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fr-08: .the .product by farbrausch | 64k intro (2000) (720p HQ demoscene demo)

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What it is

A recording of .the .product by Farbrausch, the first-place 64k intro at The Party 2000. It fits an 11-minute 3D demo with music into 64 kilobytes.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters use it as the standard example of how much a tiny program can do, in contrast to bloated modern software.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “64k fr-08 by farbrausch told me that I know nothing about programming ;)”

    A 64k intro that humbled a young programmer.

    pkrefta, 2016-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Source code for 4kb demoscene production “Elevated” released”

  2. “IMHO not very many 64Ks have reached the amazingness of this 11 minute one from 2000”

    An 11 minute 64k demo considered among the most amazing.

    userbinator, 2017-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Terrain rendering in fewer than 20 lines of code”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: demoscene, farbrausch, 64k intro, procedural graphics, size coding

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