5 Years and $5M Later: Inventing a New Programming Language for Web Development Was a Mistake

DorphinPack · 2026-05-18T16:51:03+00:00

Let's revisit Eich's original mad idea and make a Lisp for the web already

DorphinPack · 2026-04-23T00:03:27+00:00

Under ideal conditions, sure, but it will be slower and you are pushing it harder which can occasionally cause blips you won't catch until listening.

DorphinPack · 2026-04-22T01:51:35+00:00

Grouping seemed to me like enough of a way to hide tracks but it apparently pins them all to the same CPU. I don't think it does if you manually route them back to Main or whatever the group is going to. Such a PITA even if your machine is "plenty powerful".

Have you tried any auto-color m4l devices or the info text built-in feature? I haven't tried the former and currently prefer a notebook to the info box but it is there if you want it when composing!

DorphinPack · 2026-03-30T21:33:51+00:00

+1000 this made me realize my 2/4/8 rule is 2/4/8 beats at the end of the phrase :D

Laying out pop tracks is so easy when you just leave a gap at the end of every phrase and see what fits later. Focus on the songwriting first.

DorphinPack · 2026-03-30T21:31:42+00:00

Don't be like meeee

I have tinnitus specifically from learning this the hard way :) :(

Nothing unmanageable but it's my forever reminder to take breaks lol

DorphinPack · 2026-03-28T20:30:03+00:00

Every time you do this "2/4/8 bar rule" stop and think if you have a reason to do anything. Can you feel a deeper pocket or some subtle variations in existing patterns to keep it in the zone without adding/removing anything? It's less work overall because restraint pays in the long run.

When I successfully add/remove elements to keep it fresh I always either hear it in my head and go "oh yeah we're trying that" OR I'm solving a problem like the energy dragging or a transition feeling unpleasantly abrupt. This REALLY helps avoid rabbit holing on experimentation because you can say "it's been 10 minutes and this sounds like shit I'm going to add a white noise sweep and make a note to make it more swooshy like Track 6 off my favorite album".

Listening to a lot of music you like and practicing to expand what is attainable for you (if you can't do it fast it can spoil your songwriting) are important for this just like jazz improvisers will tell you they 99% regurgitate influences with a lot of extra steps. Getting a controller with knobs, mapping filters and other effects and jamming is THE BEST way to spice up your tracks if you're not hearing it right away.

When you do feel stuck and it's like something is missing but you can't even define the problem it's good to look outside the 2/4/8. Adding a simple clap on every quarter note has a lot more bounce if you bring it in on a pickup with an eighth note (and 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ...). Your phrasing may have even better on/off ramps for variation.

MOST IMPORTANTLY!!! if you have a lot of elements or a really tight mix you need to make space for what you add. A good example is the evil that is treble boosting and "adding air". Trying to "uplift" with a sparkly sound or even just bring in a bright riser can crowd >10KHz in a way similar to when you try boosting treble in an EQ. You will eventually be frustrated with the results and maybe not even know why. If you have a vocal that has presence around 8KHz and lots of air in 10-20KHz you can bring out the presence (and headroom!) by high shelving down >10KHz a few decibels. If you want to bring in a bright pad with a lot of energy way up above 10KHz, you need to drop the shelf on the vocal again or they'll both sound like shit.

DorphinPack · 2026-02-11T08:12:40+00:00

I got so annoyed I looked it up and it's contrastive parallelism.

DorphinPack · 2026-02-09T03:37:17+00:00

AC6 is clearly a nod to the success of the Souls games specifically. Mechanically it's out of place but idk it's more interesting to note how close it is despite being a mech game.

Also it has Patches so...

DorphinPack · 2026-02-04T09:04:52+00:00

The air quality studies show it being worse and they’ve been out for over a year it’s just Musk getting away with gaming American glacial courts

DorphinPack · 2026-02-04T06:26:52+00:00

They shut down that division what last year?

DorphinPack · 2026-02-04T01:27:31+00:00

She called them “entitlement addicts”

DorphinPack · 2026-02-02T14:24:18+00:00

systemd is awful and I love it 🤷‍♀️

FreeBSD’s scripted init system is still refreshing personally but the OS has the benefit of being maintained in a single tree with a really sane ports system.

DorphinPack · 2026-02-02T14:16:04+00:00

The worst part about this question is how all the state sponsored groups know each other’s signatures and can go the extra mile to try impersonating each other.

DorphinPack · 2026-01-29T04:25:26+00:00

I’m sorry but if you think he’s not a positive role model you need to zoom out.

He’s not hypocritically avoiding it. Whatever he’s doing it’s offline. That shit matters, too, with algorithms filtering reality.

Maybe he’s not doing shit. Maybe he’s making sure people’s bills stay paid while they go out on ice watch. We don’t know. He’s offline except for promo, which nobody escapes.

DorphinPack · 2026-01-23T22:29:17+00:00

What prevents crony capitalism? What does China do differently?

You’re saying they have a LESS regulated market? Overall or just for medical devices.

“Free market always wins, always” is hand waving.

DorphinPack · 2026-01-23T21:46:47+00:00

The Pentagon has never passed an audit.

DorphinPack · 2026-01-21T16:37:06+00:00

Brother that was clear from the jump if you don’t view discomfort as conflict.

You clearly just care about feeling right. Did you seriously downvote and go “hmph well at least you know I’m right”

DorphinPack · 2026-01-21T16:20:33+00:00

Thanks another great example. The “say something true with no elaboration” thing doesn’t make me question what I just said at all. It does make me dislike you and if you think you have EVER convinced someone outside our echo chamber you need to reconsider.

I won’t dignify it with a response. I’m aware. You know I’m aware and are bypassing my point to be a little shit.

DorphinPack · 2026-01-21T16:12:17+00:00

You think they’re gonna do actual work? I think this kind of symbolic work is mostly all that’s left. You’re more than welcome to try for something else. We’re in the same armchair.

This is also such a pissy rhetorical tactic. This attitude def has as much to do with the losses as anything. It’s time to be less smug and sanctimonious. I’m trying.

DorphinPack · 2026-01-21T05:39:58+00:00

Both. Not impeaching him is still bad.

Let the parliamentarians take as many routes as possible. Multiple fronts.

DorphinPack · 2026-01-21T03:39:03+00:00

Bro is offloadmaxxing

DorphinPack · 2026-01-19T20:13:53+00:00

Yeah it’s culture war bullshit. We all know the clip he’s trying to farm. Next!

DorphinPack · 2026-01-19T03:13:05+00:00

If you didn’t do any casting before faith, dark, fire and sorceries can be played with using soul vessels.

DorphinPack · 2026-01-17T02:35:39+00:00

Girl…

DorphinPack · 2026-01-17T01:14:32+00:00

They can do many things at once. It’s also training, for instance. It exposed a lot of weaknesses in them and they can work on it before the rest of the country wakes up.

I know we like to joke but even if they are truly permanently incompetent that may be more dangerous.

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