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Developing the best free photo editor - Ivan KUCKIR - Web2day 2019

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Photopea founder Ivan Kutskir talks about developing a free browser-based photo editor, one of the most complex JavaScript programs ever written, and the web technologies behind it.

HN points to it as a look under the hood of a remarkable one-developer project.

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3 comments from Hacker News

@IvanK_net2019 · in “Founder came back after 8 years to rewrite Flash photo editor in Canvas/WebGL”

Yes, Photopea is only one HTML, one CSS and many JS files. It is about 1.5 MB in total. I pay 40 USD a year for the hosting + 12 USD a year for the .com domain. I gave a talk about it: [VIDEO]

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@modzu2020 · in “Gimp 2.10.20”

if anyone wants to know more, here's a cool talk about it: [VIDEO] the whole thing is just 2MB of JS written by one guy!

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@vvoyer2021 · in “AMA: Ivan Kutskir, creator of Photopea”

Hey Ivan, congrats! Had a great time with you 2 years ago when you came to Nantes, France to explain "Developing the best free photo editor". Check-out his explanations here: [VIDEO] Legend.

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