Kartik Agaram
@akkartik.name
Programmer building programs that are useful, easy to install, easy to run, easy to modify, easy to share. https://akkartik.name/freewheeling-apps
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This week: Archaic Virus is making a bafflingly stable dungeon generation system.
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This week: Archaic Virus is making a bafflingly stable dungeon generation system.
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New blog post: "Explorable explorable explanations"
Building on Bret Victor's concept of "explorable explanations" for scientific publishing.
blog.khinsen.net/posts/2025/1...
🧪 #MetaSci
Building on Bret Victor's concept of "explorable explanations" for scientific publishing.
blog.khinsen.net/posts/2025/1...
🧪 #MetaSci
Konrad Hinsen's blog
blog.khinsen.net
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
New blog post: "Explorable explorable explanations"
Building on Bret Victor's concept of "explorable explanations" for scientific publishing.
blog.khinsen.net/posts/2025/1...
🧪 #MetaSci
Building on Bret Victor's concept of "explorable explanations" for scientific publishing.
blog.khinsen.net/posts/2025/1...
🧪 #MetaSci
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The latest in my occasional series of over-complicated literary interpretations, this time on what connects Oedipus Rex (Sophocles) and Angel Heart (Mickey Rourke)
Warning: spoilers
interconnected.org/home/2025/11...
Warning: spoilers
interconnected.org/home/2025/11...
Oedipus is about the act of figuring out what Oedipus is about
Posted on Friday 7 Nov 2025. 791 words, 5 links. By Matt Webb.
interconnected.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The latest in my occasional series of over-complicated literary interpretations, this time on what connects Oedipus Rex (Sophocles) and Angel Heart (Mickey Rourke)
Warning: spoilers
interconnected.org/home/2025/11...
Warning: spoilers
interconnected.org/home/2025/11...
Landscape mode is hard-linebreak mode. Portrait mode is soft-linebreak mode.
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Landscape mode is hard-linebreak mode. Portrait mode is soft-linebreak mode.
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This week: the folks at Fox2d have ported basically all of Scratch to LÖVE! Just in case you have some Scratch games lying around. github.com/fox2d-engine...
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This week: the folks at Fox2d have ported basically all of Scratch to LÖVE! Just in case you have some Scratch games lying around. github.com/fox2d-engine...
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This game won FIRST PLACE at Ludum Dare! And it's made in LÖVE! I'm freaking out over here! Aaaaaaah!
Cut to Pieces
📰 Our submission for Ludum Dare #58
Use an old newspaper to mimic real paintings. Search for similar objects or shapes, cut them out, and place them correctly on the canvas.
sheepolution.itch.io/cut-to-pieces
#LDJam
📰 Our submission for Ludum Dare #58
Use an old newspaper to mimic real paintings. Search for similar objects or shapes, cut them out, and place them correctly on the canvas.
sheepolution.itch.io/cut-to-pieces
#LDJam
October 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This game won FIRST PLACE at Ludum Dare! And it's made in LÖVE! I'm freaking out over here! Aaaaaaah!
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Because I could not help myself, me and @steveheist2.bsky.social estimated that this is roughly $270,000 in monitors … and $600,000 in monitor arms.
bsky.app/profile/erni...
bsky.app/profile/erni...
Based on a quick check of Dell’s monitor page, I believe the monitors are the Dell Pro 24 Plus Monitors, which cost about $189 each. They assuredly got a bulk deal, but the monitors alone cost $270,000
www.dell.com/en-us/shop/a...
www.dell.com/en-us/shop/a...
PC Monitors: Gaming, Business, & Home Displays
Buy your next PC monitor at Dell.com. We have monitors for gaming, work, and home. Explore 4k, ultrawide, and more. Find the perfect monitor for you.
www.dell.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Because I could not help myself, me and @steveheist2.bsky.social estimated that this is roughly $270,000 in monitors … and $600,000 in monitor arms.
bsky.app/profile/erni...
bsky.app/profile/erni...
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The Crowd (1928) features this office hellscape sequence and all I can think is "look at how much more space they had!"
October 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Crowd (1928) features this office hellscape sequence and all I can think is "look at how much more space they had!"
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Big’s Backyard Ultra individual world championship has begun — the runners are 12 hours in and the race won’t complete for at least another 4 days/400+ miles
Here’s why you should be watching
interconnected.org/home/2023/10...
Here’s why you should be watching
interconnected.org/home/2023/10...
Why you should watch Big’s Backyard Ultra, which starts tomorrow
Posted on Friday 20 Oct 2023. 1,612 words, 11 links. By Matt Webb.
interconnected.org
October 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Big’s Backyard Ultra individual world championship has begun — the runners are 12 hours in and the race won’t complete for at least another 4 days/400+ miles
Here’s why you should be watching
interconnected.org/home/2023/10...
Here’s why you should be watching
interconnected.org/home/2023/10...
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This may just be the best CS paper I’ve read this year. Just read the abstract and first para of the intro! The rest of the intro is really wild too, but very very good:
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
October 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This may just be the best CS paper I’ve read this year. Just read the abstract and first para of the intro! The rest of the intro is really wild too, but very very good:
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Some of La Mexicaine De Perforation were friends when I lived in Paris in the years just before this happened. You can read more here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_UX
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_UX
October 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Some of La Mexicaine De Perforation were friends when I lived in Paris in the years just before this happened. You can read more here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_UX
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_UX
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October 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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I'm teaching 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺(𝘀)! again. I'll be posting the videos & tasks on YouTube too.
In the first lecture, I explain what's a tiny system, why write one and show plenty of demos!
🎞️ Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
👉 More info: d3s.mff.cuni.cz/teaching/npr...
In the first lecture, I explain what's a tiny system, why write one and show plenty of demos!
🎞️ Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
👉 More info: d3s.mff.cuni.cz/teaching/npr...
Write your own tiny programming system(s)! - YouTube
The goal of this course is to teach how fundamental programming language techniques, algorithms and systems work by writing their miniature versions. The cou...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I'm teaching 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺(𝘀)! again. I'll be posting the videos & tasks on YouTube too.
In the first lecture, I explain what's a tiny system, why write one and show plenty of demos!
🎞️ Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
👉 More info: d3s.mff.cuni.cz/teaching/npr...
In the first lecture, I explain what's a tiny system, why write one and show plenty of demos!
🎞️ Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
👉 More info: d3s.mff.cuni.cz/teaching/npr...
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in particular, most baggage requires baggage polymorphism and baggage subtyping to be practically useful, and those are two concepts that always seem to confuse everyone. certainly that's what everyone complains about re: lifetimes in rust
October 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
in particular, most baggage requires baggage polymorphism and baggage subtyping to be practically useful, and those are two concepts that always seem to confuse everyone. certainly that's what everyone complains about re: lifetimes in rust
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In the early days of quantum chemistry, before we had computers to calculate the shapes of electron orbitals, one man invented a mechanical machine that simulated their shapes. My latest column for @chemistryworld.com
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
The simple machine that visualised atomic orbitals
In 1931, Harvey Elliott White developed a device that traced out the shapes of electron clouds by approximating solutions to the Schrödinger equation
www.chemistryworld.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In the early days of quantum chemistry, before we had computers to calculate the shapes of electron orbitals, one man invented a mechanical machine that simulated their shapes. My latest column for @chemistryworld.com
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
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[new draft post] Too much murder https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/09/17/too-much-murder/index.html
September 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
[new draft post] Too much murder https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/09/17/too-much-murder/index.html
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also reminds me of something @akkartik.name said about "vestiges" and "regressions" although those aren't exactly the same thing:
• vestige: something that was necessary that is no longer necessary (contrast chesterton's fence)
• regression: something that used to work that no longer does
• vestige: something that was necessary that is no longer necessary (contrast chesterton's fence)
• regression: something that used to work that no longer does
September 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
also reminds me of something @akkartik.name said about "vestiges" and "regressions" although those aren't exactly the same thing:
• vestige: something that was necessary that is no longer necessary (contrast chesterton's fence)
• regression: something that used to work that no longer does
• vestige: something that was necessary that is no longer necessary (contrast chesterton's fence)
• regression: something that used to work that no longer does
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I like this: arxiv.org/pdf/2211.13619
September 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I like this: arxiv.org/pdf/2211.13619
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Third place winner in our Ghosts in Machines contest, by Zach Hyman
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/loyalty
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/loyalty
Loyalty
Issue #46: Extreme weather and personified memory technology meet in the first story to be published from Ghosts in Machines!
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Third place winner in our Ghosts in Machines contest, by Zach Hyman
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/loyalty
protocolized.summerofprotocols.com/p/loyalty
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"Anybody claiming to be able to upload you, *now*, is a con artist. Do not, under any circumstances, get inside their machine."
"Lena" isn't about uploading
Quite a lot of science fiction isn't about what it's about.
"Lena" is about uploading, but uploading isn't real. It doesn't exist.
It might exist at some point in the future, but that just seems prett...
qntm.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"Anybody claiming to be able to upload you, *now*, is a con artist. Do not, under any circumstances, get inside their machine."
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Rejoice! Observable 2.0, file based notebook programming observablehq.com/notebook-kit/ is released
Does that make Lopecode entirely pointless? What are the differences?
github.com/tomlarkworth...
Does that make Lopecode entirely pointless? What are the differences?
github.com/tomlarkworth...
Observable Notebooks 2.0 Technology Preview | Observable
observablehq.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Rejoice! Observable 2.0, file based notebook programming observablehq.com/notebook-kit/ is released
Does that make Lopecode entirely pointless? What are the differences?
github.com/tomlarkworth...
Does that make Lopecode entirely pointless? What are the differences?
github.com/tomlarkworth...
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🌼🌁 San Francisco
Saturday, August 2, 1–3pm
Golden Gate Park: Robin Williams Meadow
Organized by Alex Wennerberg
More info: alexwennerberg.com/energy.html
Saturday, August 2, 1–3pm
Golden Gate Park: Robin Williams Meadow
Organized by Alex Wennerberg
More info: alexwennerberg.com/energy.html
HTML Day 2025: San Francisco
Saturday, August 2, 2025, 1-3pm, Alamo Square Park
alexwennerberg.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🌼🌁 San Francisco
Saturday, August 2, 1–3pm
Golden Gate Park: Robin Williams Meadow
Organized by Alex Wennerberg
More info: alexwennerberg.com/energy.html
Saturday, August 2, 1–3pm
Golden Gate Park: Robin Williams Meadow
Organized by Alex Wennerberg
More info: alexwennerberg.com/energy.html