u/Dr_King_Schultz__ — reddlx

I made Perkins :: the ASCII pixel art editor for the terminal

Try it out on your machine: Here's the repo

This was a really fun project to make, and took me about a month to build from start to finish.

I consider myself a trad coder - someone who programs by hand with minimal AI usage.

Initially, I was only going to build the editor and assumed the user already has an ascii file. But I realized having the full flow built from image -> ascii art would be very beneficial.

On converting images :: this video on dithering by Computerphile is a gem and was very helpful in solving the image conversion.

Enjoy :)

u/Dr_King_Schultz__ — 13 days ago

▲ 47 r/ASCII

Pixel art editor for the terminal using Braille ASCII

Feel free to try it out yourself :: Here's the repo

This was a lot of fun to program, and took me about a month to build. Initially, I was only going to build the editor and assumed the user already has an ascii file. But I realized having the full flow built from image -> ascii art would be awesome.

There was very little AI usage here: I take pride in programming by hand for projects I care about. The grid system, ansi encoding and image conversion were all very rewarding, and each solved problem compounds to serve the next one.

For any Vim users out there, you'll feel right at home. The mouse is also fully supported too.
Enjoy :)

u/Dr_King_Schultz__ — 13 days ago

▲ 144 r/tui

I made an ASCII pixel art editor - handcoded

You can try out the tool yourself :: Here's the repo

This was a really fun project to make, and took me about a month to build from start to finish.

I take pride in being a trad coder - someone who programs most of the project by hand and without using AI.

I find grid problems especially rewarding due to the richness of the coordinate system, and how each problem solved seems to compound in helping out the next problem.

Initially, I was only going to build the editor and assumed the user already has an ascii file. But I realized having the full flow built from image -> ascii art would be very beneficial.

On converting images :: this video on dithering by Computerphile is a gem. Once dithered into black and white pixels, using 5 different algorithms for the user to choose, I simply resize the image to fit the canvas dimensions.

There's a lot more I could go into, not sure if I'm speaking into the void, but hope this proves useful to some folks :)

u/Dr_King_Schultz__ — 13 days ago

▲ 14 r/CLI

Perkins: ASCII pixel art editor

Try out the tool yourself : here's the repo

This was a really fun project to make, and took me about a month to build from start to finish. I take pride in being a trad coder - someone who programs most of the project by hand and using minimal AI.

I find grid problems especially rewarding due to the richness of the coordinate system, and how each problem solved seems to compound in helping out the next problem.

Initially, I was only going to build the editor and assumed the user already has an ascii file. But I realized having the full flow built from image -> ascii art would be far more useful.

Edit: added more details on the project itself.

u/Dr_King_Schultz__ — 13 days ago

▲ 47 r/unixporn

[Yabai] I made an ASCII pixel art editor for the terminal

You can try out the tool yourself, here's the repo:

https://github.com/Mr-Robot-err-404/perkins

u/Dr_King_Schultz__ — 13 days ago

▲ 0 r/television

I'll start with what i really enjoyed about this season:

Miracle Town is a great setting

My first thought when hearing that the town only had 9621 people living there was "of course, there's bound to be a small town that was unaffected by the departure. That's just statistics, what's the big deal". But when you do the maths, the odds are virtually impossible if the departures occur randomly - granting the town it's rightful name. The prehistoric opening to the season earned its place with the supernatural themes throughout the season.

The Priest is the best character

This guy steals the spotlight in every episode he's in. His awkward charisma paired with a goofy demeanour, and yet underneath a rock solid willpower and moral conviction running parallel to the story of Job. I would gladly watch a spinoff show of this character, very well written and acted.

Ep 7 "A most powerful adversary" is masterfully done

The ending was truly a shocking experience. I was so immersed in Kevin's spiral to insanity with Patty as his eternal adversary, and found myself nodding my head in agreement at Virgil's suggestion to take the poison, being totally fooled by the writer that this was a good idea. The parallel with Dante's Inferno was a lovely touch.

Here's where I think season 2 fell short:

Laurie and Tom's entire arc

It felt like the writer didn't know what he wanted to do with Tom, and never reached a solution for this character. Laurie's interactions with other characters never felt believable, and above all I struggled to care for these 2 characters throughout the show.

John should have played a larger role

The opening to the season was incredibly strong. The actor playing John perfectly conveyed an unstable, sinister man with a light veil of friendliness to mask this. What should have been a powerful adversary driving the momentum forward turned out to be a forgotten side character, while distant side plots were chosen in his place.

The missing girls

The central mystery of the season amounted to, in my humble view, a total copout at the end. When faced with her pleading mother, Evie's response was simply "You understand why".

Nope, I'm sorry, I'm calling the writer's bluff here. There's plenty of good elements of mystery in the show, but this is just asserting motivation rather than earning it. It's a hell of a task for 3 teenage girls to fake their departure so it coincides with the earthquake, to then join that cult and bring total anarchy... only to say "you've known all along why we did this". I would kindly say in response: Go suck an egg!

.....Alas, I shall venture forth and watch season 3 then.

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u/Dr_King_Schultz__ — 15 days ago