Developing the best free photo editor - Ivan KUCKIR - Web2day 2019
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to it as a look under the hood of a remarkable one-developer project.
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.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2019 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Recommends modzu · 2020-06 · on “Gimp 2.10.20”
if anyone wants to know more, here's a cool talk about it: [this video] the whole thing is just 2MB of JS written by one guy!
Recommends vvoyer · 2021-04 · on “AMA: Ivan Kutskir, creator of Photopea”
Hey Ivan, congrats! Had a great time with you 2 years ago when you came to Nantes, France to explain "Developing the best free photo editor". Check-out his explanations here: [this video] Legend.
Cites IvanK_net · 2019-12 · on “Founder came back after 8 years to rewrite Flash photo editor in Canvas/WebGL”
Yes, Photopea is only one HTML, one CSS and many JS files. It is about 1.5 MB in total. I pay 40 USD a year for the hosting + 12 USD a year for the .com domain. I gave a talk about it: [this video]