yoctocolors
Languages and libraries
terminal coloring library
SHOW HN2021
39points
13comments
#1,003of 2,533 in 2021
Top 40%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Humor in the project name and framing is enjoyed
From 1 comment
I really enjoy this style of humor. Especially when mocking micro benchmark culture and all of the weirdness that happens in those measurements. And fwiw it definitely seems good…
seanstrom on HN
Objections
Micro-packages and single-maintainer ecosystems are risky
From 1 comment
I'm not sure if that speaks greatly of the author's work--which I'm sure took a lot of effort regardless--or poorly of the fragmented Node ecosystem where micro packages are…
imiric on HN
Performance gain seems unlikely to matter in CLI bottlenecks
From 1 comment
I mean jeez. This can't seriously be the bottleneck of CLI/TUI programs, can it? It seems like low hanging fruit.
spicybright on HN
Questions
What is the Chalk/Colorette/Nanocolors dispute referenced in the readme
From 2 comments
What is happening in the linked discussion from the readme: * https://github.com/babel/babel/pull/13783 I’m not exactly following
romellem on HNThis appears to be poking a little fun at the recent Chalk/Colorette/Nanocolors drama
pull_my_finger on HN
Alternatives named
Chalk
From 1 comment
As a correction, they were aiming to replace the usage of Chalk with Nanocolors on the grounds of (questionable) performance improvements.
znyboy on HN
Colorette
From 1 comment
From my understanding, a well-known developer stole Colorette code (a node module for CLI colors) and rebranded it as Nanocolors with very minor changes. Then, the nanocolors…
0xdeadb00f on HN
Nanocolors
From 1 comment
From my understanding, a well-known developer stole Colorette code (a node module for CLI colors) and rebranded it as Nanocolors with very minor changes. Then, the nanocolors…
0xdeadb00f on HN