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I tried it a couple days ago and so far my main gripe is that I am not all that familiar with Scala, which anyway seems like a great language. The project seems
by amval 3y ago
I tried it a couple days ago and so far my main gripe is that I am not all that familiar with Scala, which anyway seems like a great language. The project seems very well enginereed and the maintainer is very friendly (there is a Discord where you can ask questions and chat a bit). I'd recommend you to try it if you are curious about Scala.
As a side note, it's quite exhausting to enter into a random HN post and see that most of the discussion revolves around some negative comment that required zero effort. Not only the JVM aspect is completely irrelevant for this project, but this is an engine geared towards making 2D pixel art games for fun, not AAA games.
- superzamp 3y agoI guess I'm adding my own to the pile with this, but your last paragraph resonates. I feel like it's getting to a point where one can predict with reasonable accuracy the first top comments just by the title of the post, and been thinking more and more about what a proper quantitative analysis of this feeling would yield.
- amval 3y agoI have been registered for a few years and I used to enjoy the discussions, at least when it came to technical topics. I think HN has probably always been quite dismissive and contrarian (like that infamous comment about Dropbox), but to me it feels like that type of comments are becoming more frequent and lower effort. Maybe I am just becoming older and tired of arguing online ^^
- mattgreenrocks 3y agoRegarding second paragraph; I called out this very tendency a few days ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35601539 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35601539) and someone came forward to defend it. HN may not be a great place for makers to get feedback.
- amval 3y agoI was reluctant to write that paragraph, as I didn't want to derail the discussion into a third tangen about comment etiquette and negativity. But yes, I fully agree.
- rco8786 3y agoTo be fair, at the time I am writing this the negative comment about the JVM is heavily downvoted and the top 2 comment threads are very positive.