browser have been asking about Widevine support since at…crypticwyrm (59)in #technology • 6 years agoFlare - "Insanely Fast Vector Animation for Apps, Games and Web" announced at Flutter LiveThe Flutter Live conference was yesterday, a conference all about Google's Flutter UI toolkit for Android and…crypticwyrm (59)in #technology • 6 years agoMovim - Federated Open Source social media platform welcomes Tumblr refugeesTumblr recently announced they will ban all adult content from their platform starting December 17th, a move that…crypticwyrm (59)in #programming • 6 years agoMicrosoft releases WPF, Windows Forms and WinUI for .NET Core as MIT licensed Open SourceOne thing that was still missing from the Open Source release of .NET via .Net Core was an open source version of…crypticwyrm (59)in #technology • 6 years agoHow to write software if you're blindAs a programmer I stare at a screen almost all day every day and have done so almost my entire life, starting at age 5…crypticwyrm (59)in #technology • 6 years agoCool Retro Term - A terminal emulator with retro CRT look for macOS and LinuxEver wanted to experience what is was like playing the Zork text adventure back in the day? Modern computers just…crypticwyrm (59)in #technology • 6 years agoRumor: Microsoft is working on Chromium based replacement for EdgeThe blog Windows Central reports that sources have told them Microsoft is working on a Chromium based replacement…crypticwyrm (59)in #programming • 6 years agoFlutter for desktop announced, a competitor to Electron?Flutter is a great tool from Google to write native apps that run on both iOS and Android. Flutter apps are…crypticwyrm (59)in #programming • 6 years agoEvaluating the Rust Programming Language: I don't like Rust so I'm learning itI've decided to take a deeper look at Rust by working through the official book and writing a few small…crypticwyrm (59)in #technology • 6 years agoThe Google Cemetery - A list of dead Google projects and why they were shut downGoogle has become a bit infamous for killing off their projects. Especially the shutdown of Google Reader hit Google's…crypticwyrm (59)in #linux • 6 years agoSpectre-V2 mitigation in Linux Kernel 4.20 RC & 4.19.2 can make Linux on Intel CPUs significantly slowerIf it wasn't clear before, Spectre & Meltdown , the security issues that effect mostly Intel CPUs but also to a…crypticwyrm (59)in #linux • 6 years agoCopy Paste Grab, my first fully native Linux app in the elementary OS AppCenter, GPL3 Open SourceI've written an article a little over three weeks ago describing my experience while developing my first fully…crypticwyrm (59)in #utopian-io • 6 years agoSteem Observatory is now on Github, Open Source under the MIT licenseSource code repository: As promised , Steem Observatory is now on Github, Open Source under the MIT license…crypticwyrm (59)in #gaming • 6 years agoShockolate - Cross platform SDL port of System Shock from the creator of DelverWhile I was checking out the recent open sourcing of Delver 's graphics engine and level editor (3D dungeon…crypticwyrm (59)in #linux • 6 years agoFeedReader - A modern and native GTK3 desktop RSS reader for LinuxWhen Google Reader died, in some sense RSS died with it. You used to see little RSS icons on every blog, RSS support…crypticwyrm (59)in #programming • 6 years agoGolua - Microsoft open sources Lua 5.3 engine written in GoThere are a few Lua implementations written in Go already, but Microsoft found none that target Lua 5.3, so they set…crypticwyrm (59)in #technology • 6 years agosr.ht (pronounced Sir Hat) - Open Source software forge goes public alpha, developers fall in love at first sightsr.ht is a so called software forge, a suite of applications for software developers to deal with source code…crypticwyrm (59)in #steem • 6 years agoColumns for Steem Update - Small design changes, new tight layout settingIt's been quite a few months since the last Columns for Steem update in March, but I've started working on it…