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But that's such a good idea though

They will!

For over an hour, they've been trying to think of a new joke

https://airforms.com/ and https://visualdb.com/ appear to be the same thing?

From https://pkl-lang.org/blog/introducing-pkl.html#editor-suppor...:

"We are also releasing two other plugins: our VS Code plugin, and our neovim plugin. Today, these plugins only provide basic editing features like syntax highlighting and code folding."

How easy would it be to make a Socket-based GUI program, stick it on a thumb drive and run it on a friend's PC?

The Distribution Guide (https://socketsupply.co/guides/#distribution-guide) has instructions for code signing on Apple platforms, but I'm curious about the "weekend project" angle. Like, does `ssc` produce exe, apk? Could I use it to make a self-contained app that can launch without installation on Linux?

probably!

You might like the Magnetic Resonator Piano: http://instrumentslab.org/research/mrp.html

Daisy and Bela are great for low-latency interactive audio :)

But I think Arduino is a good choice for this.

1. The microcontroller isn't generating audio onboard, it's driving solenoids to hit something. Arduino can do that — the solenoids have travel time but Bela wouldn't solve that.

2. This is more like a sequence playback machine, there's no continuous real-time interactivity. Play/pause is the main interaction and a few ms is ok.

(If you wanted to duet with it latency-free the top of the xylophone is completely exposed so you can just play it normally.)

Design feedback: Active tab has no contrast at all. Same with: select options, side menu.

Slightly harsh but probably an easy fix!

To me Neobrutalism is all about being brutally readable (or maybe that's just what I like about it)

Probably Bret Victor - "Inventing on Principle" (2012) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUv66718DII

Sounds easy enough: Use the well written frameworks as needed, and you can make successful end products too.

What would be your advice to someone seeking to do this?

e.g. - is it simply a matter of intelligence, perseverance, attitude? - is there a technical or social practice you find helpful?

The frameworks and tools aren't all that stable, reliable, or intentionally designed compared with what Java programmers might be used to. I don't fault anyone for trying to get off the bus.

Yep :)

It's a weird way to try to save money, imo. Down the line it just leads to confusion and repeat work.

They also underinvest in documentation, with the same result.

That's encouraging. I haven't had the same experience yet, but I haven't worked for someone who pays for full search history.