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looks like a slopfork of the fairly new https://shaders.com https://shaders.com - frustrating for them!
by felixthehat 6mo ago
looks like a slopfork of the fairly new https://shaders.com https://shaders.com - frustrating for them!
- doingitwell 6mo agoWelcome to the world of zero cost software we were promised
- rib3ye 6mo agoIndeed we prefer the world where only deep-pocketed entrenched monopolies can do this.
- skrebbel 6mo ago"slopfork" nice
- felixthehat 6mo agoI heard the term used on the shoptalk podcast about cloudflare slopforking wordpress! https://shoptalkshow.com/709/ https://shoptalkshow.com/709/
- philipallstar 6mo agoCloudflare really doesn't seem to have made slop or a fork.
- felixthehat 6mo agoI think it’s a jokey term for when you use ai to copy an existing project
- VerifiedReports 6mo agoNo matter what, it's better than "vibecoding." Ugh.
- KingOfCoders 6mo agoThey look nothing alike except they are both about shaders. Could you explain why you think this is a slopfork?
- felixthehat 6mo agoDid you try the shader.com shader editor where you stack shaders and effects in layers? V similar approach!
- frabia 6mo agoso does Photoshop and thousand other visual editing tools. Hardly a reason to claim it to be a copy. Also "slopfork" seems harsh considering it seems limited, but well designed imo.
- felixthehat 6mo agoMaybe a little harsh yes. But compare these screenshots of the two products/features https://imgur.com/a/41BybD1 https://imgur.com/a/41BybD1
- marchantweb 6mo agoI'm the Founder at https://shaders.com https://shaders.com. Not frustrating at all, and Basement is an excellent team. Shader Lab looks like a solid tool for exploration and and creating effects, nothing slop about it (although I love the word "slopfork", that's new). Our platform goes above and beyond that with a large collection of Pro presets and a unique capability in our component-based approach with reactive props, and of course broader framework support. All that, and our new MCP workflow for having your agent prompt effects, and we feel confident in our place in the market. Would recommend checking out both Shader Lab AND shaders.com to anyone interested in creative shader effects for the web.
- gavinray 6mo agoI'm not your target audience, but why do you gate your playground? Went to try it and then gave up after it asked me to sign up/log in
- marchantweb 6mo agoMostly due to account-tied permissions, such as asset uploads (images, video, etc) and for auto-saving/versioning. It's entirely free to try, build, etc with an account - you only need a paid license when you're ready to export/deploy
- felixthehat 6mo agoAh nice! I enjoyed trying out your product when it was launched which called this app to mind. Commendable attitude!
- ragojose 6mo ago[dead]
- virtualritz 6mo agoThere are dozens of DCCs where you have a UI where you stack things (over-compositing, bottom to top). And when you select one of these things you can change the parameters. If this is a 'slopfork' of shaders.com then the latter is a 'slopfork' of <insert any DCC that had this pattern and existed before and has whatever anyone may consider 'less sloppy'>. OTTOMH: AfterEffects, Cavalry, Substance Designer's Layer panel, Tixl's layered textures, ...
- upmostly 6mo agoHonest question: If my web browser struggles to even render the preview, why in god's name would I put any of these presets on a production webpage?
- imcritic 6mo agoPlease, don't. I don't want the same starting to happen on different sites...