[HN Gopher] How we built the Black Friday Cyber Monday 2023 globe
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       How we built the Black Friday Cyber Monday 2023 globe
        
       Author : dcas
       Score  : 74 points
       Date   : 2024-11-09 21:52 UTC (4 days ago)
        
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       | rgovostes wrote:
       | GitHub made a similar visualization a few years ago and also
       | blogged about it: https://github.blog/engineering/engineering-
       | principles/how-w...
        
         | neilv wrote:
         | But Shopify's looks like all-out nuclear exchanges, while
         | GitHub's looks like the souls are being ripped from every
         | living being on Earth by a malevolent invader.
         | 
         | I'd say GitHub's is more apt.
        
       | Theodores wrote:
       | Fair play, that is impressive. I am generally underwhelmed by
       | Shopify, seeing them as another vulture capitalist way of
       | leeching money out of small businesses the globe over, but props
       | to this animation. Even the work gone into making the blog post
       | is extremely impressive.
        
         | itsoktocry wrote:
         | > _seeing them as another vulture capitalist way of leeching
         | money out of small businesses the globe over_
         | 
         | How so? Nobody forces small businesses to use Shopify, they use
         | it because it's a good product.
        
           | FredPret wrote:
           | It makes building and deploying a shop and integrating a
           | payment processor a snap, rather than a massive project.
           | 
           | It's a great choice for a vast number of small companies with
           | other things to do.
        
       | trilobyte wrote:
       | I need more engineering blogs like this. Just seems like a fun
       | project.
        
       | bozhark wrote:
       | I want this but for news and events tracking using already
       | published articles
        
       | 2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote:
       | I can't wait to watch the planet die in realtime!
        
       | wiradikusuma wrote:
       | Is there any open source like this?
        
         | heffer wrote:
         | You can start with this: https://github.com/vasturiano/globe.gl
         | I've built a few visualizations with it. You'd have to extend
         | it a bit to copy exactly what Shopfiy did, but all the basics
         | are there. It's probably also not as optimized as the Shopify
         | implementation.
        
       | jesse__ wrote:
       | > Building the 2023 BFCM Globe was a journey in pushing the
       | boundaries of what is possible with instancing and WebGL.
       | 
       | lol .. seems pretty dramatic. I didn't see anything in the
       | article that looked remotely like it was pushing boundaries.
       | 
       | Still, nice read, and a pretty visualization to be sure!
        
       | mrbluecoat wrote:
       | I for one am glad you shared. Those fireworks are awesome.
        
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