You are probably aware that there are these things called synthesizers, which exist both hardware and software, complex pieces of technology that can shape sound. There are people who are specialized in creating them (with code and/or electronics), people who are specialized in programming them (creating presets) and people who excel in using them to make music. And many more different profiles who are in between. Each will care about different aspects, they all contribute to making music.

Life is not black and white, and music neither. What is even "good music"? What is your mental model for "the crowd on this site"? In your questions, aren't you reducing the possibilities of learning by putting these into boxes?

The world is big, life is rich and people are much more diverse than what one typically perceives.

That's interesting, many friends of mine tested it and nobody reported an issue with loading. (Btw I wrote the audio loading code more than 10 years ago, it wasn't written by any LLM -- you're free to judge tho)

Yes, the +22 at the top means the remaining levels. I need to clarify that, you're the second person that seems confused by it.

Thank you again for the feedback.

If you're familiar with a drum machine, you'll get it quickly.

If you're not familiar, try it out, eventually it will click. After playing this game, you'll be halfway familiar with drum machines. =)

I am looking for feedback on how to improve the levels, notably on what could be improved for a smoother progression.

Good luck, have fun!

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So I built a terminal-based personal budget planning application built with Python and Textual.

Your data is stored locally in a JSON file, keeping your financial information private and accessible offline.

Do you find this useful?

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I still think those estimates are off, because I think many of those projects would need significant research and learning time, possibly more than actually coding -- not to mention time spent troubleshooting when something goes wrong.

However, am I the only one finding those time estimates way too short?

I'm not the fastest programmer on Earth, but I'm not the slowest either, and I think most of those projects would take me a lot more time than those estimates, specially if I'd be working only 2-3 hours per day.

I feel most of those projects would take significant time researching and learning about the subjects, before even starting to code.

Example: recently I replaced my Pelican blog by my own hacky static site generator written in Odin, working 2-3h per day, it took me 2 weeks -- and this is a simpler project than many on that list.

For keyboard expression, it will be simpler to just use MIDI input.

Not just yet, MIDI input is the next big feature I want to add! =)

("dang it!" protested a voice "i wanted this to be a surprise!! now, you've ruined it, announcing on HN...", "rhoo, it will be fine!" reassured another)

Oh yeah, you can call some friends to login to the same server and play a concert over SSH!

> it hints at a latent desire for computing closer to how I enjoy it ;)

Agreed, same here!!

If you like this, you might also like my solitaire clone for the terminal: https://github.com/eliasdorneles/usolitaire =)

> Why insist on doing this inside a terminal... ?

Simple: because it's fun!

This is a Python app I've built for fun, while learning the Textual library, it's a piano/synthesizer app that you can play with the keyboard + mouse.

You can see a demo video of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VXit110PcA

You need to install FluidSynth before using it: https://www.fluidsynth.org/

It uses the Python bindings pyFluidSynth library: https://github.com/nwhitehead/pyfluidsynth And the General User GS soundfont: http://www.schristiancollins.com/generaluser.php

If you try it out, i'd love to hear if you think it's cool, and if you have ideas on what could make it even cooler. =)

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attrs seems lesser risk IMO, it's just a plain Python library, no other deps.

If you like Lombok, I'd expect you'll love attrs. :)

I'd suggest to market the "serious business aliases" more prominently. It's not about aesthetics, but expectations: people like me are immediately puzzled by "attr.ib()", thinking "why ib?".

The reason is because after reading a lot of Python code, our brain is already trained to recognize attributes and method names after the dot.

Also, it's a reasonable expectation to be able to import a function or submodule and the code still make sense, but this won't make sense:

  from attr import s, ib

  @s
  class Thing(object):
      x = ib()

I have the feeling that by making the "no non-sense" alternative more prominent in the examples and documentation, it would reduce cognition steps for newbie users and maybe make your own life easier by not having to explain and paste this link every time someone finds it odd (which will probably continue to happen).

Cheers!