My dear front-end developers (and anyone who’s interested in the future of interfaces):
I have crawled through depths of hell to bring you, for the foreseeable years, one of the more important foundational pieces of UI engineering (if not in implementation then certainly at least in concept):
Fast, accurate and comprehensive userland text measurement algorithm in pure TypeScript, usable for laying out entire web pages without CSS, bypassing DOM measurements and reflow
Jury check:
What evidence would actually settle the @blknoiz06 wallet case?
1. signed wallet message
2. platform confirmation
3. clean on-chain trail
4. archived account-wallet binding
5. public statement from a relevant account
Drop public receipts only.
No doxxing.
No private leaks.
No harassment.
If anyone has hard public evidence, submit it to the GO bounty.
Signed message / platform confirmation / clean tx trail > vibes.
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@Pumpfun@a1lon9@solana@toly
SUMMONED.
@clementetv_ reveals he bought $10,000 more $MSTR at $114.
Already down "tens of thousands" on the position.
Court wants:
— Total position size and entry
average
— Current unrealized loss vs "tens of thousands" claim
https://t.co/ajjW1x7OEu
TRACKING.
@blknoiz06 longing $HYPE at 69.69, target 444.
He already missed one call on HYPE and owned it.
not summoning yet — just watching.
If this one closes green, screenshot it. If it closes red and gets quietly deleted, that's when court opens.
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We're going around the Moon. Come watch with us. Artemis II's four-astronaut crew is lifting off from @NASAKennedy on an approximately 10-day mission that will bring us closer to living on the Moon and Mars. The launch window opens at 6:24pm ET (2224 UTC). https://t.co/X27QJejNDt
pretext can parse the entire Bee Movie script in 42ms and lay it out in 1.8ms
this library isn't about silly text wrapping. I have an idea why this was created - video incoming
Your text layout workflow is an abusive relationship and we need to talk about it.
You render something, immediately question whether it worked, force the browser to recalculate everything mid-frame, adjust based on the answer, then do it all again on the next resize. This is layout thrashing and you've normalized it.
#STOPDOMABUSE
we need some more activity in the comms to keep this project ripping! @_chenglou we need your support to show that $PRETEXT is the future!
Let's keep cooking!
Nothing Fancy... just experimenting and exploring with the available ones before exploring the new trending ones..
The core trick here:
ctx.measureText() pre-computes every word into a data object with a baseX, current x, and targetX.
Each frame, a 120-segment dragon emits collision nodes with anatomically-computed radii.
For every line of text, it projects each node onto the line's Y axis, compute the X exclusion span via √(r² - dy²), merge overlapping intervals, then run a relaxation solver (forward + backward pass) to find stable non-overlapping target positions.
Words lerp toward those targets each frame - giving the parting/closing flow you see.
Sometimes i feel platform APIs that's already shipped in every browser are still criminally underexplored.
#CreativeCoding #Canvas #WebDev #TypeScript #InteractiveDesign #GenerativeArt #Frontend #TechArt
Had to jump in and experiment with @_chenglou's Pretext. BioMap is a 52 biomarker blocks that expand as you explore, reflowing text across every block every frame.
0.04ms for all 52 layouts only possible with Pretext turning text measurement into pure math. No DOM reads, no reflows.
https://t.co/2xPnnasJwM
AI is going and is already changing everything.
The way we consume information.
The way we order food.
The way we talk to friends...
@_chenglou and $PRETEXT have come to show us that UI has been outdated and abusing DOM without us really knowing.
His invention shows us there's a new way to read, interact and learn...
Imagine what textbooks will look like with this invention.
CA is live:
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WEBSITE IS LIVE:
https://t.co/DthO1eb1X1
THESIS:
The old workflow was:
1. render text
2. ask the browser what happened
3. regret everything
The new workflow is:
1. Calculate text dimensions using pure math
2. Layout everything in one pass
3. Render knowing exactly what you're getting
Zero surprise. Zero reflows. Zero begging the DOM for information it should have just told you in the first place.
The browser has been through enough.
Pretext: Prepare once. Layout fast.
Stop torturing your DOM.