Yes, this is my favourite aspect of being a web developer today, it is possible to refrain from using all the heavy weight libraries and just play with canvas a

Yes, this is my favourite aspect of being a web developer today, it is possible to refrain from using all the heavy weight libraries and just play with canvas and raw code... you have a lot more fun, have (almost) complete control, get to learn a lot more and the result is way leaner. Also https://www.dwitter.net/ https://www.dwitter.net/ uses canvas + JS as the basis for it's code golfing. It's surprising what you can fit into 140 characters, and forces you to think more mathematically when creating effects.