Thi.ng
Languages and libraries
programming libraries collection
SHOW HN2020
107points
41comments
#608of 3,028 in 2020
Top 21%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 9 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Docs: 0 for, 8 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Libraries are easy to use and modify
From 1 comment
You posted on a full moon day, and this is exactly the vibe I get from your projects. Thank you for the wonderful libraries! I've been using thi.ng/geom and thi.ng/color before…
dimovich on HN
Visuals and work are impressive
From 2 comments
Aah, thi.ng! The creative coding framework I've been meaning to check out for years but never have! But the things (hah) made in it have always amazed me! So one bit of feedback…
vanderZwan on HNI used thing/color on a project where I needed to generate color palettes and ensure contrast. I was blown away by the scope of your work, and really appreciate it. Personally,…
Arkdy on HN
Objections
Landing page lacks a clear 'start here' and explanation of what it is
From 3 comments
Aah, thi.ng! The creative coding framework I've been meaning to check out for years but never have! But the things (hah) made in it have always amazed me! So one bit of feedback…
vanderZwan on HNyo just adding my two cents here regarding the presentation. I am sure this is the coolest thing going because we all know the quality of your work. If the idea is to get new…
thomastraum on HNI've used Processing extensively, including toxilibs, and follow the creative coding community relatively closely. When I look at projects like openFrameworks or libcinder or…
nrjames on HN
Terms like manifold and polyglot are pretentious or confusing
From 2 comments
If you read the comments in this thread it's clear that there are readers who haven't understood from the submission title or from the landing page what thi.ng is. When I read…
PH01 on HNTo be frank, I take issue with manifold and polyglot because both come across as unnecessarily pretentious use of english. The secondary problem is that I looked in two places to…
PH01 on HN
Too much text and no tutorials
From 2 comments
yo just adding my two cents here regarding the presentation. I am sure this is the coolest thing going because we all know the quality of your work. If the idea is to get new…
thomastraum on HNI've used Processing extensively, including toxilibs, and follow the creative coding community relatively closely. When I look at projects like openFrameworks or libcinder or…
nrjames on HN
Requests
Add a clear starting point or tutorials
From 2 comments
Aah, thi.ng! The creative coding framework I've been meaning to check out for years but never have! But the things (hah) made in it have always amazed me! So one bit of feedback…
vanderZwan on HNI've used Processing extensively, including toxilibs, and follow the creative coding community relatively closely. When I look at projects like openFrameworks or libcinder or…
nrjames on HN
Simpler landing page explaining the project
From 2 comments
yo just adding my two cents here regarding the presentation. I am sure this is the coolest thing going because we all know the quality of your work. If the idea is to get new…
thomastraum on HNIf you read the comments in this thread it's clear that there are readers who haven't understood from the submission title or from the landing page what thi.ng is. When I read…
PH01 on HN
Questions
Is it just a collection of libraries for writing software?
From 2 comments
So thi.ng is a collection of open-source libraries for writing software? What am I missing?
WalterGR on HNBoth the text of the submission and the other comments here suggest that I am missing something. As a specific example, I don’t expect to see making-of videos for collections of…
WalterGR on HN
Alternatives named
Processing
From 2 comments
Aah, thi.ng! The creative coding framework I've been meaning to check out for years but never have! But the things (hah) made in it have always amazed me! So one bit of feedback…
vanderZwan on HNI've used Processing extensively, including toxilibs, and follow the creative coding community relatively closely. When I look at projects like openFrameworks or libcinder or…
nrjames on HN
p5.js
From 1 comment
Aah, thi.ng! The creative coding framework I've been meaning to check out for years but never have! But the things (hah) made in it have always amazed me! So one bit of feedback…
vanderZwan on HN
openFrameworks
From 1 comment
I've used Processing extensively, including toxilibs, and follow the creative coding community relatively closely. When I look at projects like openFrameworks or libcinder or…
nrjames on HN