Recurse Center
@recurse.com
The retreat where curious programmers recharge and grow. 🌱
Work at the edge of your abilities, develop your volitional muscles, and learn generously.
📝 Applications are now open!
🔗 https://www.recurse.com/
📍NYC
Work at the edge of your abilities, develop your volitional muscles, and learn generously.
📝 Applications are now open!
🔗 https://www.recurse.com/
📍NYC
Today at 6:30pm, join us for a series of lightning talks on three bespoke programming languages: Felt, Tomo, and Kombucha!
Why make your own programming language? What unique goals, design decisions and sensibilities come into play?
RSVP below ⬇️
We have a few tickets left!
Why make your own programming language? What unique goals, design decisions and sensibilities come into play?
RSVP below ⬇️
We have a few tickets left!
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Today at 6:30pm, join us for a series of lightning talks on three bespoke programming languages: Felt, Tomo, and Kombucha!
Why make your own programming language? What unique goals, design decisions and sensibilities come into play?
RSVP below ⬇️
We have a few tickets left!
Why make your own programming language? What unique goals, design decisions and sensibilities come into play?
RSVP below ⬇️
We have a few tickets left!
Ever written something you might describe as a turducken of code?
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Ever written something you might describe as a turducken of code?
Why make your own programming language? What possibilities unfold in making one? How do you even start?
Programming languages are unique design works, each with their own goals and sensibilities.
On 12/2, join us on a tour of three bespoke programming languages: Felt, Tomo, and Kombucha!
RSVP ⬇️
Programming languages are unique design works, each with their own goals and sensibilities.
On 12/2, join us on a tour of three bespoke programming languages: Felt, Tomo, and Kombucha!
RSVP ⬇️
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Why make your own programming language? What possibilities unfold in making one? How do you even start?
Programming languages are unique design works, each with their own goals and sensibilities.
On 12/2, join us on a tour of three bespoke programming languages: Felt, Tomo, and Kombucha!
RSVP ⬇️
Programming languages are unique design works, each with their own goals and sensibilities.
On 12/2, join us on a tour of three bespoke programming languages: Felt, Tomo, and Kombucha!
RSVP ⬇️
The Recurse Center is a self-directed retreat for programmers, coming to make for the joy of making, collaborate with kind peers, and of course— become a dramatically better programmer. We don’t charge tuition, since we’re fully funded by our integrated recruiting team.
Applications are now open!
Applications are now open!
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The Recurse Center is a self-directed retreat for programmers, coming to make for the joy of making, collaborate with kind peers, and of course— become a dramatically better programmer. We don’t charge tuition, since we’re fully funded by our integrated recruiting team.
Applications are now open!
Applications are now open!
When you @frankchiarulli.com have successfully nerd-sniped the entire floor into clustering around your project, crawling out from behind their laptops and study groups…
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
When you @frankchiarulli.com have successfully nerd-sniped the entire floor into clustering around your project, crawling out from behind their laptops and study groups…
A lovely view of Rose’s screen. It’s sort of working?
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A lovely view of Rose’s screen. It’s sort of working?
Frank: What do you think about making a cabinet using a CRT monitor?
Me: I don’t know anyone who uses CRTs, but I couldn’t tell you why.
Why:
Me: I don’t know anyone who uses CRTs, but I couldn’t tell you why.
Why:
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Frank: What do you think about making a cabinet using a CRT monitor?
Me: I don’t know anyone who uses CRTs, but I couldn’t tell you why.
Why:
Me: I don’t know anyone who uses CRTs, but I couldn’t tell you why.
Why:
Join us in our quest to make an open, hackable, alt-control, modular, multiplayer arcade cabinet! The future home of many a Recurser’s game:
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Join us in our quest to make an open, hackable, alt-control, modular, multiplayer arcade cabinet! The future home of many a Recurser’s game:
RC alum Daniel Temkin will be reading from his new book, Forty-Four Esolangs!
The book challenges conventional definitions of language, code, and computer, showing the potential of esolangs—or esoteric programming languages—as pure idea art.
Details/tickets: ⬇️
The book challenges conventional definitions of language, code, and computer, showing the potential of esolangs—or esoteric programming languages—as pure idea art.
Details/tickets: ⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
RC alum Daniel Temkin will be reading from his new book, Forty-Four Esolangs!
The book challenges conventional definitions of language, code, and computer, showing the potential of esolangs—or esoteric programming languages—as pure idea art.
Details/tickets: ⬇️
The book challenges conventional definitions of language, code, and computer, showing the potential of esolangs—or esoteric programming languages—as pure idea art.
Details/tickets: ⬇️
MAKING ROBOTS IS GOOD (& good for you)
Michael Suguitan came to RC and presented on a series of robots, from a cat-detector, to a self-strumming guitar, to a robot used in research and schools around the world.
He goes not just into the how, but the why behind making. ⬇️
Michael Suguitan came to RC and presented on a series of robots, from a cat-detector, to a self-strumming guitar, to a robot used in research and schools around the world.
He goes not just into the how, but the why behind making. ⬇️
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
MAKING ROBOTS IS GOOD (& good for you)
Michael Suguitan came to RC and presented on a series of robots, from a cat-detector, to a self-strumming guitar, to a robot used in research and schools around the world.
He goes not just into the how, but the why behind making. ⬇️
Michael Suguitan came to RC and presented on a series of robots, from a cat-detector, to a self-strumming guitar, to a robot used in research and schools around the world.
He goes not just into the how, but the why behind making. ⬇️
🌩️ On Dec 2nd, join us for a rapid-fire tour of handmade programming languages! Three RC alums will present: Ryan Goldstein on Felt, Bruce Hill on Tomo, and Frederic Kettelhoit on Kombucha.
Three perspectives on and how, and why, to design a new language.
RSVP below: ⬇️
Three perspectives on and how, and why, to design a new language.
RSVP below: ⬇️
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
🌩️ On Dec 2nd, join us for a rapid-fire tour of handmade programming languages! Three RC alums will present: Ryan Goldstein on Felt, Bruce Hill on Tomo, and Frederic Kettelhoit on Kombucha.
Three perspectives on and how, and why, to design a new language.
RSVP below: ⬇️
Three perspectives on and how, and why, to design a new language.
RSVP below: ⬇️
New Yorkers hate dogs 🚫🐕 (we have the data)
It's pairing jam day at RC and Chris, Brittney, Wilson, and Tajairi made a 311 noise complaint heat map of NYC.
It's pairing jam day at RC and Chris, Brittney, Wilson, and Tajairi made a 311 noise complaint heat map of NYC.
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
New Yorkers hate dogs 🚫🐕 (we have the data)
It's pairing jam day at RC and Chris, Brittney, Wilson, and Tajairi made a 311 noise complaint heat map of NYC.
It's pairing jam day at RC and Chris, Brittney, Wilson, and Tajairi made a 311 noise complaint heat map of NYC.
My favorite hobby? Just watching everyone swarm the pair programming signup sheet.
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
My favorite hobby? Just watching everyone swarm the pair programming signup sheet.
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
🚧👷🏽♀️We’re conducting some scheduled maintenance on recurse.com tomorrow, Oct 18th, from 10:00am to about 10:30am ET!
recurse.com will be down during the maintenance window, so you won’t be able to apply or visit pages. Sorry for any inconvenience!
recurse.com will be down during the maintenance window, so you won’t be able to apply or visit pages. Sorry for any inconvenience!
October 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🚧👷🏽♀️We’re conducting some scheduled maintenance on recurse.com tomorrow, Oct 18th, from 10:00am to about 10:30am ET!
recurse.com will be down during the maintenance window, so you won’t be able to apply or visit pages. Sorry for any inconvenience!
recurse.com will be down during the maintenance window, so you won’t be able to apply or visit pages. Sorry for any inconvenience!
🌱 Interested in coming to RC? Have any burning questions? Join us to learn more about what attending is like! You'll get to ask questions and hear directly from faculty and current Recursers about their experiences.
We’re hosting an info session on Tues, Oct 21 at 5:15 ET.
⬇️
We’re hosting an info session on Tues, Oct 21 at 5:15 ET.
⬇️
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🌱 Interested in coming to RC? Have any burning questions? Join us to learn more about what attending is like! You'll get to ask questions and hear directly from faculty and current Recursers about their experiences.
We’re hosting an info session on Tues, Oct 21 at 5:15 ET.
⬇️
We’re hosting an info session on Tues, Oct 21 at 5:15 ET.
⬇️
🤖 Join us on 10/28 for Localhost: Michael Suguitan's Super Robot Variety Hour!
What could a robot look like? What good comes from experimentation? Michael will present alternative visions in robotics by touring the technical implementations of several robots, from cats to clocks.
luma.com/bgz3yupu
What could a robot look like? What good comes from experimentation? Michael will present alternative visions in robotics by touring the technical implementations of several robots, from cats to clocks.
luma.com/bgz3yupu
October 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🤖 Join us on 10/28 for Localhost: Michael Suguitan's Super Robot Variety Hour!
What could a robot look like? What good comes from experimentation? Michael will present alternative visions in robotics by touring the technical implementations of several robots, from cats to clocks.
luma.com/bgz3yupu
What could a robot look like? What good comes from experimentation? Michael will present alternative visions in robotics by touring the technical implementations of several robots, from cats to clocks.
luma.com/bgz3yupu
What could you learn in just one day? At RC we hosted Impossible Stuff Day to test just that— and Jack Heard made his first ever piece of music by live coding :)
October 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
What could you learn in just one day? At RC we hosted Impossible Stuff Day to test just that— and Jack Heard made his first ever piece of music by live coding :)
📝 Applications are OPEN for our next batch!
Enjoy programming? Spend 6-12 weeks building what excites you alongside thoughtful, kind peers, both in NYC and remotely!
Learn more at recurse.com, and apply at recurse.com/apply
Enjoy programming? Spend 6-12 weeks building what excites you alongside thoughtful, kind peers, both in NYC and remotely!
Learn more at recurse.com, and apply at recurse.com/apply
October 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📝 Applications are OPEN for our next batch!
Enjoy programming? Spend 6-12 weeks building what excites you alongside thoughtful, kind peers, both in NYC and remotely!
Learn more at recurse.com, and apply at recurse.com/apply
Enjoy programming? Spend 6-12 weeks building what excites you alongside thoughtful, kind peers, both in NYC and remotely!
Learn more at recurse.com, and apply at recurse.com/apply
Thank you to everyone who came out!
September 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out!
🟢 This month we held Breakpoint: An Evening of Projects and Demos!
10 Recursers and alums demo'ed their work, including games, camera-based apps that read your feelings and scramble your face, a NY shadow-henge finder, a Chinese idiom finder, a fractal painter, custom programming language, & more!
10 Recursers and alums demo'ed their work, including games, camera-based apps that read your feelings and scramble your face, a NY shadow-henge finder, a Chinese idiom finder, a fractal painter, custom programming language, & more!
September 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🟢 This month we held Breakpoint: An Evening of Projects and Demos!
10 Recursers and alums demo'ed their work, including games, camera-based apps that read your feelings and scramble your face, a NY shadow-henge finder, a Chinese idiom finder, a fractal painter, custom programming language, & more!
10 Recursers and alums demo'ed their work, including games, camera-based apps that read your feelings and scramble your face, a NY shadow-henge finder, a Chinese idiom finder, a fractal painter, custom programming language, & more!
Join us on August 13 for Localhost!
🦠 Peter Whidden will present Mote, an interactive ecosystem simulation with hundreds of thousands of organisms. His custom GPU physics engine models many simple behaviors at a massive scale, producing fascinating emergent phenomena.
RSVP below ⬇️
🦠 Peter Whidden will present Mote, an interactive ecosystem simulation with hundreds of thousands of organisms. His custom GPU physics engine models many simple behaviors at a massive scale, producing fascinating emergent phenomena.
RSVP below ⬇️
July 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Join us on August 13 for Localhost!
🦠 Peter Whidden will present Mote, an interactive ecosystem simulation with hundreds of thousands of organisms. His custom GPU physics engine models many simple behaviors at a massive scale, producing fascinating emergent phenomena.
RSVP below ⬇️
🦠 Peter Whidden will present Mote, an interactive ecosystem simulation with hundreds of thousands of organisms. His custom GPU physics engine models many simple behaviors at a massive scale, producing fascinating emergent phenomena.
RSVP below ⬇️
Thank you to everyone who came to our last Localhost talk with @cwervo.bsky.social and @omar.website!
They presented on @folkcomputer.bsky.social and unveiled the Folk Gadget! Together we escaped the screen and entered the realm of light and paper-based computing.
📽️📄🌀
Watch the recording below:
They presented on @folkcomputer.bsky.social and unveiled the Folk Gadget! Together we escaped the screen and entered the realm of light and paper-based computing.
📽️📄🌀
Watch the recording below:
July 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to our last Localhost talk with @cwervo.bsky.social and @omar.website!
They presented on @folkcomputer.bsky.social and unveiled the Folk Gadget! Together we escaped the screen and entered the realm of light and paper-based computing.
📽️📄🌀
Watch the recording below:
They presented on @folkcomputer.bsky.social and unveiled the Folk Gadget! Together we escaped the screen and entered the realm of light and paper-based computing.
📽️📄🌀
Watch the recording below:
They've been working on a portable Folk system that is a single, self-contained, handheld device: the 'Folk gadget'. They'll show it off, talk about its origins and about challenges in building and operating it, and explain some ideas for it that they're excited about!
June 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
They've been working on a portable Folk system that is a single, self-contained, handheld device: the 'Folk gadget'. They'll show it off, talk about its origins and about challenges in building and operating it, and explain some ideas for it that they're excited about!