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Using Rust, Chrome and NixOS to Take Headless Screenshots for Social Sharing (lgug2z.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Found some time this past weekend to work on a little "passion feature" that I've been wanting to implement for a while now; sharing the technical write-up for anyone else who is interested in automating headless screenshots with these tools or with others (the knowledge is pretty transferable!)

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

seems like this guy just wants to reinvent the wheel

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If this guy thinks he can make a better a wheel, I see no reason not to let him try. You never know, there could be a better way that becomes the new standard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Or making wheels accessible to more people for more projects where they might be useful.