Daniel Temkin
@dtemkin.bsky.social
Artist + esolanger, he/him
New book: Forty-Four Esolangs—the first artist’s monograph of programming languages—out now: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553087/forty-four-esolangs/
New book: Forty-Four Esolangs—the first artist’s monograph of programming languages—out now: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553087/forty-four-esolangs/
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a demoscene will emerge around
unaugmented intellectual labor
unaugmented intellectual labor
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM
a demoscene will emerge around
unaugmented intellectual labor
unaugmented intellectual labor
Off to Paris for the Software Heritage exhibition www.unesco.org/en/articles/... at UNESCO.
Here's a short program in Rivulet, one of the featured languages
Here's a short program in Rivulet, one of the featured languages
January 23, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Off to Paris for the Software Heritage exhibition www.unesco.org/en/articles/... at UNESCO.
Here's a short program in Rivulet, one of the featured languages
Here's a short program in Rivulet, one of the featured languages
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"Software is no longer seen as an asset, as something to care for, to maybe even take pride in. It’s a throw-away product. Like a napkin. Just get one quick, wipe your mouth and throw it away. Like a novelty t-shirt."
Software as Fast Fashion
Software as Fast Fashion
January 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
"Software is no longer seen as an asset, as something to care for, to maybe even take pride in. It’s a throw-away product. Like a napkin. Just get one quick, wipe your mouth and throw it away. Like a novelty t-shirt."
Software as Fast Fashion
Software as Fast Fashion
Zuck# is a language that reflects the values of modern social media: privacy invasion, congressional hearings, and pivoting to whatever's trending jayzalowitz.github.io/zucksharp/
Zuck# - The Programming Language That Harvests Your Attention
A PHP-inspired esoteric programming language. STEAL_DATA, SENATOR_WE_RUN_ADS, PIVOT_TO_METAVERSE. Move fast and break things.
jayzalowitz.github.io
January 15, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Zuck# is a language that reflects the values of modern social media: privacy invasion, congressional hearings, and pivoting to whatever's trending jayzalowitz.github.io/zucksharp/
This is tonight in Brooklyn!
Also, finalizing dates (starting in 2 weeks) in Amsterdam/Utrecht, Brussels, Paris, Karlsruhe, and Glasgow
Also, finalizing dates (starting in 2 weeks) in Amsterdam/Utrecht, Brussels, Paris, Karlsruhe, and Glasgow
NYC folks: for those who missed it, here’s another chance to hear me present work from Forty Four Esolangs, at next week’s WordHack
January 15, 2026 at 12:49 PM
This is tonight in Brooklyn!
Also, finalizing dates (starting in 2 weeks) in Amsterdam/Utrecht, Brussels, Paris, Karlsruhe, and Glasgow
Also, finalizing dates (starting in 2 weeks) in Amsterdam/Utrecht, Brussels, Paris, Karlsruhe, and Glasgow
The great thing about pretend metrics is that we can achieve a 20% improvement in performance and a 50% reduction in deployment time every year
January 14, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The great thing about pretend metrics is that we can achieve a 20% improvement in performance and a 50% reduction in deployment time every year
Annote: a Turing complete language using only Java annotations github.com/kusoroadeolu...
GitHub - kusoroadeolu/annote: Writing java using only annotations??
Writing java using only annotations?? Contribute to kusoroadeolu/annote development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Annote: a Turing complete language using only Java annotations github.com/kusoroadeolu...
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Week 1 of the Critical Code Studies Working Group also features a discussion of Forty-Four Esolangs by Daniel Temkin including code critiques of several of his brilliant esoteric programming languages!
wg.criticalcodestudies.com/index.php?p=...
#critcode #ccswg26 @dtemkin.bsky.social
wg.criticalcodestudies.com/index.php?p=...
#critcode #ccswg26 @dtemkin.bsky.social
Book: Forty-Four Esolangs by Daniel Temkin
Daniel Temkin's Forty-Four Esolangs: The Art of Esoteric Code is our featured book discussion for this week.
wg.criticalcodestudies.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Week 1 of the Critical Code Studies Working Group also features a discussion of Forty-Four Esolangs by Daniel Temkin including code critiques of several of his brilliant esoteric programming languages!
wg.criticalcodestudies.com/index.php?p=...
#critcode #ccswg26 @dtemkin.bsky.social
wg.criticalcodestudies.com/index.php?p=...
#critcode #ccswg26 @dtemkin.bsky.social
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sorry but at the moment I worry more about the great pacific garbage patch becoming conscious than agi emerging from llm research
January 12, 2026 at 2:04 PM
sorry but at the moment I worry more about the great pacific garbage patch becoming conscious than agi emerging from llm research
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This is cool. He reads a passage, starting in 6th century old English and gradually advancing up through the 20th.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=842O...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=842O...
From Old English to Modern American English in One Monologue
YouTube video by Simon Roper
m.youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This is cool. He reads a passage, starting in 6th century old English and gradually advancing up through the 20th.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=842O...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=842O...
NYC folks: for those who missed it, here’s another chance to hear me present work from Forty Four Esolangs, at next week’s WordHack
January 7, 2026 at 6:57 PM
NYC folks: for those who missed it, here’s another chance to hear me present work from Forty Four Esolangs, at next week’s WordHack
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January 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I loved Werckmeister but didn’t fully appreciate his humor until seeing his exhibition in Amsterdam variety.com/2026/film/gl...
Béla Tarr, Iconic Hungarian Filmmaker Who Directed ‘Damnation’ and ‘Sátántangó,’ Dies at 70
Béla Tarr, the Hungarian filmmaker acclaimed for his dark and apocalyptic films including "Damnation" and "Sátántangó," died on Tuesday. He was 70.
variety.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I loved Werckmeister but didn’t fully appreciate his humor until seeing his exhibition in Amsterdam variety.com/2026/film/gl...
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🚨Calling all new media scholars🚨
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
The New Media Reader
This reader collects the texts, videos, and computer programs—many of them now almost impossible to find—that chronicle the history and form the foundati...
mitpress.mit.edu
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
🚨Calling all new media scholars🚨
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
If (and I emphasize if) a 2nd edition of the New Media Reader happened to be in the works, what additions would you like to see? What do you think could be excised? @docmofo.bsky.social @n-w-f.bsky.social @psssssssss.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026223227...
New on esoteric codes: yayimhere, creator of Karvity and Utral, whose work studies the strange contradictions of minimalist systems
esoteric.codes/blog/yayimhe...
esoteric.codes/blog/yayimhe...
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
New on esoteric codes: yayimhere, creator of Karvity and Utral, whose work studies the strange contradictions of minimalist systems
esoteric.codes/blog/yayimhe...
esoteric.codes/blog/yayimhe...
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Got my copy of @dtemkin.bsky.social's Forty-Four Esolangs, which I think is a must-read for anyone interested in programming languages and art.
It's basically Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities for code
It's basically Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities for code
January 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Got my copy of @dtemkin.bsky.social's Forty-Four Esolangs, which I think is a must-read for anyone interested in programming languages and art.
It's basically Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities for code
It's basically Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities for code
Just de-installed this work from a Dec talk at P&T Knitwear — they understood the book as a starting place to understand language design as a creative practice and let me bring some of that experience to the space #esolangs
January 2, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Just de-installed this work from a Dec talk at P&T Knitwear — they understood the book as a starting place to understand language design as a creative practice and let me bring some of that experience to the space #esolangs
Forsp: A Forth+Lisp Hybrid Lambda Calculus Language xorvoid.com/forsp.html
xorvoid
xorvoid.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Forsp: A Forth+Lisp Hybrid Lambda Calculus Language xorvoid.com/forsp.html
One lang from the 44 Esolangs book:
LANGUAGE 5.
a language whose programs never run the same way twice
each piece of data changes slightly each time it’s used...
Implemented as: entropy-lang.org
LANGUAGE 5.
a language whose programs never run the same way twice
each piece of data changes slightly each time it’s used...
Implemented as: entropy-lang.org
Entropy
Entropy: A Language Where Data Decays the More it is Used
entropy-lang.org
December 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
One lang from the 44 Esolangs book:
LANGUAGE 5.
a language whose programs never run the same way twice
each piece of data changes slightly each time it’s used...
Implemented as: entropy-lang.org
LANGUAGE 5.
a language whose programs never run the same way twice
each piece of data changes slightly each time it’s used...
Implemented as: entropy-lang.org
In my head, I Love LA is an alternate timeline for Future Man and a time-traveling bin Laden might show up at any time
December 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In my head, I Love LA is an alternate timeline for Future Man and a time-traveling bin Laden might show up at any time
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2027 will have widespread infrastructure problems caused by a vibe coded javascript library that nobody knows how to use, remove or fix
December 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
2027 will have widespread infrastructure problems caused by a vibe coded javascript library that nobody knows how to use, remove or fix
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Extended deadline Jan 7 to register for the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group. online January 12 to February 6.
bit.ly/ccswg26
#critcode
bit.ly/ccswg26
#critcode
CCSWG26 CFP
Call for Participation: CCSWG ‘26 9th biennial Critical Code Studies Working Group Jan 12 - Feb 6, 2026 To apply: Fill out this form Apply by January 7, 2025 20 years after the publication of the ma...
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December 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Extended deadline Jan 7 to register for the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group. online January 12 to February 6.
bit.ly/ccswg26
#critcode
bit.ly/ccswg26
#critcode
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2026: 👀 is out, ꙮꙮ is in.
> Multiocular O (ꙮ) is a unique glyph variant found in a single 15th-century manuscript, in the Old Church Slavonic phrase серафими многоꙮчитїи (abbreviated мн̑оꙮ҆читїи̑; serafimi mnogoočitii, 'many-eyed seraphim').
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrilli...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrilli...
December 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
2026: 👀 is out, ꙮꙮ is in.