Crosscut

Daily Thought - 2025-04-06

Hey, I'm Hanno! These are my daily thoughts on Crosscut, the programming language I'm creating. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, please get in touch!

While I expect to build the next editor with web technologies, I've also been flirting with the idea of building the whole thing from the ground up, based on wgpu and glyphon. While that is certainly going to require more of an investment, it is more flexible and would also provide wide platform support.

And despite the additional work, I don't actually think it would be more trouble than dealing with the mess that is modern HTML and CSS. At least once I reach the point where I need custom user interface elements with sophisticated layout requirements.

But the larger investment still poses a risk. And I have no idea what to do about accessibility in that case, which is a topic I know very little about.

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