ixodia forsteni

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

@Alacritic_Super im using tuya smart socket, press on anywhere my pc on. no programming, cost less/equal :P

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

@pocket_js this is getting ridiculous lol,
can it run on my calculator :D

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

What if your web app behaved like a desktop IDE...
without shipping another Electron app? 😼

**Drag. Reorder. Dock. Split. Resize. Pop out.**

Kicul is still running in the browser.
It just doesn’t have to feel like one. 🐈‍⬛

Day 5 of building Kicul in public.

Browser, Electron, or native?

Pick your poison. 👀

#DevTools #BuildInPublic

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

@hasen_95dx thanks, it's crazy amount of work what you made

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

@localhost_5173 why not json ? :D

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

I actually gave GPUI a shot for Kicul too
Super promising, but man, that Rust learning curve is no joke.

Seeing it work with Node.js + React though? That changes the game.

I’ve fallen back to browser rendering for now, but native GPU rendering with a normal webdev workflow is exactly what we need.

Keeping a close eye on this. 🐈‍⬛

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

@pocket_js wow...this is seriously interesting.
I've tried a lot of UI frameworks for Kicul before eventually falling back to browser rendering.

You make me want to experiment again though. 😄
Waiting for a Windows build so I can properly play with it.

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

@RobKnight__ You put the browser in the terminal.
I put the terminal in the browser. 😂
Perfectly balanced. 😼🐈‍⬛

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

Rust vs C++? We chose yes. 🐈‍⬛

There’s been a lot of Rust vs C++ discussion lately.

Rewrite it in Rust.
Modern C++ is perfectly fine.
Memory safety.
Performance.
Ecosystem.
Compile times.

Meanwhile, while building Kicul, we ended up with a much less exciting answer:
Use both.

We use C++ compiled to WebAssembly where we want native-ish performance inside the browser, and Rust for the backend/system side.

Not because one language “won���.
Because they solve different parts of the problem well.

I think developers sometimes turn programming languages into football teams. But users don't care what language won the argument. They care whether the software is fast, reliable, and works.

So for Kicul:

Rust 🤝 C++ 🤝 WASM

Now I'm curious...

If you were starting a systems-heavy developer tool today, would you go 100% Rust, 100% C++, or mix both? 🍿

#Rust #CPP #WebAssembly #DevTools

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

Day 4/50 building Kicul. 🐈‍⬛

SSH Console today.

2 terminals.
Split view.
Drag to resize.
One workspace.

Because one terminal is never enough.

Something bigger is coming next week. 👀

#BuildInPublic #DevTools #SSH #kicul

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

Day 3: Kicul Dashboard is now fully draggable! Yey!!
Because we know DBAs like to move their widgets around almost as much as they like to complain about slow queries. ^_^
Sidebar is real. Layout is yours. Chaos is... well, organized now.
If you could only keep ONE widget on your main screen, what would it be? CPU? Memory? Or just a big "It’s Working" button?
#BuildInPublic #DevTools

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

Day 2 building Kicul
What if your server status looked like a GitHub contribution graph?
That's the idea I'm sketching into Kicul's dashboard today.
The app shell is real code. The dashboard? Chalk doodles. :P
Server heatmaps, DB health, backup history, alerts — one workspace.
Doodles today. Code tomorrow.

btw happy holiday
#buildinpublic #devtools

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

You know that dangerous dev delusion where finishing the login screen makes you feel like the whole project is basically done?
Yeah. I'm there. :))

Day 1 of building Kicul in public. Kicul is a browser-based command center for DBs, servers, SSH & backups.

Today: The front door.
Tomorrow: The actual hard work.

#buildinpublic #devtools

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

@pocket_js is a really interesting project to watch.

I’ve been exploring a different approach with Kicul, but I always enjoy seeing how other people rethink the JavaScript runtime and desktop app space.

Lots of good ideas here. 👀

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

Kicul koac v0.9.44

another build, another step forward
rust backend compiling 'not' so cleanly hehe
and the kicul infrastructure keeps growing

building kicul one module at a time
#kicul #rustlang #buildinpublic

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

Morning activity checklist:
☕️ Coffee
⚙️ Compile C++ core to WASM
🟢 Serve it up with Node.js
🦀 Bridge it all with Rust
Now that’s what I call a happy family 🥹👨‍👩‍👧‍👦✨ #WebDev #WASM #RustLang #NodeJS

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

My current stack is C++/Rust/JS, and I use Node.js everywhere.
It’s great for replacing PowerShell/CMD.

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

the amount of space rust target dir is no joke.
my solution, create 4gb ramdisk, i don't mind downloading everytime pc restart

[ixodia forsteni @IxodiaF]

@givros multi layer,
parallax, eq: layer 0 - parallax 0.5, layer 1 - parallax 0.8 etc
multi tags