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WebGPU Glass Material

wildpeaks — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:55:40 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ektogamat/webgpu-mesh-transmission-material

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49169059

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by wildpeaks in "Progressive Web Components"

wildpeaks — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:30:07 +0000

My only issue with Web Components is that, by design, they need to be registered with a globally unique tagname and can't be unregistered.

It's a reasonable compromise given the original purpose of custom elements, but in practice it ends up more maintainable to be inspired by its structures without using real custom elements despite I was initially excited that jsdom supports custom elements nowadays.

New comment by wildpeaks in "Blender 5.2 LTS"

wildpeaks — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:12:09 +0000

I wish Autodesk had a Creative Cloud equivalent: imagine a 50€ / month subscription that gives access to all Autodesk apps, it would have sold like hotcakes.

By remaining expensive proprietary tools, they lost the new generations of developers who learned 3D with Blender and Houdini Apprentice and who will naturally continue to use them once they become professionals, so the customer base will keep shrinking.

Voxel Collision in SuperSplat

wildpeaks — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:20:48 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/willeastcott/status/2070110425648128245

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48695383

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by wildpeaks in "Show HN: Continue? Y/N: A 60-second game about AI agent permission fatigue"

wildpeaks — Thu, 28 May 2026 15:21:13 +0000

This is why having a human in the loop isn't enough because they will cut corners and skip reviewing what they should review.

New comment by wildpeaks in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

wildpeaks — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:12:34 +0000

I can imagine the resulting texture feeling better on the skin, but I can't unsee the lack of symmetry.

New comment by wildpeaks in "Am I German or Autistic?"

wildpeaks — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:37:30 +0000

I lived in Germany for 10+ years, so unsurprisingly got Both (40/62) as result, although it was slightly frustrating sometimes to pick between answers where none really fit precisely (which in itself is probably a sign too, lol)

New comment by wildpeaks in "OkCupid gave 3M dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says"

wildpeaks — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:11:10 +0000

One issue is other people might still upload information about you, so you'd have to limit your irl interactions as well

New comment by wildpeaks in "People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop mandatory Microsoft Account"

wildpeaks — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:44:47 +0000

The lack of local account makes it so difficult to setup a PC for someone else, I wish they just used the same strategy as macOS.

New comment by wildpeaks in "RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one"

wildpeaks — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:33:39 +0000

It's not a new thing, it's a common way to fill empty slots for aesthetic purposes, especially with RGB builds in aquarium cases.

New comment by wildpeaks in "Vite 8.0 Is Out"

wildpeaks — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:25:25 +0000

It depends on the runtime: Node can run Typescript because it automatically strips types (which is so convenient during development).

But in browser, for now only the more limited JSDoc-style types can be shipped as-is indeed.

New comment by wildpeaks in "Vite 8.0 Is Out"

wildpeaks — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:17:03 +0000

Because it's a waste of bandwidth if they're not enforced at runtime, the same reason why minification exists.

New comment by wildpeaks in "Void, the Vite-native deployment platform"

wildpeaks — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:23:48 +0000

Evan You just announced it: https://x.com/youyuxi/status/2032385324572180575

Void, the Vite-native deployment platform

wildpeaks — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:22:34 +0000

Article URL: https://void.cloud/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47362207

Points: 10

# Comments: 3

New comment by wildpeaks in "Ask HN: How to go back to listening to MP3s?"

wildpeaks — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 12:14:38 +0000

I never stopped, Bandcamp sells DRM-free files (especially on "Bandcamp Fridays" once a month when more of the money goes to the artist, unlike Spotify and other streaming services), and VLC works on both desktop and mobile.

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-fridays

New comment by wildpeaks in "You can make up HTML tags"

wildpeaks — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:42:58 +0000

Custom elements are web components, it's literally what the article is about

New comment by wildpeaks in "You can make up HTML tags"

wildpeaks — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:47:05 +0000

Exactly why I banned React from my pipelines years ago, native Web Components + dispatchEvent gives you the modern web without bloat and churn, and Vite for a lightweight HMR thanks to native ES Modules.

Server-side you can use jsdom to polyfill document, it supports Web Components too.

New comment by wildpeaks in "Tell HN: Merry Christmas"

wildpeaks — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 07:14:30 +0000

Merry Christmas !

May your glühwein be hot and your cats purring :)

New comment by wildpeaks in "Show HN: HN Wrapped 2025 - an LLM reviews your year on HN"

wildpeaks — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 03:07:17 +0000

lol it claims I'm fiercely anti-Creative Cloud whereas I'm actually one of their oldest subscribers (literally signed up the day it was announced)

New comment by wildpeaks in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

wildpeaks — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:51:45 +0000

Cryptic hints only work while your memories remain intact, unexpected health issues can render them useless