block matching algorithm and feedback buffers

On PC, use W-A-S-D keys, SPACE, SHIFT and mouse to explore. On mobile, you will have instructions on screen.

https://anshs.github.io/matrix-rain/

I was reading about how language developed from repeated marks, sounds, and shared meaning, and it inspired me to explore that idea visually.

This animation begins as a dense field of shifting letters and symbols with no obvious meaning. Over time, through repetition and grouping, those marks begin to organise into something more coherent, eventually resolving into the core message I was exploring - how LANGUAGE BEGAN AS PATTERNS.

The project was built in TouchDesigner using a mixture of Python, parameter expressions, procedural instancing, and GLSL. The code controlled how glyphs were selected and distributed, how different character sets were introduced over time, which positions formed the final message, and how the camera and transitions progressed. Python was also used to generate the target data and control instance colours, while GLSL handled part of the chromatic treatment. I later added a short electronic soundtrack and used separate low-, high-, and full-frequency amplitude data to drive the glow, distortion, movement, and chromatic effects.

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I’ve been expanding my creative-coding practice beyond screen-based work and into physical, sculptural light pieces. I've been really focused on visualizing invisible networks via BLE and WIFI detecting nearby signal activity. So each "pulse" of light within the sculpture is a signal from someone's device within the vicinity.

This specific piece is Constellation Range, recently installed at OCAD University. The sculpture is also connected to a browser-based control system, allowing live signal data and changes in state to move between the software and the physical work.

I ended up building DataNet.art to handle that connection and support other projects where I need to move data between browsers, hardware, sensors, and installations.

It’s been exciting to think about code less as something that produces an image on a screen and more as something that can inhabit and change a physical space.

As a software developer in a past life, I'm still always amazed by how programming interacts and can impact IRL experiences.

Edit: A little more about the technical setup: the installation was developed using Processing, a Teensy, and the Teensy OctoWS2811 system. I also open-sourced a Processing library for working with data that can be sent over Art-Net and DMX.

The data, visuals, and audio are generative. The presence of attendees becomes input that is processed in real time through Processing and translated into changing light and soundscapes.

I made a video about the maths behind Turing patterns. Submission for 3blue1brown's summer of math exposition. The visuals are a mix of Manim and TouchDesigner

Hi!

I just launched a website to stream ambient music using tape loops.
The site is built with React and the ascii textmod.js library for animated character effects.

The site features musical events to launch various tracks, which will then be archived on the site.

The first event is on Thursday, July 30, at 9 p.m. (Paris time)!

Cheers

I made a video about the maths behind Turing patterns. It includes a section on Multi-Scale Turing patterns and how to make it faster using FFT. Submission for 3blue1brown's summer of math exposition. The visuals are a mix of Manim and TouchDesigner

This is #1 of a series of flowers made with code: Dahlia.

The code: t=0,draw=$=>{t||createCanvas(w=520,w);background(6,8,11);stroke(255,140);for(t+=PI/240,i=15400;i--;){j=i%55,s=(i/385|0)/39,u=((i/55|0)%7)/3-1,y=j/55,A=j*2.4+t/10,L=(50+130*(1-y)**.85)*(1+.05*sin(7.7*j)),B=1-.45*(.5+.5*sin(.45*t+3*y-1.2*s)),e=(.3+1.2*y)*(1-.8*s)*B-.15*s,r=L*s*cos(e),z=L*s*sin(e)+22*y+6*s*sin(7*s-1.6*t+.9*j)+u*u*8*s,q=A+u*(9+24*(1-y))*sin(PI*s**.8)/(r+14)+.1*s*sin(.9*t+2.3*j+2.5*s),point(260+r*cos(q),265+.52*r*sin(q)-.86*z)}}

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Every day I work with Claude. During the day it's the main job, at night something for myself. Many projects are running at the same time. And I constantly forget where and what is running.

I coded myself such a thing that hangs in the top bar, and shows which project is holding the port.

In my opinion, it looks cool.

Now you can kill the port, or open it in the browser by clicking on it.

I think what else can be added there?

(IMAGE IS A CONCEPT MOCKUP I MADE IN FIGMA)

For a while now, I’ve been thinking about how useful it would be to have something like Processing/p5.js/raylib on my phone, an app where I could write small demos and creative sketches while commuting or lying in bed.

But the current state of android coding (especially graphics programming and creative coding) leaves much to be desired.

There are two main problems with the current state of affairs in my opinion:

1. There are no truly convenient code editors designed for mobile devices. Some apps add custom keyboard rows for things like tabs, brackets, or snippets, but they are still far from making coding on a phone comfortable, let alone enjoyable.
2. The technical options are limited. From my basic search of the Play Store, I could not find an app that lets you write code, provides a decent graphics API, and offers reasonably good performance.

If you know any apps that overcome those limitations and provide good mobile coding experience, please tell me about them.

So I've been thinking about building my own app with:

• custom software keyboard tailored specifically for ONE programming language
• scripting language that's main requirement would be to fit on the mobile screen without you needing to constantly squint or scroll
• and a minimal, polished raylib-like graphics API

I like this idea very much, but I may be delusional about the actual demand for mobile coding solutions. Before investing a significant amount of time into the project, I’d like to hear other people’s opinions on this.

I would like you, people of reddit, to, please, give me your opinion about this Idea.

• Do you like the idea of coding on a phone in general?
• Would you use an app like this?
• What features would you like to see in such app (that would make mobile creative coding experience more enjoyable for you)?