Developing the best free photo editor - Ivan KUCKIR - Web2day 2019
Web2day2 HN recommenders · recommended in 2 months, 2019–2021
talk · intermediate · evergreen · 2019–2021 on HN
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.
HN points to it as a look under the hood of a remarkable one-developer project.
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3 comments from Hacker News
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.
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!
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