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· Dec 11
Project Overview ‹ Explorations in IDEs – MIT Media Lab
A series of explorations in integrated development environments (IDEs) for graphical creative coding.
www.media.mit.edu
I wrote a bit about IDEs, and about how lots of creative coding languages/IDEs assume the user doesn't want to code (which is essential to get people into programming! But I ask what happens next?) and some silly experiments I have been doing! www.media.mit.edu/projects/exp...
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Web dashboard for ESP32 microcontrollers using WebSockets
February 6, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Web dashboard for ESP32 microcontrollers using WebSockets
In China it was surprising to me how much my trip was affected by China and Google not getting along
January 24, 2026 at 10:50 AM
In China it was surprising to me how much my trip was affected by China and Google not getting along
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It’s interesting to see the revival / mainstream spread of live coding / algorave go very popular on social media. On one hand it’s very cool to see, but on the other, the absolutely terrible incentive structure of social media means most posts are now just dressed up people typing off a script :/
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It’s interesting to see the revival / mainstream spread of live coding / algorave go very popular on social media. On one hand it’s very cool to see, but on the other, the absolutely terrible incentive structure of social media means most posts are now just dressed up people typing off a script :/
I’m at Iterations symposium 2025 in The Hague ! 3 days of workshops, talks and performances on creative technology!
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I’m at Iterations symposium 2025 in The Hague ! 3 days of workshops, talks and performances on creative technology!
I got to meet French cats and they are EXACTLY as you might imagine them
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I got to meet French cats and they are EXACTLY as you might imagine them
Oh you have to try the classic French cuisine Various Softwares
… I hope it’s ffmpeg
… I hope it’s ffmpeg
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Oh you have to try the classic French cuisine Various Softwares
… I hope it’s ffmpeg
… I hope it’s ffmpeg
btw i need to rewrite all the code for ide.charstiles.com that was the intention, infact the github repo is called fantasy_ide_1 because i rewrote it after making fantasy_ide_0 which is a rewrite of fantasy_ide
fantasyIDE
ide.charstiles.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
btw i need to rewrite all the code for ide.charstiles.com that was the intention, infact the github repo is called fantasy_ide_1 because i rewrote it after making fantasy_ide_0 which is a rewrite of fantasy_ide
Visiting Parisian livecode meetup. Good to know that film students gently filming livecoders in their natural habitat for their class documentary on strange people who do strange things is a universal livecoder experience.
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Visiting Parisian livecode meetup. Good to know that film students gently filming livecoders in their natural habitat for their class documentary on strange people who do strange things is a universal livecoder experience.
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uzu pattern language + shadertoy style environment + integrating any uniforms automatically (thanks @boggo.bsky.social for the idea!) makes that 90s rave flyer vibe so easy...
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
uzu pattern language + shadertoy style environment + integrating any uniforms automatically (thanks @boggo.bsky.social for the idea!) makes that 90s rave flyer vibe so easy...
In the Lourve and a man walks up to me, takes out his phone, takes a picture of me point blank and walks away.
I need to date a DJ who hates me, only to get cheated on, to offset the ego boost I just got
I need to date a DJ who hates me, only to get cheated on, to offset the ego boost I just got
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In the Lourve and a man walks up to me, takes out his phone, takes a picture of me point blank and walks away.
I need to date a DJ who hates me, only to get cheated on, to offset the ego boost I just got
I need to date a DJ who hates me, only to get cheated on, to offset the ego boost I just got
Went to the Louvre & their ticket website was so broken and bad I self scammed and went to a third party website that sells the same tickets w a markup… I was so annoyed I was like damn i get why they robbed em
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Went to the Louvre & their ticket website was so broken and bad I self scammed and went to a third party website that sells the same tickets w a markup… I was so annoyed I was like damn i get why they robbed em
Looking at my role models and studying how they say no 🧐🤔
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Looking at my role models and studying how they say no 🧐🤔
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this is the first time somebody explained dot product in a way that made sense to me wow
bobacupcake.com/shader-basics
bobacupcake.com/shader-basics
November 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
this is the first time somebody explained dot product in a way that made sense to me wow
bobacupcake.com/shader-basics
bobacupcake.com/shader-basics
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if the discussions and calls I've been having lately are any indication, we're about to see significant renewed focus on developer communities. reality is setting in and companies are realizing AI is not a miracle; it's a tool, and tools are only valuable if and when people use them to build things
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
if the discussions and calls I've been having lately are any indication, we're about to see significant renewed focus on developer communities. reality is setting in and companies are realizing AI is not a miracle; it's a tool, and tools are only valuable if and when people use them to build things
Okay yay also can I get the song ID for Mamdani’s walk up song
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Okay yay also can I get the song ID for Mamdani’s walk up song
Bad day to be a parade that doesn’t exist that should exist in nyc
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Bad day to be a parade that doesn’t exist that should exist in nyc
i opted out of the facial recognition & the agent then held my passport picture next to my face, scanned back and forth ~6 times, i was like you have a multitude more power from specialized neurons for human face recognition than AI- quick glance is better than what the top AI can do at the moment
October 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
i opted out of the facial recognition & the agent then held my passport picture next to my face, scanned back and forth ~6 times, i was like you have a multitude more power from specialized neurons for human face recognition than AI- quick glance is better than what the top AI can do at the moment
AI use for prototypes, not code that can stand on its own legs.
samsaffron.com/archive/2025...
samsaffron.com/archive/2025...
Your vibe coded slop PR is not welcome
Sam's Spot - Sam saffron's web log
samsaffron.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
AI use for prototypes, not code that can stand on its own legs.
samsaffron.com/archive/2025...
samsaffron.com/archive/2025...
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Ecologies of Artistic Practice: Ashley Lee Wong
YouTube video by DigitalFUTURES
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Feeling normal and accepted is like drugs to me
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Feeling normal and accepted is like drugs to me
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Offset Marketplace is a new project in collaboration with @tega.bsky.social. We calculate the carbon savings of industrial sabotage, package these savings into carbon credits, and sell them as certificates. Profits are then donated back to the activists responsible for the actions. offset.labr.io
October 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Offset Marketplace is a new project in collaboration with @tega.bsky.social. We calculate the carbon savings of industrial sabotage, package these savings into carbon credits, and sell them as certificates. Profits are then donated back to the activists responsible for the actions. offset.labr.io
I was giving a lecture and keynote wasn’t playing my video and instead of restarting my computer, I spent 10 min telling students about how often times file types are just secretly zip files and if you rename a .key to .zip you can just open it up and find a video and play it using any video player
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I was giving a lecture and keynote wasn’t playing my video and instead of restarting my computer, I spent 10 min telling students about how often times file types are just secretly zip files and if you rename a .key to .zip you can just open it up and find a video and play it using any video player
this was an after party to the wiki conference, WHICH was disrupted by a man with a GUN threatening suicide over wikipedia rules, anyways at the party all the wiki editors were upset over the tiny details the news got wrong and it was the most wikipedia editor way to respond to a traumatic event
Hosting an official Wikipedia hackathon game play night at Hex House this Friday! Open bar with Wikipedia themed drinks, free food and free silk screening
luma.com/3tqaitoy
luma.com/3tqaitoy
WikiGameJam Play Night · Luma
Come play games this Friday!
WikiGameJam is a creative hackathon series for developers, designers, and Wikipedia enthusiasts to come together to make playful…
luma.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
this was an after party to the wiki conference, WHICH was disrupted by a man with a GUN threatening suicide over wikipedia rules, anyways at the party all the wiki editors were upset over the tiny details the news got wrong and it was the most wikipedia editor way to respond to a traumatic event
Hosting an official Wikipedia hackathon game play night at Hex House this Friday! Open bar with Wikipedia themed drinks, free food and free silk screening
luma.com/3tqaitoy
luma.com/3tqaitoy
WikiGameJam Play Night · Luma
Come play games this Friday!
WikiGameJam is a creative hackathon series for developers, designers, and Wikipedia enthusiasts to come together to make playful…
luma.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Hosting an official Wikipedia hackathon game play night at Hex House this Friday! Open bar with Wikipedia themed drinks, free food and free silk screening
luma.com/3tqaitoy
luma.com/3tqaitoy
Posting a take every day until I get on subway takes:
We don’t need pupachinos because dogs don’t savor anything
We don’t need pupachinos because dogs don’t savor anything
October 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Posting a take every day until I get on subway takes:
We don’t need pupachinos because dogs don’t savor anything
We don’t need pupachinos because dogs don’t savor anything