Elephant in the Room

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on various programming principles and creative coding concepts, including insights from notable talks and projects.

Inventing on Principle Stop Drawing Dead Fish The Future of Programming Yes, all three of them in one episode. Phew! Links $ patreon.com/futureofcoding — Lu and Jimmy recorded an episode about Hest without telling me, and by total coincidence released it on my birthday. Those jerks… make me so happy. Lu's talk at SPLASH 2023: Cellpond: Spatial Programming Without Escape Gary Bernhardt's talk Wat Inventing on Principle by Bret Victor ("""Clean""" Audio) Braid , the good video game from the creator of The Witness David Hellman is the visual artist behind Braid , A Lesson Is Learned but the Damage Is Irreversible , Dynamicland , and… the Braid section of Inventing on Principle. Light Table by Chris Granger Learnable Programming by Bret Victor When Lu says "It's The Line ", they're referring to this thing they're working on called Seet (or "see it"), and you can sneak a peek at seet right heet . Paris Fashion Week absolutely struts, and so can you! The Canadian Tuxedo . As the representative of Canada, I can confirm that I own both a denim jacket and denim pants. If you see me at a conference wearing this combo, I will give you a hug. Jimmy runs a personal Lichess data lake. Hot…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ivan Reese, Jimmy Miller, Lu Wilson

Topics covered

• programming
• software development
• technology
• creative coding
• game design
• spatial programming

Keywords

• programming
• Bret Victor
• Hest
• SPLASH 2023
• Cuttle
• Braid
• Light Table
• Pygmalion
• Dynamicland

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Cuttle, Pygmalion, Hot Module Replacement

Books & works: Braid, A Lesson Is Learned but the Damage Is Irreversible, Dynamicland, Inventing on Principle, Light Table, Learnable Programming

Places: Canada

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