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Aim is a proper archive of the past 20+ years of outputs & encounters.\n\nThis is the first website update since 2015. As the timeline visualizations show, building(http:\u002F\u002Fthi.ng) > marketing(http:\u002F\u002Fthi.ng) - maybe ",{"problem":46,"audience":64,"pricing":9,"motivation":76,"time_to_build":9,"stack":82,"openness":108,"stage":109,"team_size":110},{"value":47,"source":48,"evidence":49},"Hard to tell what the collection is and where to start, since it is many independent libraries rather than one framework","commenter",[50,54,58,61],{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},"25251706","vanderZwan","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…",{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},"25253254","PH01","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…",{"id":59,"by":56,"text":60},"25255133","To 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…",{"id":62,"by":10,"text":63},"25253556","Thanks for the feedback - very much confirms some of my own issues, but it's also clear that I still have to find a better solution to emphasize some key points of…",{"value":65,"source":66,"evidence":67},"Developers interested in computational, generative and creative coding","inferred",[68,72],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"25253405","Netcob","Exactly, it seems like the intended audience is \"people who are already familiar with it\", but then it's unclear what use it is to them.",{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},"25253789","nrjames","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…",{"value":77,"source":78,"evidence":79},"Archive and share 20+ years of open-source work and outputs","maker",[80],{"id":81},"post",[83,90,94,100,104],{"value":84,"source":78,"evidence":85},"TypeScript",[86,89],{"id":87,"by":10,"text":88},"25253962","There're about 140 TS libraries vs. 70-80 Clojure\u002FClojureScript projects (around only half of which are libraries). I partially stopped with the Clojure work because of lack of…",{"id":62,"by":10,"text":63},{"value":91,"source":78,"evidence":92},"Clojure\u002FClojureScript",[93],{"id":87,"by":10,"text":88},{"value":95,"source":78,"evidence":96},"C",[97],{"id":98,"by":10,"text":99},"25253609","That one is interesting indeed. I'm a bit curious about you taking issues with \"manifold\" and \"polyglot\" here: - manifold - something taking many forms - polyglot -…",{"value":101,"source":78,"evidence":102},"Forth",[103],{"id":98,"by":10,"text":99},{"value":105,"source":78,"evidence":106},"GLSL",[107],{"id":98,"by":10,"text":99},"open_source","launched","solo",{"praise":112,"objections":128,"requests":148,"questions":159,"alternatives":170},[113,120],{"value":114,"source":48,"evidence":115},"Libraries are easy to use and modify",[116],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"25252268","dimovich","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\u002Fgeom and thi.ng\u002Fcolor before…",{"value":121,"source":48,"evidence":122},"Visuals and work are impressive",[123,124],{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"25260159","Arkdy","I used thing\u002Fcolor 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,…",[129,138,143],{"value":130,"source":48,"evidence":131},"Landing page lacks a clear 'start here' and explanation of what it is",[132,133,137],{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"25260526","thomastraum","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…",{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},{"value":139,"source":48,"evidence":140},"Terms like manifold and polyglot are pretentious or confusing",[141,142],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},{"id":59,"by":56,"text":60},{"value":144,"source":48,"evidence":145},"Too much text and no tutorials",[146,147],{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},[149,154],{"value":150,"source":48,"evidence":151},"Add a clear starting point or tutorials",[152,153],{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},{"value":155,"source":48,"evidence":156},"Simpler landing page explaining the project",[157,158],{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},[160],{"value":161,"source":48,"evidence":162},"Is it just a collection of libraries for writing software?",[163,167],{"id":164,"by":165,"text":166},"25251724","WalterGR","So thi.ng is a collection of open-source libraries for writing software? 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