<story><title>Manim: Animation engine for explanatory math videos</title><url>https://github.com/3b1b/manim</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>raydiatian</author><text>Grant Sanderson (the guy behind 3Blue1Brown on YouTube), and by extension Manim, has done so much for increasing the accessibility of math and computer science.&lt;p&gt;Like, it’s hard to over-state how enriching it is to have engaging animated visuals if you’re just the average schmuck trying to make it through an engineering undergrad at university.&lt;p&gt;Seriously: Thanks to Grant, I was able to pick up my Quantum Mechanics textbook again and actually know what the fuck was going on.</text></comment>
<story><title>Manim: Animation engine for explanatory math videos</title><url>https://github.com/3b1b/manim</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rg111</author><text>Manim, as maintained by Grant Sanderson has many rough edges and he discoirages its use by other people.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s a more stable downstream known as Manim Community. One can use it, it has somewhat good documentation.&lt;p&gt;But even this leads to poor code, the API design and architecture decisions are very poor.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t like the hodgepodge produced for even the simplest animation.</text></comment>