Matt Karl

@PixiJS maintainer, Design Engineer at @Netflix, he/him

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[PixiJS @PixiJS]

We’ve just released PixiJS Create – a CLI tool that makes setting up PixiJS projects faster and easier! 🚀 Choose from bundler templates or a feature-packed "Creation Template" to get started.

For all the details, check out the blog: https://t.co/vTvzIL6QM9 🎨

[PixiJS @PixiJS]

🚀 #PixiJS v8 brings a massive performance boost with the new ParticleContainer! Even faster than v7! Render 1M+ particles, perfect for high-performance games & visuals! Give it a spin!🌟 #gamedev #webdev #webgpu #webgl

👉 https://t.co/adj2E9sWKu

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@everydaylouie this is giving me gary larson vibes

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@mattpocockuk Good tests and static linting can help, but type-checking is the most efficient way to catch undefined errors before runtime.

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@theonlyfunnydan I worked for Disney in the 2000's on the World of Cars Online. We often went down rabbit-holes like this one. Some of us working on the game accepted that it had to be a post-apocalyptic world were vehicles had also gained human sentience but were unable to create new culture.

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@PBSKIDS @WildKratts_TV When @schlafman & I were running CloudKid, we had the opportunity on multiple occasions to meet Chris & Martin at the PBS KIDS Producers Summit. They were, hands-down, some of the funniest, friendly, kindest and most creative people we met.

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@devongovett 100% this. In our last major release, we took the mono package approach with PixiJS and everyone is happier. Sub-module exports are now support in most bundling tools, so this is a no-brainer.

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@schlafman @okpasquale @rive_app for ui motion, after effects is like trying to ride a jet ski in a bathtub. aside from Rive, there are some promising new tools in this space, e.g., https://t.co/9iJSQhofKz and https://t.co/10rX59RoTj

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

On @PixiJS's Discord this morning, a dev was having an issue with how to use HTMLText with Renderer's Extract functions (image, base64, etc). There are some gotchas because HTMLText is rendered async. Here's an example how to do it:
https://t.co/r9R5RVriWr

[PixiJS @PixiJS]

🚀 #PixiJS v8 is out! 🌟 Enjoy over 200% performance boosts with our new #WebGPU & #WebGL renderers 🎉 Raising the bar for #2D #Web one pixel at a time! Explore the details: https://t.co/SugDHYLl9p #javascript

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@github @Doormat23 @_Zyie_ @ShukantP @rolnaaba @MiltonCandelero @super_soda, talented and thoughtful you all are

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@sarah_edo Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder is one of my favorites or, if you like historical non-fiction, anything by Nathaniel Philbrick (Mayflower, In the Heart of the Sea)

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

Fun npm bug I found today:
https://t.co/jdFTLHKhQJ

Two identical packages, both made of 60K files and the same download size, but one is a flat list the other is nested in various folders. Install time is 5s (flat) vs 85s (nested). Yarn showed a smaller delta.

Any thoughts why?

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@MartinBekerman Focus
- art direction
- consensus-building
- cross-functional collaboration
- non-virtual goods
- strong sense of general taste
- expand your vocab of cinema, lighting, art history, fashion, interior design, etc

Forget
- pixel pushing, digital craft
- recognizable visual style

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@schlafman @jonburgerman “I was taking a shit in the library!”

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@RealEmirHan Kubo and the Two Strings

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@chinbeard @SimoneGiertz I purchased one during Simone's crowd funding campaign and it's one of my favorite things I own.

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@csturner88 Compensation

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

@ThePrimeagen lasagna code

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

By contrast, Figma’s dev experience is a delight. Complete docs, good examples, paved path tools, sane extension format, modern runtime. I wish publishing was more automated, but it’s solid. Now that they own it, Adobe should throw everything away from CC and copy Figma. Please!

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

Adobe’s dev experience is garbage. Decades of poor docs, outdated examples, changing terminology every few years (CEP, CXCS), searching random forums, half-baked publish tools (exchange, developer console), bad CLI and debugging experience, horrible ES3 runtime.

[Matt Karl @bigtimebuddy]

Aside: AE needs an overhaul. Text layout and vector rendering are so dated when compared to more contemporary software. Preview render is sluggish and ugly. Interoperability stinks for anything other than PS. There has to be a startup disrupting this software somewhere??