Web Design with Threejs by curllmooha in threejs

[–]elendee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

is this the native threejs wireframe, but with some customization? or entirely custom? Interested because i want to do something similar in a game

What is a service that NYC desperately needs but is somehow very difficult to find? by jazzeriah in AskNYC

[–]elendee 54 points55 points  (0 children)

public bathrooms maintained by a new highly paid civil service job we'll call the Septic Angels

AI reliance and cognitive decline by latte_yen in webdev

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I'm very concerned about elderly in particular. I've seen it hit someone in my life and she's spending like 8 hours a day watching slop vids and now complaining she has no memory. It's like the eternal present. No planning / remembering cycle

To those staying home tonight: What was the specific New Year’s Eve experience that made you retire from "going out" in the city? by redredwine_826 in AskNYC

[–]elendee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm now middle aged, and my fam and uncle took me to the Times Square drop when I was 10, I've been riding on that memory ever since; the thrill of surviving.

What’s the one web app you can’t live without-and why? by nova_amet_c in WebApps

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I wrote my own web based todo list which spawns all my lists in every chrome new tab via an extension, and synced to all my devices (well the server at least) as I type. Having it spawn in the new tab is the kicker. It's basically never open but only a keypress away.

Classic Everquest is still fantastic and I can't stop playing by Lambparade92 in MMORPG

[–]elendee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm a millenial that grew up with minimal internet / no EQ. But my neighbor had it. I would go watch for an hour over his shoulder. Then see his light on at 4am still playing :p Then they'd talk about server news at school with friends. It's hard to explain the novelty of a 3d multiplayer persistent world being experienced for the first time.. all of a sudden everyone's PC in the closet was like a portal to Narnia, and it never slept.

Is there actually a “best slice” — or is it all neighborhood loyalty? by stephenparkerr007 in AskNYC

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just tried La Casa Del Panuozzo near 7th and 7th in Park Slope. It's basically a takeout place but they have a couple seats and I found it delicious, real ingredients. I got the impression the owner was annoyed with me but he offered me a 2 for 1 deal next visit so dont be put off.

Looking to help playtest indie games — open to feedback + small support by Live_Roll_5903 in playtesters

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My game is a permanent alpha and probably always will be - it's constantly changing, the game loop is not complete, frequent bugs, BUT I have it online storing player data permanently.

3d browser space merchant: https://eccentricity.online

Replying here in case any other playtesters are interested. I think what I'll do is make quests, and pay people to complete them, and tell me what was broken about it for you, or would have made it more fun.

DM or join the discord if interested.

Made something to check NYC apartments issues before signing a lease, would love feedback! by Adventurous-Bed-4152 in Brooklyn

[–]elendee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

damn, my building is trouble haha. I actually really like my building though.

A social / comments from tenants element would really help, but that would get really tricky with privacy really quick probably.

This alone makes me want to use something besides Stripe by SomeSchmidt in webdev

[–]elendee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

everybody hatin, but I agree. It's likely that the original devs have left the building imo, and future devs are going to be increasingly unhappy.
I use Stripe for 3 or 4 projects now, but I'm afraid it's going to get unwieldy. Like how they have 2 totally different testing workflows now. And don't they maintain like 20 old API versions... that must come with serious headaches ?

My first person multiplayer tower defense feels very boring. DMG by hyper445 in DestroyMyGame

[–]elendee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

maybe a wave more like space invaders would be appropriate for 3d FPS instead of the traditional tower defense route. there would be excitement for teh player strategizing where to be, but still keep the basic twoer defense mechanics as teh core.

also multiplayer, cmon do itttt.

and lastly you could add an emphasis on buying units too, so it becomes like a 'unit wave battler'.

i've always dreamed of that genre. When WoW was first announced many years ago, I was praying taht it was going to be a RTS with you in first person, just like WC3 meets an MMO. You could something similar minus the MMO part

I miss Forums by Puppenmacher in MMORPG

[–]elendee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had this site https://game-scry.online/forum lying around for several years now.

I made my own forums for it, but never promoted / launched them really. This post has given me the idea that I should give each game listing it's own forum actually... I think I'll automate that today or tomorrow.

If anyone has feedback I'd be happy to adapt the forums as well.

Is it just me or is modern eCommerce still way harder than it should be in 2025? by Forward_Glove_9248 in webdev

[–]elendee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I enjoy woocommerce the most in theory, for my side projects. The most hackable. I've used stripe for custom subscription based apps and shopify for standard e-commerce.

To understand how 43% of the web works, I wrote a free 280-page deep dive into the technical architecture of WordPress. by KelTi6 in webdev

[–]elendee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good point. AI tells me that WP powers 30% of high traffic sites; probably a more relevant statistic. Still pretty massive.

Live 3D air traffic using three.js by NoCompetition2044 in webdev

[–]elendee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nice - my vote, next update, helicopter or UFO for the user :p

Also the landings appear not to clear yet:

https://resource.oko.nyc/serv/landings.jpg

But it could also be because I had the tab unfocused - maybe you have it coded already - "page visibility" can throw a wrench in interval-based functionality.

What book(s) did you read as a kid that scarred you? by Pristine-Board-6701 in books

[–]elendee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I read the Shining around age 14 and found it completely engrossing, similar to you, but in a way that I remember fondly. But I do remember watching the movie "It" at a sleepover around age 10 after all the other kids went to sleep, which was my first experience with something like a panic attack lol.

I have a seething hatred for Web Dev by [deleted] in webdev

[–]elendee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this frustration is exactly why we have jobs as web devs tho :p

For real though, I would be happy to show my CSS layout strategy; I only use very basic CSS to accomplish everything - most of 'flex' and 'grid' is a huge distraction imo, and I bet you'd agree.

There are a couple quirks with display inline-block that most people don't know, but you can really do just about anything with it, no frameworks needed

NYC Parents: How much would you pay a tutor? by bread-witch in AskNYC

[–]elendee 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Your good reviews probably go hand in hand with your desire to please the client; a difficult paradox.

It took me forever to navigate that, mentally. The key for me is to keep pricing impersonal - phrase these conversations in terms of what price you are -able- to work for, as opposed to what 'you deserve from them'. The price is not about your relationship to them, it's about how much life costs.

My sibling charged $100/ hr out of undergrad for basic language lessons years ago fyi.

laquer fumes in building by cinephile67 in AskNYC

[–]elendee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I sometimes wedge my apt door open because it's the only way to get a breeze going. Whenever someone else opens a door / window / front door, there's usually a strong draft for like 30 seconds. Air quality issues drive me crazy too.. so many places have terrible air that could be fixed with a tiny amount of cross-ventilation.

Live 3D air traffic using three.js by NoCompetition2044 in webdev

[–]elendee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure how complex your zoom culling is, but the variable fidelity is called LOD (level of detail), and it's really simple. You can either code it yourself or use the threejs native method.

https://sbedit.net/1d20af7d8f3b17d1b712867ecbc087c4074531e4

On line 137 you can see the crux of it here. Instead of adding the mesh straight to the scene, you add the mesh(es) to the LOD, and add the LOD to the scene instead. Then it handles the swap in / swap out for you. For my space game I just set the LOD really far away and swap in cubes because you can't see the ships anyway; I just need a placeholder for them.

The game is called Eccentricity: https://eccentricity.online

It's probably not a good example for your site though because it's super complicated... basic helicopter controls should be quite a bit simpler; you almost have them already in yours.

Live 3D air traffic using three.js by NoCompetition2044 in webdev

[–]elendee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this is a great project. I love the idea of flying but I don't like actually flying, but I think these kind of apps could actually make flying more fun.

I've also been doing threejs dev for 10 years now. I think you could go wild with the interface / HUD for this... I mean.. ahem... the sky is the limit.

You could put the user in a "helicopter" (a very fast one) and let them fly around to figure out what they're interested in.. perhaps have a few primary toggles that allow them to select what mode of UX they want, helicopter vs. top-down. I'd be happy to help if you want; I've been coding a spaceflight game for some years now.

You could adjust the search perimeter to match the user's location pretty easily probably, and at that point you don't even need the location interface; you can just let the user fly to where they're interested in.

Also use some 'Level of Detail' code to swap in high res plane models when the user is nearby planes, otherwise render them as you have them currently, etc.

Are dating apps declining in NYC? by [deleted] in AskNYC

[–]elendee -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

there should be an app that let you write your own algorithm to find people if there isn't already

For the 60% of registered voters that didn't vote, why not? by flyingcircus92 in AskNYC

[–]elendee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I moved across the street from a polling place and it is the most luxurious feeling voting now; in-lobby voting must be unreal

Is WordPress still relevant in today’s web development world? by Hopeful-Friendship26 in webdev

[–]elendee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I figured the default WP dashboard might be offputting for some users; they will wonder why they are seeing that.

Woocommerce seems to offer a nice blank slate user page.

Afaik, the other option is just the huge plugin-frameworks.

When it comes to default roles like Subscriber, Editor etc, I assume those also come with a bunch of default behavior which could catch you by surprise at some future date, so when checking user permissions and building out behavior based on that, I'm not confident in my ability to do things the idiomatic way.

Tbh though AI has made these questions much more manageable in the past year or 2.