
Developing the best free photo editor - Ivan KUCKIR - Web2day 2019
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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.
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HN points to it as a look under the hood of a remarkable one-developer project.
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if anyone wants to know more, here's a cool talk about it: [VIDEO] the whole thing is just 2MB of JS written by one guy!
Read original comment ↗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: [VIDEO] Legend.
Read original comment ↗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: [VIDEO]
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