Async UI
Dev tools
ui library
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
10 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Design: 5 for, 3 againstIdea: 3 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting model, similar to SwiftUI and Compose
From 3 comments
Today in "HN never used a reactive framework that is not React and is offended when UI is not written with Dear ImGui". This is literally the exact style of SwiftUI and Jetpack…
ohgodplsno on HNThis is very Compose (Android) and Swift UI (iOS) like. I love it!
your_challenger on HNhas a SwiftUI resemblance, nice :)
debdut on HN
Linear control flow like console apps
From 1 comment
Hopefully I can find some time in my busy schedule to try this. One thing I like is that the code appears to flow more like a console app than a GUI app. I've always found it's…
gwbas1c on HN
Objections
Async noise and verbosity in larger examples
From 1 comment
This is an interesting idea, but if you look at bigger examples, such as the todo-list example, the code is littered with `async` noise, calls to `borrow()`, and other fancy…
tayistay on HN
Hard to debug and reason about
From 1 comment
(Context: I write async rust professionally) Fly you fools. This will be a nightmare to debug, introspect and reason about for a speed boost that you (and your users) won’t be…
HippoBaro on HN
Large bundle size for web example
From 1 comment
It's 2.56 MB gzip!
Existenceblinks on HN
Requests
Compare with existing frameworks
From 1 comment
Could you compare it with Sycamore with a few bullet points? I feel like it is pretty close even though you don't see the async exposed? L
fyvhbhn on HN
Questions
Does it work with Tokio?
From 1 comment
So, does this work with an application that uses tokio?
davidatbu on HN
How does login_form return values while rendering?
From 1 comment
This is wild to me... how does that login_form function work? If awaiting renders, then it can also return values?
lucasyvas on HN
Alternatives named
RUI
From 1 comment
You might be interested in RUI https://github.com/audulus/rui
adamnemecek on HN
Sycamore
From 1 comment
Could you compare it with Sycamore with a few bullet points? I feel like it is pretty close even though you don't see the async exposed? L
fyvhbhn on HN
Concur JS
From 1 comment
Looks a bit like concur JS
pharmakom on HN
Dear ImGui / immediate mode GUIs
From 2 comments
I must admit, I was a bit skeptical when reading the title, but after reading I'm super interested. The login form example which returns values reminds me a lot of imgui and…
mbStavola on HNIsn't this basically retained mode vs immediate mode GUIs?
cercatrova on HN