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Arcane Algorithm Archive

130 points by max10541 5y ago

MikeDelta 5y ago
Looks good, but there is a typo in the title: Alogorithm Archive.
- dang 5y ago
  Fixed now. Thanks!
ntindle 5y ago
Howdy! I’m a maintainer (for DevOps) on this project! Glad to see it get noticed!
- bumpersstickers 5y ago
  It’s a very unhelpful project unless you already know what you’re doing, as feedback.
dunefox 5y ago
This looks really good. I might even contribute. Is it actively developed?
- ShadowMitia 5y ago
  It is being developed, it's also part of open research done by https://twitter.com/LeiosOS https://twitter.com/LeiosOS.
- keskadale 5y ago
  Yes! The community is quite active right now.
tokamak 5y ago
Clone of http://www.rosettacode.org/ http://www.rosettacode.org/
- camtarn 5y ago
  That was my first thought too, but it seems to be addressed in the FAQ: https://github.com/algorithm-archivists/algorithm-archive/wiki/FAQ#how-is-this-different-to-rosetta-code https://github.com/algorithm-archivists/algorithm-archive/wi...
marcodiego 5y ago
Feels like Wikipedia for algorithms.
dang 5y ago
One past thread: The Arcane Algorithm Archive - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18575316 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18575316 - Dec 2018 (7 comments)
hulahoof 5y ago
What's the difference in goals between this and Rosetta code http://www.rosettacode.org/ http://www.rosettacode.org/
- ShadowMitia 5y ago
  https://github.com/algorithm-archivists/algorithm-archive/wiki/FAQ#how-is-this-different-to-rosetta-code https://github.com/algorithm-archivists/algorithm-archive/wi...
  - hulahoof 5y ago
    Completely missed that thanks!
eezurr 5y ago
This is nice. I had an idea to create a website for a "coders toolbox" for myself and others to contribute general functionality with brief documentation. Not a library; I need to copy and paste code and then modify it for my needs. I've been learning SFML and the lack of direct code examples has been infuriating. Resources are explained in English (so paragraphs when a few lines of code would suffice), and the forums are 2/3 full of arrogant "we're not going to help you, just read the reference" posts, and are mostly outdated. All I want(ed) to see is small code snippets for e.g. "get mouse position in map coordinates", "display text on the screen", "zoom on mouse position", "get mouse position in window/view coordinates", "create a gui box and determine size by text and center the text", "how to zoom without graphical glitches"
- anitil 5y ago
  I've needed this for myself. I have hundreds, possibly thousands, of snippets of code scattered around my machines, all doing small bits of something. But instead of being able to find the snippet I end up googling around for 10 minutes an re-writing the snippets. Part of the issue is that some are a snippet, but some are a few folders with a Makefile and some input data etc etc. So maybe I need a meta-snippet format for managing all of this

130 points by max10541 5y ago

MikeDelta 5y ago

Looks good, but there is a typo in the title: Alogorithm Archive.

dang 5y ago
Fixed now. Thanks!

ntindle 5y ago

Howdy! I’m a maintainer (for DevOps) on this project! Glad to see it get noticed!

bumpersstickers 5y ago
It’s a very unhelpful project unless you already know what you’re doing, as feedback.

dunefox 5y ago

This looks really good. I might even contribute. Is it actively developed?

ShadowMitia 5y ago
It is being developed, it's also part of open research done by https://twitter.com/LeiosOS https://twitter.com/LeiosOS.
keskadale 5y ago
Yes! The community is quite active right now.

tokamak 5y ago

Clone of http://www.rosettacode.org/ http://www.rosettacode.org/

camtarn 5y ago
That was my first thought too, but it seems to be addressed in the FAQ: https://github.com/algorithm-archivists/algorithm-archive/wiki/FAQ#how-is-this-different-to-rosetta-code https://github.com/algorithm-archivists/algorithm-archive/wi...

marcodiego 5y ago

Feels like Wikipedia for algorithms.

dang 5y ago

One past thread: The Arcane Algorithm Archive - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18575316 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18575316 - Dec 2018 (7 comments)

hulahoof 5y ago

What's the difference in goals between this and Rosetta code http://www.rosettacode.org/ http://www.rosettacode.org/

ShadowMitia 5y ago
https://github.com/algorithm-archivists/algorithm-archive/wiki/FAQ#how-is-this-different-to-rosetta-code https://github.com/algorithm-archivists/algorithm-archive/wi...
- hulahoof 5y ago
  Completely missed that thanks!

eezurr 5y ago

This is nice. I had an idea to create a website for a "coders toolbox" for myself and others to contribute general functionality with brief documentation. Not a library; I need to copy and paste code and then modify it for my needs. I've been learning SFML and the lack of direct code examples has been infuriating. Resources are explained in English (so paragraphs when a few lines of code would suffice), and the forums are 2/3 full of arrogant "we're not going to help you, just read the reference" posts, and are mostly outdated. All I want(ed) to see is small code snippets for e.g. "get mouse position in map coordinates", "display text on the screen", "zoom on mouse position", "get mouse position in window/view coordinates", "create a gui box and determine size by text and center the text", "how to zoom without graphical glitches"

anitil 5y ago
I've needed this for myself. I have hundreds, possibly thousands, of snippets of code scattered around my machines, all doing small bits of something. But instead of being able to find the snippet I end up googling around for 10 minutes an re-writing the snippets. Part of the issue is that some are a snippet, but some are a few folders with a Makefile and some input data etc etc. So maybe I need a meta-snippet format for managing all of this