SerenityOS is a cool project to implement a 90's style retro operating system. I ran into it when some commenter in Hacker news recommended watching the Andreas Klings Youtube series on the development. I've been obsessively watching his content for months now. In the videos, Andreas screencasts his work on the various features he is implementing. They are a fascinating watch. He is a master software craftsman. There is plenty to learn from his sessions, even if you would not be interested in C++ or system development. I've been doing minor hacks here and there, mainly to the UI components, since they are the easiest to approach for me. I'm not planning to contribute much to the project, but I think I'll keep watching the videos and reading the Discord channel actively. I have almost completed one feature, though. I extended the screenshot utility to capture gifs as well. I found an open-source library that creates gifs out of PNGs. It sorta works; the colors a...
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