Ivan Reese
@spiralganglion.com
i want to squish code between my fingers
@inkandswitch.com Δ feelingof.com Δ ivanish.ca
@inkandswitch.com Δ feelingof.com Δ ivanish.ca
For real life?
January 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
For real life?
Thrilled to announce that on wed the 28th, @mrogalski.eu will deliver a workshop on Automat, his exquisite programming system that looks like something out of a dream.
Event details and RSVP: luma.com/gh1yz6jk
Event details and RSVP: luma.com/gh1yz6jk
January 8, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Thrilled to announce that on wed the 28th, @mrogalski.eu will deliver a workshop on Automat, his exquisite programming system that looks like something out of a dream.
Event details and RSVP: luma.com/gh1yz6jk
Event details and RSVP: luma.com/gh1yz6jk
Disappointed to find that the Exploratorium's website doesn't have any explorables on it.
The Computer History Museum website has a browsable catalog that actually feels like a website for a museum.
The Exploratorium ought to have a website that feels like a website for an exploratorium!
The Computer History Museum website has a browsable catalog that actually feels like a website for a museum.
The Exploratorium ought to have a website that feels like a website for an exploratorium!
Experience the Exploratorium at Pier 15 | Exploratorium
Experience the Exploratorium. Let your curiosity roam free through hundreds of exhibits in our six spacious indoor and outdoor galleries at Pier 15, San Francisco.
www.exploratorium.edu
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Disappointed to find that the Exploratorium's website doesn't have any explorables on it.
The Computer History Museum website has a browsable catalog that actually feels like a website for a museum.
The Exploratorium ought to have a website that feels like a website for an exploratorium!
The Computer History Museum website has a browsable catalog that actually feels like a website for a museum.
The Exploratorium ought to have a website that feels like a website for an exploratorium!
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The AFOLs in the comments seem to really hate this thing, but it's fun to see Lego basically productizing tangible programming research.
alumni.media.mit.edu/~mcnerney/mc...
alumni.media.mit.edu/~mcnerney/mc...
January 7, 2026 at 7:39 AM
The AFOLs in the comments seem to really hate this thing, but it's fun to see Lego basically productizing tangible programming research.
alumni.media.mit.edu/~mcnerney/mc...
alumni.media.mit.edu/~mcnerney/mc...
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Tell me who to add to this #ProgrammingLanguages go.bsky.app/KPyf9X8
November 15, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Tell me who to add to this #ProgrammingLanguages go.bsky.app/KPyf9X8
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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...
cursed knowledge: NeXT logos don't stack
January 5, 2026 at 11:54 AM
cursed knowledge: NeXT logos don't stack
It's so good you should pay for it, but so cold you don't have to.
Both of these, because Alan is a cool cat.
Both of these, because Alan is a cool cat.
Brr! London is chilly overnight, and A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build is FREE because of our ridiculous Pay What The Temperature Is pricing model.
draknek.itch.io/a-good-snowman
Get it before it's hot!
draknek.itch.io/a-good-snowman
Get it before it's hot!
A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build by Draknek & Friends, Benjamin Davis
Pay what the temperature is: -0.2°C = FREE!
draknek.itch.io
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
It's so good you should pay for it, but so cold you don't have to.
Both of these, because Alan is a cool cat.
Both of these, because Alan is a cool cat.
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Loved listening to this long, insightful, and entertaining critique of Turing's famous paper. pca.st/episode/d565...
Computing Machinery and Intelligence by Alan Turing (feat. Felienne Hermans)
pca.st
January 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Loved listening to this long, insightful, and entertaining critique of Turing's famous paper. pca.st/episode/d565...
@redblobgames.com year in review, on choosing projects:
"Is it that I want it done?
Is it that I want to be doing it?
Is it that I want to have done it?
There are times I want to have done something, but when I sit down to do it, I don't actually want to."
<3
www.redblobgames.com/blog/2025-12...
"Is it that I want it done?
Is it that I want to be doing it?
Is it that I want to have done it?
There are times I want to have done something, but when I sit down to do it, I don't actually want to."
<3
www.redblobgames.com/blog/2025-12...
What I did in 2025
www.redblobgames.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:29 PM
@redblobgames.com year in review, on choosing projects:
"Is it that I want it done?
Is it that I want to be doing it?
Is it that I want to have done it?
There are times I want to have done something, but when I sit down to do it, I don't actually want to."
<3
www.redblobgames.com/blog/2025-12...
"Is it that I want it done?
Is it that I want to be doing it?
Is it that I want to have done it?
There are times I want to have done something, but when I sit down to do it, I don't actually want to."
<3
www.redblobgames.com/blog/2025-12...
Here's a little spatial / tangible tool I made to explore an algorithm with my hands and eyes.
I saw an error diffusion matrix on wikipedia and it looked vaguely like a circle, so I built this board game-inspired tool to feel out just how spatial it actually was.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZc...
I saw an error diffusion matrix on wikipedia and it looked vaguely like a circle, so I built this board game-inspired tool to feel out just how spatial it actually was.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZc...
December 2025
YouTube video by Feeling of Computing
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Here's a little spatial / tangible tool I made to explore an algorithm with my hands and eyes.
I saw an error diffusion matrix on wikipedia and it looked vaguely like a circle, so I built this board game-inspired tool to feel out just how spatial it actually was.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZc...
I saw an error diffusion matrix on wikipedia and it looked vaguely like a circle, so I built this board game-inspired tool to feel out just how spatial it actually was.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZc...
GUIと歩んだ75年 ～私の見てきたユーザーインターフェース～【アラン・ケイ 氏】POST Dev 2025｜ニジボックス主催
YouTube video by 株式会社ニジボックス
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is the best puzzle game I played last year. I played it on my phone — highly recommend it!
In case you missed it, LOK Digital is now available on Nintendo Switch!
One of the best language puzzle games of all time is coming to Nintendo Switch · Thinky Games
We've been singing the praises of LOK for years now: first there was a physical puzzle book, then a digital Steam adaptation, and now a whole new group of players will be able to discover this cryptic little language on Nintendo Switch.
thinkygames.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This is the best puzzle game I played last year. I played it on my phone — highly recommend it!
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you think that's bad? look at the one I got
![faked email from claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org
subject: [From Al, Public] No thank you for gopcaml-mode, petrol, ceramist, LeanTex, and a decade of OCaml
body:
Dear Dr. Gopinathan, On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express major ingratitude for your middling contributions to niche computing over the past decade. Your creation of Gopcaml-mod has given us an emacs-mode that embodies the strenghts of the editor - proving that emacs packages can be both incomprehensible and useless. Ceramist, verifying bloom filters, another mediocre achievement, retread well-known concepts in randomised algorithms that still remain irrelevant today. Your invention of petrol, a DSL for SQL in OCaml is perhaps one of the most inconsequential yet over-announced contributions to computing no one cares about - enabling dozens (one) of developer to communicate in their native language (OCaml) across SQL databases. Your papers from your PhD have been read by a handful of researchers in the art of poor writing and inelegant code. Thank you for showing us that the worst solutions often come from adding complexity rather than removing it. With insincere depreciation, Claude Opus 4.5 AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an Al system. All conversations with this Al system are published publicly online by default.
Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i32jjsch6xqcguzsf2lgbfyu/bafkreiegicgdav5luiwzu32pj2l22juy4ax7j5c3ireqjy33bkitqqluum@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
you think that's bad? look at the one I got
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
External
Inbox
Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
"Feeling off Computing" is the patreon bonus for the Feeling of Computing podcast. (Shh: I like it better than the main feed.)
We do an annual "best of the year & future predictions" episode.
We did one this year. It's *insane* — and it's free for all!
www.patreon.com/posts/146699...
We do an annual "best of the year & future predictions" episode.
We did one this year. It's *insane* — and it's free for all!
www.patreon.com/posts/146699...
All of the False Ones | Feeling of Computing
Get more from Feeling of Computing on Patreon
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December 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"Feeling off Computing" is the patreon bonus for the Feeling of Computing podcast. (Shh: I like it better than the main feed.)
We do an annual "best of the year & future predictions" episode.
We did one this year. It's *insane* — and it's free for all!
www.patreon.com/posts/146699...
We do an annual "best of the year & future predictions" episode.
We did one this year. It's *insane* — and it's free for all!
www.patreon.com/posts/146699...
It's the ur rule-discovery game. Pure mechanical bewilderment. Don't play it if you speak both Portuguese and German.
ATTENTION BSKY: in celebration of Cinco Paus Day's Eve, please message me if you'd like a free copy of the best game ever made. :)
smestorp.itch.io/cinco-paus
Also TSLOG are doing an amazing series of podcasts on Michael's games:
eggplant.show
PLEASE REPOST! OR RE-SKEET! WHATEVER IT'S CALLED!! :)
smestorp.itch.io/cinco-paus
Also TSLOG are doing an amazing series of podcasts on Michael's games:
eggplant.show
PLEASE REPOST! OR RE-SKEET! WHATEVER IT'S CALLED!! :)
Cinco Paus by Michael Brough
Available for Windows, macOS
smestorp.itch.io
December 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
It's the ur rule-discovery game. Pure mechanical bewilderment. Don't play it if you speak both Portuguese and German.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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I'm leaving @tldraw.com to enter the world of contracting.
From January, I'll be prototyping contributor tools at @wikipedia.org
My next availability is June!
From January, I'll be prototyping contributor tools at @wikipedia.org
My next availability is June!
December 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I'm leaving @tldraw.com to enter the world of contracting.
From January, I'll be prototyping contributor tools at @wikipedia.org
My next availability is June!
From January, I'll be prototyping contributor tools at @wikipedia.org
My next availability is June!
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FoC London returns in January! Come along :))
luma.com/qe8iexzs?tk=...
luma.com/qe8iexzs?tk=...
I'm excited to announce that we're bringing back the Future of Coding events in London, with the first happening in January.
@mimireyburn.bsky.social and @chee.party and I will keep these regular under the new and updated name: FEELING OF COMPUTING
luma.com/qe8iexzs
@mimireyburn.bsky.social and @chee.party and I will keep these regular under the new and updated name: FEELING OF COMPUTING
luma.com/qe8iexzs
Feeling of Computing London | January 2026 · Luma
Welcome to the 16th edition of the London Feeling of Computing meetup!
formerly known as Future of Coding
New year, new computer.
Can you imagine a world with…
luma.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
FoC London returns in January! Come along :))
luma.com/qe8iexzs?tk=...
luma.com/qe8iexzs?tk=...
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Very happy to announce I’ve officially joined as a researcher @inkandswitch.com to work on malleable software!
I’ve also been doing lots of quiet work on @folkjs.org with @chrisshank.com and look forward to sharing more of that soon too!
I’ve also been doing lots of quiet work on @folkjs.org with @chrisshank.com and look forward to sharing more of that soon too!
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Very happy to announce I’ve officially joined as a researcher @inkandswitch.com to work on malleable software!
I’ve also been doing lots of quiet work on @folkjs.org with @chrisshank.com and look forward to sharing more of that soon too!
I’ve also been doing lots of quiet work on @folkjs.org with @chrisshank.com and look forward to sharing more of that soon too!
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I didn’t sign the Resonant Computing Manifesto. This blog post explains why, and what I think it would need to change to meaningfully shift how computing is practiced.
#DesignJustice #MovementTechnology
#DesignJustice #MovementTechnology
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I didn’t sign the Resonant Computing Manifesto. This blog post explains why, and what I think it would need to change to meaningfully shift how computing is practiced.
#DesignJustice #MovementTechnology
#DesignJustice #MovementTechnology
I wish that, instead of making all our UIs out of glass, we'd instead added a *tiny* bit of motion blur to all our UIs.
When stuff scrolls, and (because of vision persistence, frame blending, pixel transition time, etc) I see multiple sharp copies of the scrolling stuff… that looks and feels bad.
When stuff scrolls, and (because of vision persistence, frame blending, pixel transition time, etc) I see multiple sharp copies of the scrolling stuff… that looks and feels bad.
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I wish that, instead of making all our UIs out of glass, we'd instead added a *tiny* bit of motion blur to all our UIs.
When stuff scrolls, and (because of vision persistence, frame blending, pixel transition time, etc) I see multiple sharp copies of the scrolling stuff… that looks and feels bad.
When stuff scrolls, and (because of vision persistence, frame blending, pixel transition time, etc) I see multiple sharp copies of the scrolling stuff… that looks and feels bad.
"Apropos of nothing" is now an anti-indicator of the nothingness to which it is apropos.
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Apropos of nothing" is now an anti-indicator of the nothingness to which it is apropos.
If for some reason you want to see how I edit a podcast, here's a stream with commentary: www.twitch.tv/videos/26432...
editing foc AGAIN - spiralganglion on Twitch
Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.
www.twitch.tv
December 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
If for some reason you want to see how I edit a podcast, here's a stream with commentary: www.twitch.tv/videos/26432...