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Devine's work on these projects along with the language that it is written in Uxntal https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/uxntal.html https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/uxnta

Devine's work on these projects along with the language that it is written in Uxntal https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/uxntal.html https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/uxntal.html is nothing short of astounding and frankly a much healthier sustainable way of computing. They created the language after getting tired of the endless dependency chain massive language stacks that are required to make ios apps, electron/web apps etc. Having a set of applications that is only a few kb in size and source code that fits in one file could mean that this stack will stick around for decades to come. Their way of viewing sustainability in computing has brought back some passion that's been drained out of me by this industry. Rek and Devine's joint website is also a joy to behold https://100r.co/site/about.html https://100r.co/site/about.html

dchuk 2y ago
I can’t pronounce two of the four words in that domain, that’s impressive.
anta40 2y ago
>> "They created the language after getting tired of the endless dependency chain massive language stacks that are required to make ios apps, electron/web apps" As a mobile app dev, I definitely understand this pain: -For developing iOS app: needs XCode and and some simulators which can easily take something like like... 40 GB -For developing Android apps: after working on some Android projects, your Gradle folder can take at least 15 GB But what can we do to improve the situation? Many years ago, before Android Studio and Gradle days, Android development was definitely less painful.
an_ko 2y ago
For completeness, a critique of Uxn (and other "simpler" computing stacks): https://applied-langua.ge/posts/i-dont-want-to-go-to-chel-c.html https://applied-langua.ge/posts/i-dont-want-to-go-to-chel-c.... This HN discussion about this critique is also quite interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31705239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31705239 One of the replies is from Devine: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31708175 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31708175

dchuk 2y ago

I can’t pronounce two of the four words in that domain, that’s impressive.

anta40 2y ago

>> "They created the language after getting tired of the endless dependency chain massive language stacks that are required to make ios apps, electron/web apps" As a mobile app dev, I definitely understand this pain: -For developing iOS app: needs XCode and and some simulators which can easily take something like like... 40 GB -For developing Android apps: after working on some Android projects, your Gradle folder can take at least 15 GB But what can we do to improve the situation? Many years ago, before Android Studio and Gradle days, Android development was definitely less painful.

an_ko 2y ago

For completeness, a critique of Uxn (and other "simpler" computing stacks): https://applied-langua.ge/posts/i-dont-want-to-go-to-chel-c.html https://applied-langua.ge/posts/i-dont-want-to-go-to-chel-c.... This HN discussion about this critique is also quite interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31705239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31705239 One of the replies is from Devine: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31708175 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31708175