nishkalkashyap

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Show HN: I built my own Codex Micro in a weekend(github.com)
2 points by nishkalkashyap 3mo ago|0 comments
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Are Amazon forest fires really that bad?(forbes.com)
4 points by nishkalkashyap 7y ago|0 comments
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
Great job explaining that. I couldn't have said that well myself. :P. That's exactly what it is.
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
It's not an electron IDE like VSCOde or Atom. But an IDE and a JavaScript runtime that helps you build and run electron applications.
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
~100Kb* Only as much as is the actual application logic and bundled dependencies. Which for most cases is usually a few kilobytes or a megabyte. You can checkout the Quark appstore ( https://dash.quarkjs.io/ ). None of the ap
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Show HN: Quark-IDE and a JavaScript runtime to build cross-platform desktop apps(quarkjs.io)
48 points by nishkalkashyap 7y ago|21 comments
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
I would recommend distributing binaries from a dedicated release server combined with a CDN. Possibly digital ocean spaces. It really increases download speeds for end user as compared to gitHub releases.
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
For my project (quarkjs.io), I went for https://comodosslstore.com . They have the cheapest certificates I could find (at ~75USD), also they are the only ones issuing certificates for individual developers.
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
No. Code signing is very different. Checksum would only work for developers on linux. Without code signing certificate, MacOS would straight refuse to run the app and windows will show an 'Unverified publisher' warning. Also thing
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
I've submitted a response on GitHub.
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
I would recommend code-signing the build before distributing.
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
Yes. You are right here. It does takes away from version control systems. But the thing is that this functionality is not forced upon you. You can still choose to code in your real file system, and use Quark only as a runtime.
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
Nope. I believe they claim to do almost the same thing. But this project never took off.
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
If their software product feels threatened by something that a developer came out of his basement. Perhaps it's time for them to rethink their entire strategy.
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
I would disagree. What Quark offers is much more. You don't have to learn a new language. You have access to this massive javascript ecosystem. And it has out of the box support for React.js, Vue.js, Typescript and toolings like webpac
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
Well the first difference here is that Quark is a free software, Adobe Air is not. I din't know enough about adobe Air to comment on technical differences, but one thing that strikes me is that electron(as hence Quark) appears to be mo
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
I had that initially on my road-map and that surely could be done. I have a few ideas on how to implement a "no runtime found" situation, but that is not happening in near future.
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
Thanks. :)
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
While all of that is true, it is also incredibly powerful, giving you access to all of the Node.js and electron's API. Plus very flexible with the tools of your choice as we use webpack behind the scenes to build your projects.
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
> It looks great, and I understand the use-case. But the downside I see is that while Quark is lightweight it still has a ton of dependencies. We have a ton of dependencies so that you can get out of the box support for most of your proj
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
> Why is this being promoted as a feature? Of course you wouldn't want to make a copy of GUI framework for each user's project. That's quite a stretch for a per-project config files advertisement. I'm not sure what yo
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by nishkalkashyap 7y ago
Well that's a very thoughtful question and I'm glad you made it. I literally woke up from sleep to answer it. Let me take them one by one. > sketches are effectively extensions installed over quark, much like VS-Code extensions
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Quark – A software sketchbook for your projects(medium.com)
115 points by nishkalkashyap 7y ago|41 comments
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Data logger built with JavaScript and node-serialport and arduino and quark(github.com)
1 points by nishkalkashyap 7y ago|0 comments