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• Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've learned

  Have spent six figures yearly on ads, mostly for reach for the developer-focused diagram library GoJS (https://gojs.net) > Each experiment will need ~$500 and 2 weeks I would add a zero if you want serious data. I would also double the timescale. $5,000 over 4 weeks I second the uselessness of Google Display, it might look like conversions numbers are good but they are 100% too good to be true. As soon as you look... - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Any Ideas How to Create a Graph Builder UI in React?

  Used goJS in one project and konva in another. Source: over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What is the most impactful thing you've ever built?

  I built GoJS, which is one of the most popular commercial JS diagramming libraries: https://gojs.net I built carefulwords, a very fast thesaurus and quote site for inspiration, used by... Tens of people a day. Eg: https://carefulwords.com/gift https://carefulwords.com/solitude I mostly made it for myself, me and my wife use it all the time. I am slowly editing down the thesaurus to managable size. I built a 12x16... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Node-Based UIs

  I made a pull request for GoJS (https://gojs.net) I have been building this canvas-based graphing library since 2011, and it contains a good number of features around customization and interactivity that are not found in other libraries. It is commercial for non-academic use however. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Where I can learn how to do the following in React?

  In one project we use konva, in another we used gojs. Any of them or some other library needs some training and introduce own limitations but it still way way way better than handing all the coordinates, calculations, routing etc on your own. Source: over 1 year ago

• TypeScript is terrible for library developers

  I am really surprised by this guy's opinion. I make GoJS (https://gojs.net/), a diagramming library written in TypeScript. The project began in 2011 and we converted it to TS in 2018. It's been a huge plus. The sole downside was the initial time it took during conversion, but even in doing so we caught bugs with incorrect input types, documentation mistakes, etc. On our end, it enforces type safety better... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: How to quickly animate sketches and 2D diagrams?

  GoJS might work for you: https://gojs.net Although the focus of the library is interactivity and not setting up sequences of animation, but that is possible too. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• It's always been you, Canvas2D

  My livelihood has been primarily building a Canvas diagramming library since 2010 (https://gojs.net), if anyone has any questions about 2D Canvas use in the real-world I'd be happy to answer them. Roundrect is great. Though you don't need 4 arcTo in order to make a rounded rect, you can use bezier instead (we do). Their example is also 1% amusing because they set the `fillStyle` but then call `stroke` (and not... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Ask HN: What are some tools / libraries you built yourself?

  I'm not the only developer but I made (and still make) GoJS, an interactive diagramming library for the web. https://gojs.net Most of its popularity is with large companies building their own internal tools where they need diagramming visualization capabilities (layouts, save/load, undo/redo, data binding, etc). So you won't see it too often in the wild, but under the surface it's used in every industry. I love... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Ask HN: What diagrams do you use in software development?

  I actually make a diagramming library for the web, called GoJS: https://gojs.net So I make all kinds of diagrams, mostly as demonstrations. When developing an API itself, especially one where there are phases (objects must measure themselves and draw in a certain order, and not more than they need to), state machine-style and flowchart-style diagrams are awfully helpful. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago