Supper Club × Steve Ruiz Building a Drawing App

Supper Club × Steve Ruiz Building a Drawing App

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Steve Ruiz about how he built tldraw, how he manages state, what was done to support mobile, and more. Gatsby - Sponsor Today’s episode was sponsored by Gatsby, the fastest frontend for the headless web. Gatsby is the framework of choice for content-rich sites backed by a headless CMS as its GraphQL data layer makes it straightforward to source website content from anywhere. Gatsby’s opinionated, React-based framework makes the hardest parts of building a performant website simpler. Visit gatsby.dev/syntax to get your first Gatsby site up in minutes and experience the speed. ⚡️ Show Notes 00:34 Welcome 03:23 Who is Steve Ruiz? Steve Ruiz 04:45 What is tldraw and what was your inspiration for it? tldraw Globs Excalidraw tldraw on GitHub 11:04 Why didn’t you use canvas? 16:15 How do you make an algorithm? Perfect Free Hand 19:33 Do you use pointer events? 23:44 What are you using to manage state? 29:42 How do you handle zooming? Creating Zoom UI 32:28 Where do you store the data for tldraw? Project Fugu 37:08 Why use indexdb? 38:05 Sponsor: Gatsby 39:49 How difficult was it to make it work on mobile? React Use Gesture 41:59 Does it work offline? 43:25 Supper Club Questions Monokai Pro Framer Classic Hacker News One Lone Coder on YouTube Displaced Gamer Coding Secrets 52:28 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Last Call BBS Shameless Plugs Steve: tldraw.dev Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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