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Developing the best free photo editor - Ivan KUCKIR - Web2day 2019

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What it is

Photopea founder Ivan Kutskir talks about developing a free browser-based photo editor, one of the most complex JavaScript programs ever written, and the web technologies behind it.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a look under the hood of a remarkable one-developer project.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “here's a cool talk about it: the whole thing is just 2MB of JS written by one guy!”

    Talk about Photopea, 2MB of JS by one developer.

    modzu, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Gimp 2.10.20”

  2. “Check-out his explanations here: Legend.”

    Ivan's explanation of developing the best free photo editor.

    vvoyer, 2021-04 · Recommendation · in “AMA: Ivan Kutskir, creator of Photopea”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: photopea, javascript, web apps, solo developer, image editing

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