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0 pointsartimaeis3y ago0 comments

A bit different take is DiffusionBee, if you're curious to try it out in a GUI form.

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I’ve used this a fair amount but am not sure it’s much better place to begin than automatic1111, especially for the HN crowd.

Terretta3y ago

automatic1111 does have an M1 workaround in the wiki, but it is incorrect

it's correct enough that if you know your way around a CLI, git, and package management you can figure it out

serpix3y ago

It sucks to have to figure it out, any person who figures it out should submit a PR on the very outdated Apple Silicon readme.

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Cyberdog3y ago

On the one hand, I appreciate the attempt to bring this stuff into the realm of "double click to run" boneheads like me, but on the other hand, I really despise Electron apps when they're multi-platform, where such use is somewhat understandable if still despicable. For a Mac-only app to use Electron… Why do they hate us so?

yboris3y ago

I'm baffled by continued hate on Electron. The option isn't between Electron and a lean OS-native application, but between Electron and nothing.

I can build an Electron app in under a day with a pretty UI. It would take me several months to get anything sensible that is OS native. And I'm not going to sit down and learn the alternative.

So please just say "thank you" to the developers that are sharing free things with you.

Cyberdog3y ago

I would argue that shipping bad software is worse than shipping no software at all, yes. And it's impossible not to create bad software when you start with "it runs in a web browser, but it's not a web page." I say this as a web developer with over fifteen years of professional experience.

Worst of all is the shamelessness, though. Don't Electron developers feel ashamed when they ship their products? Or have their brains been so muddled by this "JavaScript everywhere" mentality that they don't realize it's bad? Will future generations even know what a native application is anymore?

This program suggests quitting other applications while it runs. Maybe that wouldn't be so necessary if it wasn't using a framework which needs like 2GB of memory before it can draw a window.

I note that my OP hasn't been downvoted into oblivion as most of my critical HN posts are. I think there's at least a significant silent minority who agree with me on this one.

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dagmx3y ago

While I agree the posters comment felt entitled, it should be possible to pick up and make a SwiftUI version of the app fairly quickly.

I assume the developer went for electron due to familiarity, but it would be a pretty good exercise for someone to port it to SwiftUI and native Swift for the front end.

I would do it myself but sadly am bound by other clauses.

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aryamaan3y ago

does it use the optimised model for Apple chips?

belthesar3y ago

Not yet, likely, but the project is very active. I could see it coming quite soon.

Gigachad3y ago

I just tested that app and it was taking about 1s/it using the "Double quality, double time" version. Spat out quite nice images at 25 iterations. Way better than stuff I had tried before which looked worse after a minute than this generates in 25 seconds.

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bredren3y ago

I’ve used this a fair amount but am not sure it’s much better place to begin than automatic1111, especially for the HN crowd.

Terretta3y ago

automatic1111 does have an M1 workaround in the wiki, but it is incorrect

it's correct enough that if you know your way around a CLI, git, and package management you can figure it out

serpix3y ago

It sucks to have to figure it out, any person who figures it out should submit a PR on the very outdated Apple Silicon readme.

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Cyberdog3y ago

yboris3y ago

I'm baffled by continued hate on Electron. The option isn't between Electron and a lean OS-native application, but between Electron and nothing.

I can build an Electron app in under a day with a pretty UI. It would take me several months to get anything sensible that is OS native. And I'm not going to sit down and learn the alternative.

So please just say "thank you" to the developers that are sharing free things with you.

Cyberdog3y ago

This program suggests quitting other applications while it runs. Maybe that wouldn't be so necessary if it wasn't using a framework which needs like 2GB of memory before it can draw a window.

I note that my OP hasn't been downvoted into oblivion as most of my critical HN posts are. I think there's at least a significant silent minority who agree with me on this one.

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dagmx3y ago

While I agree the posters comment felt entitled, it should be possible to pick up and make a SwiftUI version of the app fairly quickly.

I assume the developer went for electron due to familiarity, but it would be a pretty good exercise for someone to port it to SwiftUI and native Swift for the front end.

I would do it myself but sadly am bound by other clauses.

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aryamaan3y ago

does it use the optimised model for Apple chips?

belthesar3y ago

Not yet, likely, but the project is very active. I could see it coming quite soon.

Gigachad3y ago

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse