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1. echelon · 1791162243 · focus · HN ↗

   Haha, I wasn't ready to post this to HN. It's not anywhere close to ready. But thank you aghuang. (I want to post this again when we clear Beta phase.)

   These are still super early alpha. All MIT/Apache licensed. No telemetry.

   I'm going to try to drive these to 100% parity but it's going to take a minute. And I'll need lots of help. (Anyone want to join me? I'll pay stipends and bug bounties.)

   I'm going to do Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, and Solidworks too. Probably a lot of stuff to collapse.

   It's not just SaaSocalypse. Everything can be open source multiplatform Rust now.

   Party like it's 1999 and the Internet / tech scene belongs to us again. We can literally deenshittify the world without breaking a sweat.

   1. fschuett · 1791163384 · focus · HN ↗

      Just wanted to say at least for the non-creative apps I am already doing that at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;azul.rs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;azul.rs

      But its a lot harder if you want to maintain at least some level of quality. For example, your PDF export exports texts as paths and correct PDF encoding and font subsetting took months of trial and error (I maintain the printpdf crate).

      So you have to actually use your apps, test extensively, etc. - don‘t underestimate the effort required for QA and testing.

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