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Decker Fantasy Camp 2026

50 points by RodgerTheGreat 3mo ago

grimgrin 3mo ago
If y'all never seen Decker, it _is_ cute: https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker
NeutralForest 3mo ago
I can only recommend looking at all the Decker author's projects. He's done work on APL languages, GUIs, interactive programming, etc. https://beyondloom.com/things/index.html https://beyondloom.com/things/index.html A cool person making cool things!
- butlike 3mo ago
  The slippery slope game editor is pretty cool. https://beyondloom.com/tools/slipedit.html https://beyondloom.com/tools/slipedit.html You can click the link at the top to play the original game. It's a 5-10 minute adventure that I enjoyed, fwiw
WalterGR 3mo ago
It's both native and web-based. Web version: https://www.beyondloom.com/decker/tour.html https://www.beyondloom.com/decker/tour.html Click File -> Cards... to see how the guided tour is constructed. Some past discussions of Decker: 4 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33377964 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33377964 - "Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS" 2 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38985409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38985409 - "Decker – A HyperCard Replacement" 2 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40292181 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40292181 - "Decker: A reincarnation of HyperCard with 1-bit graphics"
xyzzy_plugh 3mo ago
Decker is one of the most insane codebases I've ever seen. It's almost entirely in one file in a very dense format: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JohnEarnest/Decker/refs/heads/main/c/decker.c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JohnEarnest/Decker/refs/he... I've read and written a lot of C over the decades but this borders on being an IOCCC entry...
- qznc 3mo ago
  Looks like "Whitney C" https://www.aplwiki.com/wiki/Whitney_C https://www.aplwiki.com/wiki/Whitney_C
  - tangentstorm 3mo ago
    Not even remotely. it's just plain vanilla C, with dense formatting. Whitney makes extensive use of macros to completely change the language.
- flymasterv 3mo ago
  On the other hand, while I completely agree about the C codebase, the Javascript is at least comprehensible. I've toyed around with adding a feature or two, and almost got there.
- 9dev 3mo ago
  How is that anything but the work of a masochist. There are absolutely zero reasons to write code like this.

If y'all never seen Decker, it _is_ cute: https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker https://github.com/JohnEarnest/Decker

I can only recommend looking at all the Decker author's projects. He's done work on APL languages, GUIs, interactive programming, etc. https://beyondloom.com/things/index.html https://beyondloom.com/things/index.html A cool person making cool things!

butlike 3mo ago
The slippery slope game editor is pretty cool. https://beyondloom.com/tools/slipedit.html https://beyondloom.com/tools/slipedit.html You can click the link at the top to play the original game. It's a 5-10 minute adventure that I enjoyed, fwiw

WalterGR 3mo ago

It's both native and web-based. Web version: https://www.beyondloom.com/decker/tour.html https://www.beyondloom.com/decker/tour.html Click File -> Cards... to see how the guided tour is constructed. Some past discussions of Decker: 4 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33377964 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33377964 - "Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS" 2 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38985409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38985409 - "Decker – A HyperCard Replacement" 2 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40292181 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40292181 - "Decker: A reincarnation of HyperCard with 1-bit graphics"

xyzzy_plugh 3mo ago

Decker is one of the most insane codebases I've ever seen. It's almost entirely in one file in a very dense format: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JohnEarnest/Decker/refs/heads/main/c/decker.c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JohnEarnest/Decker/refs/he... I've read and written a lot of C over the decades but this borders on being an IOCCC entry...

qznc 3mo ago
Looks like "Whitney C" https://www.aplwiki.com/wiki/Whitney_C https://www.aplwiki.com/wiki/Whitney_C
- tangentstorm 3mo ago
  Not even remotely. it's just plain vanilla C, with dense formatting. Whitney makes extensive use of macros to completely change the language.
flymasterv 3mo ago
On the other hand, while I completely agree about the C codebase, the Javascript is at least comprehensible. I've toyed around with adding a feature or two, and almost got there.
9dev 3mo ago
How is that anything but the work of a masochist. There are absolutely zero reasons to write code like this.