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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Fresh – A new terminal editor built in Rust

Show HN: Fresh – A new terminal editor built in Rust 11 by _sinelaw_ | 7 comments on Hacker News. I built Fresh to challenge the status quo that terminal editing must require a steep learning curve or endless configuration. My goal was to create a fast, resource-efficient TUI editor with the usability and features of a modern GUI editor (like a command palette, mouse support, and LSP integration). Core Philosophy: - Ease-of-Use: Fundamentally non-modal. Prioritizes standard keybindings and a minimal learning curve. - Efficiency: Uses a lazy-loading piece tree to avoid loading huge files into RAM - reads only what's needed for user interactions. Coded in Rust. - Extensibility: Uses TypeScript (via Deno) for plugins, making it accessible to a large developer base. The Performance Challenge: I focused on resource consumption and speed with large file support as a core feature. I did a quick benchmark loading a 2GB log file with ANSI color codes. Here is the comparison against other...

New top story on Hacker News: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving

Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving 59 by prodigycorp | 10 comments on Hacker News. I’ve been a part of this community for fifteen years. Despite the yearly bemoaning of HN’s quality compared to its mythical past, I’ve found that it’s the one community that has remained steadfast as a source of knowledge, cattiness, and good discussion. Thank you @dang and @tomhow. Here's to another year.