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Developer switches from Qt6 to ImGui for Jetson project

A developer has switched from Qt6 to ImGui for their Jetson AEye project, citing Qt6's complexity and dependency issues. The developer found Qt6's pointer logic to be problematic, leading to crashes and incompatibility with modern programming practices. This move aims to replace the bloated Ubuntu desktop GUI with a more streamlined approach. AI

IMPACT This change in development tools may influence how AI applications are integrated into embedded systems.

RANK_REASON Developer discusses switching software dependencies for a specific project.

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Developer switches from Qt6 to ImGui for Jetson project

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # Copilot and I abandoned Qt6 in our Jetson AEye project to replace the bloating # Ubuntu desktop GUI. We switched to # ImGui . Like # DOM , Qt6 is a dependency

    # Copilot and I abandoned Qt6 in our Jetson AEye project to replace the bloating # Ubuntu desktop GUI. We switched to # ImGui . Like # DOM , Qt6 is a dependency hell that uses twisted pointer logic, causing even some simple container closing crashes. Modern # programmers do not s…