Cihan Tas

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Founder/CTO @ Geostar.ai ✦ Prev. Founder Monto (acquired)
Cihan TasJan 19
Original, CSS reference, AppLib.
Cihan TasJan 18

Not planning to copy OSX, but I had a blast rebuilding this title bar today.

#Rust #macOS #Linux

Show threadCihan TasJan 9

@Alonely0 Agreed. Rust's ecosystem is dramatically broader, and Swift and Rust are converging in language features anyway.

After porting the project to Swift, Rust now looks like the wiser choice, especially if we're heading toward a world where languages don’t need to be easy so much as correct, fast, and backed by large, battle-tested ecosystems.

Cihan TasJan 8

I thought about writing the low-level parts in #Rust and then binding a high-level #Swift API on top.

But #GPUI for example all closures and borrowed state. Doesn't cross language boundaries well.

So if I actually want Swift, there’s no real GPUI alternative. Which means rebuilding a similar API on top of Skia.

And that means… way more code. Code I now have to maintain. I'm in limbo.

Cihan TasJan 8

Many components still don't work properly, but we're close to parity with the Rust version.

Anyone wants to port a simple macOS app to Linux? Be my alpha tester.

Cihan TasJan 8
Reactivity with @ State and @ Binding done.
Cihan TasJan 7
We did it! Just before bedtime. Fully working window system in #Swift. Connects to #Wayland compositor, creates XDG toplevel window, and initialized #Skia EGL context. Next, I need to draw the same components as in my original #Rust version.
Cihan TasJan 7

I'm in Swift bindings hell.

Skia bindings implemented. Yoga bindings implemented. wlroots bindings implemented. libinput bindings implemented.

I'm so close to rendering a window surface!

Cihan TasJan 7

Porting AppLib to Swift today as an experiment. I want to compare the ergonomics between #Rust and #Swift.

My guess is Swift will feel better day-to-day for building UI. Rust may still be the better strategic choice in other ways.

Cihan TasJan 6

My Ghostty shell froze for weeks.

It turned out Ghostty reloads its config, which reloads fish, which runs nvm, which costs ~500ms.

Lazy-loading nvm fixed it.