I tried to summarize some of my Recurse Center activities for the last 12 weeks in a blog post and still probably forgot some stuff because it was jam packed with amazing people, pairing, projects, and study groups.

tl;dr - I did lots of stuff, really enjoyed my time, and plan to continue learning and growing

https://www.fractalkitty.com/time-at-the-recurse-center/

Starting 3d print of enneper surface created with Houdini - hope it works :) It seems like it sliced ok.

I made a couple of them dance in codepen as well https://codepen.io/fractalkitty/live/EaxQwWx

If you want to try - here is the obj model (no guarantee it will work): https://assets.codepen.io/4559259/enneper.obj

A print has started

#penplotter #creativecoding #generative art #mathart #recurseCenter #p5js #d3

divergent boundaries sketch for today's creative coding group at the RC.

I started with the thought of an ocean floor splitting - a divergent boundary.

https://codepen.io/fractalkitty/full/QwWOwmZ

Ok - a short interactive fiction with a possible mostly truthful ending is done.

HTML and css only.

Dedicated to Billy Bob (my childhood friend)

https://www.streamof.me/LostSignal/index.html

This is part of an RC gameJam.

Today - I started working on a game called Lost Signal as part of a recurse center game jam.

It will mostly be a short story - but I hope to do it with html/css only

I hope to have it done tomorrow - we'll see :)

I roughed out a game of life penguin toy for a few hours today after not sleeping with the storms last night.

It felt good to just write, rewrite and then rewrite what I was wanting to make as I went - I should have recorded (maybe streamed?) how it evolved.

Live:
https://codepen.io/fractalkitty/live/JojRByL

Code:
https://codepen.io/fractalkitty/pen/JojRByL?editors=0110

You get to draw between each frame with your penguin in the GOL, but can't let more that 60% of the grid die or get caught on an unstable iceberg. The countdown speeds up a bit as you keep going.

New post on the blog about generative texture hats (one of my recurse center projects)

https://www.fractalkitty.com/w/

Just stumbled over https://www.recurse.com

“Invest six or 12 weeks programming at the edge of your abilities alongside motivated peers. Do a programming retreat in NYC, hybrid, or remotely.”

Sounds interesting as a retreat. Anyone went there already? I'm curious about the experience.

I got accepted to the Recurse Center, a programmer retreat!! So happy to have the chance to grow and learn alongside other smart, kind, motivated devs.

Will be going to the US for ~3 months early next year in the NYC area! Can't wait!!
#recursecenter

They've got hard copies of the D and E Computers and Typesetting books here (METAFONT and Computer Modern Typefaces). So cool! #RecurseCenter

First day at #RecurseCenter! Also, I have a blog again! https://annahope.me/blog/starting-rc/

I'm currently attending the #recursecenter (https://recurse.com), fulfilling myself a long-time dream. This week we had a Weird Web Instrument Making Festival and my entry won first prize :o
I had a lot of fun building it and seeing everyone else's submissions! It's such a cool and creative community :)
If you want to try my instrument yourself, you can do so at https://theremin.soha.lt

I'm giving a presentation today at the #RecurseCenter !
I'm doing a co-presentation with @yomimono
I'll be doing a five minute intro to Property Based Testing, after which @yomimono will talk about coverage driven property based testing!

Greetz #nyc #ruby #programming peeps! I'm giving a talk on the #recursecenter and my #llm + ruby + #alloy project, an experiment in bring formal methods to day to day dev work. Join us! https://www.meetup.com/brooklyn-rb/events/300384805/

Last October I left Brilliant.org to do a batch at #RecurseCenter, and am looking toward what’s next. I think of myself as a web software engineer, but I've also researched, taught, and product managed.

Near term, I'm interested in part-time/contract work. I like weird (writing compilers in Typescript), niche (using CodeMirror in browser-based editors), and normal (I know my way around both ancient and modern React). My Recurse project (https://dusa.rocks) demonstrates all these!

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Today I am returning to spend 6 weeks (a half batch) as a participant at the Recurse Center (RC) @recursecenter

I've been trying to figure out what is next for me since leaving my PhD and think spending some time in community with self-directed learning will help

I also aim to share a bit about what I'm upto during my time, and have resurrected a blog, including some old tech related posts.

https://www.prisnasrat.org/blog/2023/10/30/return-to-recurse-center/

Yesterday I had my first official #recursecenter call and it was just

Does anyone know of any open online communities like the one that #RecurseCenter has on zulip?

“Please write the beginning of an old text adventure game. The purpose of the game is to attend a self-directed programming retreat were you grow as a programmer, become part of a life-long community of kind and curious programmers, and advance your career”