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A multimedia sketchpad

14 mentions on Hacker News by 9 people: 3 stories, 11 comments · first 2022-11-05 · latest 2026-09-15

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  1. …flat html file which can be statically hosted or passed around, and includes an editor for itself!) https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker
  2. If y'all never seen Decker, it _is_ cute: https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker
    comment by grimgrin · 2026-06-29 · in Decker Fantasy Camp 2026
  3. There is also Decker ( https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker ) that is open source and feels much more "Hypercardy", although the retro dithering asthetic may put some people off.
  4. …roughly 4kb and 135 LoC. docs/demos: https://beyondloom.com/decker/pdf.html browsable source: https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker/blob/main/examples/dec...
  5. …Unlike LiveCode (or so far as I am aware HyperNext), Decker is free and open-source: https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker HyperNext doesn't appear to be actively developed; the most recent updates I see are from last year, and it can't be…
    comment by RodgerTheGreat · 2025-06-07 · in Bill Atkinson has died
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    Lila: A Lil Interpreter in Awk
    story by tosh · 2025-02-13 · 0 comments
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    Lila: A Lil Interpreter in Awk
    story by secwang · 2025-01-09 · 0 comments
  8. …very interesting to explore building tools like assemblers or even a simple C compiler in AWK. [0] https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker/tree/main/tools/awk/
    comment by RodgerTheGreat · 2024-11-04 · in Learn Awk in Y Minutes
  9. …end. [1]: https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Octo [2]: https://beyondloom.com/blog/octojam.html [3]: https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker [4]: https://timendus.itch.io/chipception-os
  10. …I included some niceties like displaying board legends to aid in choosing the proper coordinates. https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker/blob/main/examples/lil... I'm really not convinced that OOP simplifies or clarifies this type of…
    comment by RodgerTheGreat · 2024-07-21 · in Exercise: Minesweeper in 100 lines of Ruby
  11. …with 4 x 6 fonts on tiny screens like I once could. HN's defaults are already small enough. [1]: https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker [2]: https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Octo [3]: https://winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html [4]:…
  12. …to build from source for Linux[0], and I offer periodic Windows and MacOS builds on itch.io[1]. [0] https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker#building [1] https://internet-janitor.itch.io/decker
    comment by RodgerTheGreat · 2024-01-12 · in A Love Letter to Tinkerable Software
  13. https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker
    comment by robofanatic · 2023-12-09 · in WigglyPaint: A juicy, jiggly drawing program
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    Decker: A Multimedia Sketchpad
    story by memorable · 2022-11-05 · 7 comments