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There was a massive amount of excitement around Light Table when it was first demoed. I remember one or more pretty amazing videos. I don't have link(s) on-ha

There was a massive amount of excitement around Light Table when it was first demoed. I remember one or more pretty amazing videos. I don't have link(s) on-hand. Project: http://lighttable.com/ http://lighttable.com/ HN search: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=light%20table&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... The top submission there is the place to start.

randlet 4y ago
This is the one that immediately sprang to mind for me too. Hype around it was huge and then seemed to die away pretty quickly.
codetrotter 4y ago
> The top submission there is the place to start Thread in question, from April 13, 2012: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3836978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3836978 The submitted link returns 404 but the Internet Archive has snapshots of it. Here is a snapshot from the day after it was submitted. https://web.archive.org/web/20120414175814/http://www.chris-granger.com/2012/04/12/light-table---a-new-ide-concept/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120414175814/http://www.chris-... The embedded video from the above link does not play for me in the Internet Archive snapshot, but it's still available on https://vimeo.com/40281991 https://vimeo.com/40281991 And here is what the Light Table website looked like in 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130120114346/http://lighttable.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130120114346/http://lighttable... Submissions about Light Table linking to pages on the Light Table website https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=lighttable.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=lighttable.com
ibdknox 4y ago
Huh, not sure why the original link changed. It's still on my blog here: https://chris-granger.com/2012/04/12/light-table-a-new-ide-concept/ https://chris-granger.com/2012/04/12/light-table-a-new-ide-c...
- WalterGR 4y ago
  Thanks!
- hyuuu 4y ago
  what happened to the idea?
  - capableweb 4y ago
    I think the closest we got to a closure of Light Table is this: https://chris-granger.com/2014/10/01/beyond-light-table/ https://chris-granger.com/2014/10/01/beyond-light-table/ Which includes: > Light Table will continue to go on strong. We haven’t talked too much about it lately, but it’s used by tens of thousands of people and still growing. We use it every day to help us build Eve and thanks to the awesome people in the community that has sprung up around it, it gets better every week. Judging by GitHub contribution data (https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable/graphs/contributors?from=2019-09-20&to=2022-06-17&type=c https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable/graphs/contributors...), it seems there has only been 25 commits (from one author) since Sep 20, 2019.
    - ibdknox 4y ago
      There was actually quite a lot of discussion on the mailing list (primary community back then) when we had to shift priorities. https://groups.google.com/g/light-table-discussion/c/XNNi2yxrlPs/m/uRSxP0_gIgkJ https://groups.google.com/g/light-table-discussion/c/XNNi2yx... The LT blog also had a few updates as the community drove the project forward for a few more releases. http://lighttable.com/2015/12/10/light-table-0-8-0/ http://lighttable.com/2015/12/10/light-table-0-8-0/ http://lighttable.com/2017/01/27/light-table-roadmap-2017/ http://lighttable.com/2017/01/27/light-table-roadmap-2017/ http://lighttable.com/2019/03/31/New-year-old-plans/ http://lighttable.com/2019/03/31/New-year-old-plans/
      - capableweb 4y ago
        Thanks for the clarification.

randlet 4y ago

This is the one that immediately sprang to mind for me too. Hype around it was huge and then seemed to die away pretty quickly.

codetrotter 4y ago

> The top submission there is the place to start Thread in question, from April 13, 2012: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3836978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3836978 The submitted link returns 404 but the Internet Archive has snapshots of it. Here is a snapshot from the day after it was submitted. https://web.archive.org/web/20120414175814/http://www.chris-granger.com/2012/04/12/light-table---a-new-ide-concept/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120414175814/http://www.chris-... The embedded video from the above link does not play for me in the Internet Archive snapshot, but it's still available on https://vimeo.com/40281991 https://vimeo.com/40281991 And here is what the Light Table website looked like in 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130120114346/http://lighttable.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130120114346/http://lighttable... Submissions about Light Table linking to pages on the Light Table website https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=lighttable.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=lighttable.com

ibdknox 4y ago

Huh, not sure why the original link changed. It's still on my blog here: https://chris-granger.com/2012/04/12/light-table-a-new-ide-concept/ https://chris-granger.com/2012/04/12/light-table-a-new-ide-c...

WalterGR 4y ago
Thanks!
hyuuu 4y ago
what happened to the idea?
- capableweb 4y ago
  I think the closest we got to a closure of Light Table is this: https://chris-granger.com/2014/10/01/beyond-light-table/ https://chris-granger.com/2014/10/01/beyond-light-table/ Which includes: > Light Table will continue to go on strong. We haven’t talked too much about it lately, but it’s used by tens of thousands of people and still growing. We use it every day to help us build Eve and thanks to the awesome people in the community that has sprung up around it, it gets better every week. Judging by GitHub contribution data (https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable/graphs/contributors?from=2019-09-20&to=2022-06-17&type=c https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable/graphs/contributors...), it seems there has only been 25 commits (from one author) since Sep 20, 2019.
  - ibdknox 4y ago
    There was actually quite a lot of discussion on the mailing list (primary community back then) when we had to shift priorities. https://groups.google.com/g/light-table-discussion/c/XNNi2yxrlPs/m/uRSxP0_gIgkJ https://groups.google.com/g/light-table-discussion/c/XNNi2yx... The LT blog also had a few updates as the community drove the project forward for a few more releases. http://lighttable.com/2015/12/10/light-table-0-8-0/ http://lighttable.com/2015/12/10/light-table-0-8-0/ http://lighttable.com/2017/01/27/light-table-roadmap-2017/ http://lighttable.com/2017/01/27/light-table-roadmap-2017/ http://lighttable.com/2019/03/31/New-year-old-plans/ http://lighttable.com/2019/03/31/New-year-old-plans/
    - capableweb 4y ago
      Thanks for the clarification.