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Halfspace experimental IDE for solid modeling with distance fields

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matthewfcarlson · 1790799577 · focus · HN ↗
I love this!
thefourthchime · 1790801889 · focus · HN ↗
Very cool idea!
SirFatty · 1790802099 · focus · HN ↗
I'm waiting for Halfspace 3.
mncharity · 1790802135 · focus · HN ↗
> My favorite project along those lines is Kartik Agaram's Mu[3], which wraps emulation, tracing, and time-travel debugging around a subset of x86 assembly language.
From <a href="https://akkartik.name/code" rel="nofollow">https://akkartik.name/code : Mu[1], a safe, hackable computing stack that builds up from raw machine code (guided tour[2]; paper '20[3]; talk '20[4]; sample app[5])
[1] <a href="https://github.com/akkartik/mu" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/akkartik/mu [2] tour <a href="https://github.com/akkartik/mu/blob/main/tutorial/index.md" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/akkartik/mu/blob/main/tutorial/index.md [3] paper <a href="https://akkartik.name/akkartik-convivial-20200315.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://akkartik.name/akkartik-convivial-20200315.pdf [4] talk <a href="https://vimeo.com/416363066" rel="nofollow">https://vimeo.com/416363066 [5] sample app <a href="https://archive.org/details/akkartik-mu-2021-08-15" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/akkartik-mu-2021-08-15
1. tyleo · 1790883634 · focus · HN ↗
  I had the pleasure of working with Kartik at Rec Room. He’s a great guy and an excellent dev. I let him know he’s been mentioned in this thread and the article :)
WillAdams · 1790802151 · focus · HN ↗
Note that Matt Keeter has been at this for quite a while now, very generously sharing his efforts and research:
<a href="https://www.mattkeeter.com/research/" rel="nofollow">https://www.mattkeeter.com/research/
In particular, his thesis is well-worth reading: <a href="https://www.mattkeeter.com/research/thesis.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.mattkeeter.com/research/thesis.pdf
1. mncharity · 1790804152 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. neomantra · 1790817536 · focus · HN ↗
    Thanks for referencing that. I'm similarly doing independent research and feel like I "do", but not much more. As I've previously researched in either academic and corporate settings, where there is so much other scaffolding, that helped outline some ways to contextualize and activate.
    mncharity · 1790827567 · focus · HN ↗
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pvillano · 1790828335 · focus · HN ↗
I also made a SDF editor, with different goals. It's WebGL-based for pasting code from ShaderToy and can export STLs for 3D printing. <a href="https://sdf2stl.saej.in/" rel="nofollow">https://sdf2stl.saej.in/
dcanelhas · 1790867497 · focus · HN ↗
Seems like he got around to making a spiritual successor to antimony which was also a really cool piece of software. This made my day.

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