Five Years in the Making: A Minimalist Music Composition Web App Launches on Hacker News
2025-02-05
An engineer recounts his five-year journey building a minimalist online music composition web app, "signal." He details the challenges of navigating evolving JavaScript technologies (from C++ to Electron, CoffeeScript, React, Riot.js, TypeScript, and finally WebGL and styled-components), performance bottlenecks, and the eventual launch on Hacker News. Despite modest initial reception, the app gained traction, earning GitHub stars and sponsorships. While still early in development, the launch marks a significant milestone, with future plans focusing on collaborative composition features.
Development
Music Composition