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Developing the best free photo editor - Ivan KUCKIR - Web2day 2019

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.

Why HN readers recommended it

HN points to it as a look under the hood of a remarkable one-developer project.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Web2day
Topic
building a web photo editor
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
3
Recommendation years in dataset
2019–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • 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!

    modzu on Hacker News · 2020-06
    In Gimp 2.10.20
  • 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.

    vvoyer on Hacker News · 2021-04
    In AMA: Ivan Kutskir, creator of Photopea

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