- Finally I, as a founder of Hihaheho Studio, released the first demo of software called Desk. In this post, I introduce Desk.
TODOs
- Write a description about Desk X and Desk-plugins
- Write a clear difference between Desk-plugins and existing applications
- Add a section about problems of current world to solve
- Add a screenshot of Desk
- Add a sample program of Desk-lang
- Add a roadmap with target users
- Add features of the first release
- Add a section "Method" to explain how to achieve the goals.
- "Goals" and "What's Desk" have too many technical terms. Add concrete examples.
- Reconsider the order of sections especially "Related buzzwords" and "Stories of me and Desk".
- Add more concrete descriptions for coined related words.
- Add acknowledgements
- Add planned initial release date for each Desk-plugin
Desk is:
- Excel but Minecraft: a reinvention of Excel to fascinate both hackers and gamers.
- a reinvention of Smalltalk environments including the GUI and message passing but with a functional and statically typed language.
- Codification (like Datafication)
- Code-oriented (like Data-oriented)
- HighCode (like NoCode and LowCode but fully programmable)
- CodeVerse (like Metaverse, by Desk Verse)
- Digital Transformation (by Desk Robot)
- Web 2.1 (Everything is a code and hosted. Can we beat Web 3.0?)
- Code Divide (like Digital Divide)
- Platform as a Service (How about Code as a Service?)
- Gamification
- Hyper-Customization (like Hyper-Personalization)
- Desk-Apps (like Hybrid-Apps)
- Big Code (like Big Data)
- DevOps
- Digital Disruption (Yes, we'll make it!)
- Written in Rust (100% safe)
- Compiled to WebAssembly (for Web target)
- Desk-plugins runs on Bevy Engine, a simple game engine
- GUI is based on egui, an immediate-mode GUI library
- Desk-craft uses Rapier, a physics engine
- Make every software programmable
- Make products open to users
- Desk is embeddable in any software
- Blur the line between living and coding
- Make programming more easy and funny and pragmatic
- Make top boards of people's desks into touch panel displays that run Desk
- A cyberpunk application platform
- In the future, we plan to create a touch panel table top that runs Desk.
- A coding environment for the next 100 years
- It blurs the line between living and coding.
- A reusable open-source software
- It's permissive open source and consists of simple pieces of code.
- Operating System
- It's like an operating system for a desk, but it's a bevy of reusable components. Any software can use Desk internally for any purpose!
- Node-based or block-based and mouse-powered programming tool
- Nodes and blocks are easy but not simple. In Desk, you touch a real AST! It embraces not only mouses but also keyboards (and we are building a new keyboard called Berry3060).
- A pile of magic
- It's magical, but it's not magic. Magic is constructed by a bunch of complex magic circles and spells. Unlike this, the whole Desk and every part of it are always simple!
To achieve the goals, we have design philosophies.
- Intuitive like games
- Desk X is built on a game engine.
- Pragmatic like professional tools
- Desk-lang is like a professional language such as python or Haskell
- Versatile like spreadsheet
- Desk-lang is designed for any purpose
- Minimalist design
- Everything is minimalistic and written in simple codes.
- Accessible to everyone
- We don't forget about accessibility to make programming available to everyone.
TBA
"(...)" shows the planned initial release date.
Desk Craft is a world-changing game development tool. It's a game engine but also a game.
Desk Craft completely removes the boundary between developing and playing a game. It means:
- in the developer view, we don't have any buttons like "
▶️ " in Unity. We don't need to switch the mode anymore. - updating a game state in a game logic is accomplished by updating the code itself.
- releasing a game means publishing the development environment with some optimization.
Influenced by:
- Minecraft
- Unity
- Photoshop
- Roblox
- RPG Maker
- Inkscape
Influenced by
- Roam Research
- Notion
- Miro
- Raindrop.io
- Kinopio.club
- Dynalist
- Inkdrop
Influenced by
- Discord
- Gather.town
Desk Robot is a code-oriented automation tool.
Influenced by
- IFTTT
- Zapier
Desk Grid is a code-oriented BI app.
Influenced by
- Google Sheets
- Excel
- Tableau
- Metabase
- Trello
- Weekdone
Influenced by
- Wix
- GitHub Pages
Desk History is like Git and GitHub for Desk-lang
Desk Run is like Google Cloud Run for Desk-lang
Desk Architect helps you to create well-architected software in Desk-lang
- a new job
- I want to work with a company that supports open-source works.
- Also, I plan to request a new offer from my current company.
- more users
- We need feed-backs to make Desk better.
- financial supporter or sponsor
- Currently, I have a full-time work to pay the rent.
- Desk Apps developer
- Desk has an enormous range of applications, so we need developers with interest or experience in each field.
- language developer
- Like most things, a core is the most important.
- We have a lot to do to enhance Desk-lang.
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- I don't have enough time to write documents.
- code reviewer
- community member
- I want more discussion about Desk.
- [2008] I started programming when I was around ten years old. It looks exciting to me.
- [2016] I want to create something like Minecraft.
- [2018] As a core of my game engine, I designed and created Cizen; then it's used for Online Experiment System.
- [2020-2021] I'm struggling with non programmable products.
- [2021] I used Elixer for data processing, and I want more visualization.
- [2021] I used Google Sheets, and I want more programable.
- [2021] Also I think the programming is too hard and esoteric.
- [2021] I've got a big picture of Desk.
- I plan to take a rest as much as possible to avoid burnout.