Hacker News with Generative AI: Lua

Why Smart C Coders Love Lua (realtimelogic.com)

Programming, Lua, C

8 points by willhschmid 2 days ago | 5 comments

SDL-based Lua programming environment for kids similar to Codea (github.com/antirez)
Load81 is an attempt at creating a Codea-inspired environment to teach children how to write Lua programs.

Programming, Education, Lua, Open Source

115 points by kristianp 26 days ago | 46 comments

The Fennel Programming Language (fennel-lang.org)
Fennel is a programming language that brings together the simplicity, speed, and reach of Lua with the flexibility of a lisp syntax and macro system.

Programming Languages, Lua, Lisp

235 points by tosh 74 days ago | 77 comments

LÖVR – A simple Lua framework for rapidly building VR experiences (github.com/bjornbytes)
A simple Lua framework for rapidly building VR experiences.

Virtual Reality, Lua, Game Development, Programming Frameworks

187 points by siegers 78 days ago | 34 comments

Fast Lua Serialization (2023) (artemis.sh)

Lua, Performance, Serialization

87 points by synergy20 111 days ago | 50 comments

Pallene: A statically compiled companion language for Lua (github.com/pallene-lang)

Programming Languages, Lua, Static Compilation

66 points by wsc981 115 days ago | 74 comments

Bytecode Breakdown: Unraveling Factorio's Lua Security Flaws (memorycorruption.net)

Game Development, Security, Lua, Programming

466 points by memcorruption 145 days ago | 122 comments

Roblox has ported the entire front end JavaScript stack to Lua (twitter.com)

Roblox, JavaScript, Lua, Gaming, Programming

52 points by wsc981 154 days ago | 26 comments

React Lua (github.com/jsdotlua)

React, Lua, Javascript, Web Development, Libraries

175 points by bundie 154 days ago | 116 comments

Neovim decision to use Lua is paying off (reddit.com)

Programming, Text Editors, Lua

38 points by bpierre 170 days ago | 12 comments

What I think about Lua after shipping a project with 60k lines of code (luden.io)

Programming, Lua, Software Development, Project Management

321 points by gamescodedogs 174 days ago | 255 comments

Bootstrapping a Forth in 40 lines of Lua code (angg.twu.net)

Programming Languages, Forth, Lua, Programming

122 points by anothername12 176 days ago | 43 comments

LSON: JSON with binary in 260 lines of public domain Lua (github.com/civboot)

Programming, Data Formats, Lua

14 points by vitiral 179 days ago | 5 comments

LuaX – Lua interpreter, REPL, and useful packages (github.com/CDSoft)

Lua, Programming Languages, Tools, Interpreters

62 points by adius 179 days ago | 14 comments

Itchio and coroutines (using OpenResty and Lua/Lapis) (2016) (leafo.net)

Web Development, Programming Languages, Open Source, Lua, Coroutines

12 points by xrd 180 days ago | 0 comments

Lapis: A Web Framework for Lua (leafo.net)

Web Frameworks, Lua, Programming Languages

155 points by thunderbong 180 days ago | 41 comments

LuaRT: Lua programming environment for console, desktop applications for Windows (luart.org)

Lua, Programming Languages, Programming Environments, Windows, Desktop Applications

188 points by thunderbong 181 days ago | 44 comments

LunarML – Standard ML compiler that produces Lua/JavaScript (github.com/minoki)

Programming Languages, Compilers, Lua, JavaScript

96 points by injuly 183 days ago | 24 comments

Parseback: A pure-Lua introspection library for LuaJIT's FFI ctype objects (github.com/javierguerragiraldez)

Lua, Programming Languages, Libraries, LuaJIT, FFI

49 points by todsacerdoti 190 days ago | 11 comments

Xmake: A cross-platform build utility based on Lua (github.com/xmake-io)

Cross-Platform Development, Build Tools, Lua, Open Source, Software

193 points by flexagoon 200 days ago | 122 comments

Piccolo – A Stackless Lua Interpreter (kyju.org)

Lua, Programming Languages, Interpreters

269 points by vvoruganti 203 days ago | 23 comments

How we manage individual user concurrencies with Nginx and Lua (browserless.io)

Nginx, Lua, Concurrency, Web Development, Performance

66 points by zach_g 211 days ago | 15 comments

Lunatik: Lunatik is a framework for scripting the Linux kernel with Lua (github.com/luainkernel)

Linux Kernel, Programming, Lua, Scripting

186 points by todsacerdoti 214 days ago | 36 comments

Scriptable operating systems with Lua (2014) [pdf] (netbsd.org)

Operating Systems, Lua, Programming Languages, Scripting

71 points by type0 216 days ago | 25 comments