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I used JUCE back in college for a POC synthesizer and I remember it being the absolute best for plugin development. Incredibly enough it was my first point of contact with C++ and it was a joy to develop with. I have not revisited VSTs post LLMs or even stayed close to music since I lost my collection and rock climbing has consumed most of my last deca", "context": "used it in college", "use_case": "audio plugin development", "switched_from": "", "story": "Pi 1.0"}, {"id": 798968336, "item_id": 49935521, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49935521", "by": "vltmrkls", "date": "2026-10-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i have been using JUCE for decades and it's been very reliable and stable with a well maintained forum", "excerpt": "it's a personal preference, i have been using JUCE for decades and it's been very reliable and stable with a well maintained forum. 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Have a great day!", "context": "audio plugin user", "use_case": "audio plugin framework", "switched_from": "", "story": null}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 745228001, "item_id": 46576750, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576750", "by": "vindex10", "date": "2026-01-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the recent release of JUCE (JUCE8) just broke compatibility with wine and seem to be sabotaging wine-based usage completely", "excerpt": "I love how windows-linux discussion is populated by DAW/VST incompatibility. I'm still new to the industry, and therefore also open minded about daw/plugins. I actually had good experience with setting up yabridge, it could have worked for me I think. 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I used JUCE back in college for a POC synthesizer and I remember it being the absolute best for plugin development. Incredibly enough it was my first point of contact with C++ and it was a joy to develop with. I have not revisited VSTs post LLMs or even stayed close to music since I lost my collection and rock climbing has consumed most of my last deca", "context": "used it in college", "use_case": "audio plugin development", "switched_from": "", "story": "Pi 1.0"}, {"id": 798968336, "item_id": 49935521, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49935521", "by": "vltmrkls", "date": "2026-10-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i have been using JUCE for decades and it's been very reliable and stable with a well maintained forum", "excerpt": "it's a personal preference, i have been using JUCE for decades and it's been very reliable and stable with a well maintained forum. 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That means that moving our hand describes an a", "context": "", "use_case": "audio plugin GUI", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Hasn't Had a Coherent GUI Strategy Since Petzold"}, {"id": 745228001, "item_id": 46576750, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576750", "by": "vindex10", "date": "2026-01-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the recent release of JUCE (JUCE8) just broke compatibility with wine and seem to be sabotaging wine-based usage completely", "excerpt": "I love how windows-linux discussion is populated by DAW/VST incompatibility. I'm still new to the industry, and therefore also open minded about daw/plugins. I actually had good experience with setting up yabridge, it could have worked for me I think. 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