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1K JavaScript Madness

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the fits-on-a-postcard dept.

An anonymous reader writes "JS1k has a simple goal: to get programmers producing demos written in JavaScript that are 1k in size or less. That's just 1024 bytes to play with. There's even additional bonus points on offer if a demo's code can fit inside a single tweet. Now that the contest is finished and there is a top-ten, I'm wondering what they can do if given some extra bytes." I like the Tetris clone. The pulsing wires demo is neat too but kinda stuttery on my machine.

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  1. Re:What to do with extra bytes by Unending · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Part of the competition was to use Canvas tags in interesting ways, and considering IE9 doesn't even support Canvas I think you're out of luck unless you get a standards compliant browser.

  2. Re:nice by Kristopeit,+Mike+Da. · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    some people like to justify their delivering of shit.

    others, like me, take pride in the product they deliver.

    you know who made up the "fast/cheap/good, pick two" rule? lazy, bad, slow, overpriced developers with no talent.

    i guarantee i can deliver the same product done correctly as a developer only offering 66% of my potential for the same price... that is if i wasn't employed full time by a company that understands the difference between a job done right and a prototype running on production servers.

    ... and now, i'm sure, you'll tell me about your hosting company that runs 1000 web servers on one machine all in their own virtual environment... IT'S SO CHEAP AND EASY!

    go attempt to justify subpar work to someone who doesn't understand that you're an idiot.