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Fable one-shotted a Rust rewrite of the TerminalTextEffects Python library

Fable, an AI startup, completed a Rust rewrite of the TerminalTextEffects Python library in 11 million tokens, reducing startup time from 87ms to 2ms and increasing rendering speed by 9.6x. The new binary has zero dependencies and is a single 3MB executable, supporting all 37 effects.

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Fable one-shotted a Rust rewrite of the TerminalTextEffects Python library
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Fable one-shotted a Rust rewrite of the TerminalTextEffects Python library in 11M tokens. Startup time went from 87ms to 2ms and rendering speed is up by 9.6x. Now zero dependencies and a 3mb single exec 🤯

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ttfx — all 37 effects

All 37 ttfx effects animating the full Omarchy ASCII logo, rendered by the Rust binary.

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