A small, simple music theory library in C99
Details
- External ID
- 47080873
- Source
- HN
- Company
- —
- Product
- A small, simple music theory library in C99
- Website domain
- github.com
- Launched
- Feb. 19, 2026
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 57
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.8295148247978437
- Tags
- —
- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Enrichment
- Theme
- music creation and audio software
- Vertical
- Media & entertainment
- Function
- Dev tools
- Audience
- Developer
- AI stance
- Not AI
- Project type
- Hobby / open-source project
- Normalized one-liner
- music theory library in c
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes A small music theory library in C99 deals with deterministic integer math (intervals, scales, pitch classes, chord formulas) which can be entirely vibe-coded with standard prompts.
Discussion
18 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Unclear practical use case for the library, C23 requirement limits compiler support and adoption, C99 designated initializers incompatible with C++ headers, Target audience unclear - musicians know scales by heart, non-musicians won't understand theory
Feature requests: Use designated initializer syntax for struct function arguments, Support lower C standard (C99 or C89) for broader compatibility
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