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Hi HN! I built a completely useless tool that just pretends to do work. It's written in Rust and compiles to Linux, OSX, Windows and the web all from the same c
by Svenstaro 9y ago
Hi HN! I built a completely useless tool that just pretends to do work. It's written in Rust and compiles to Linux, OSX, Windows and the web all from the same code base. The web version uses xterm.js which is a JavaScript ANSI terminal. Windows version only has proper colors on Windows 10 because that has finally gotten ANSI support.
I would be extremely surprised if anybody found a productive use for this. Enjoy!
- petertodd 9y agoCan you make a mode where it pretends to be compiling genact?
- Svenstaro 9y agoThat already pretty much exists! If you run `./genact -m cargo` it will look pretty much like compiling genact itself.
- rmrfrmrf 9y agoLove it. Are you having a good experience with Rust?
- Svenstaro 9y agoYes, Rust is awesome and very enjoyable to use. Especially compiling for the web is pretty cool as you can even interact with the browser.
- ohmichel 9y agoReally productive, don`t worry!. Thank you, I'm having fun with this.
- hellbanner 9y agoHah. You could turn it into a crypto-miner. Prototype "Digital Church", the more you stay, the higher numbers you pray: https://futuredistributions.github.io/digital-church/ https://futuredistributions.github.io/digital-church/ Not so different from http://mamota.net/exponent/ http://mamota.net/exponent/ or Cookie Clicker, is it? Yours is closer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Quest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Quest .
- em3rgent0rdr 9y ago> "anybody found a productive use for this" If you have to do work on your computer which is actually productive but doesn't look like you are being productive because not a lot happens on your monitor, then run Genact in another computer monitor, so your co-workers and boss actually think you are actually being productive.