Joy of Computing

A new link every weekday from the RC community A new link every weekday from the RC community

Monday, Nov 9

cssc (permalink)

made by stephen, submitted by nicholasbs
A fast and friendly CSS compiler written in Go. — nicholasbs
Sunday, Nov 8

Text layout is a loose hierarchy of segmentation (permalink)

made by Raph, submitted by davidbalbert
Raph wrote an overview of how text layout works. He's been working on text layout and rendering for over 35 years. — davidbalbert
Saturday, Nov 7

Working with NYC MTA Real-Time Subway Data (permalink)

made by Patrick Weaver, submitted by porterjamesj
A helpful explanation of how to work with the MTA's real-time subway data. You can see the code here: https://github.com/patrickweaver/working-with-nyc-mta-realtime-subway-data — porterjamesj
Friday, Nov 6

Using TLA+ in the Real World to Understand a Glibc Bug (permalink)

made by Malte Skarupke, submitted by nicholasbs
A detailed analysis of using TLA+ to solve a bug in complex, real-world code. — nicholasbs
Thursday, Nov 5

A React library for multistep workflows (permalink)

made by omar, submitted by nicholasbs
A nice, lightweight library for building multistep workflows in React. — nicholasbs
Wednesday, Nov 4

Blaster (permalink)

made by rodarmor, submitted by rachel
Blaster is an audio reactive visuals engine in C++/OpenGL. Check out some of its beautiful output here: https://rodarmor.com/blaster/ — rachel
Tuesday, Nov 3

A Note on Branching Within a Shader (permalink)

made by Peter Stefek, submitted by porterjamesj
An analysis of when using if statements in GPU code actually reduces performance. — porterjamesj
Monday, Nov 2

Cant, a message-oriented language (permalink)

made by darius, submitted by rachel
Cant is a programming language descended mainly from E and Scheme. From the README: "I've long wanted a computing system that's completely explained, simple enough to grasp in full detail without getting bored or overwhelmed, and powerful enough that I'd actually use it... Call it a learning project, or outsider art." — rachel
Sunday, Nov 1

Prompt generate: a creative coding project generator (permalink)

made by anniebart, submitted by rachel
A web-based prompt generator styled after the terminal, to give you ideas for new creative coding projects! Get your prompts here: https://anniebart-prompt-generator.glitch.me/ — rachel
Saturday, Oct 31

pithy (permalink)

made by gwk, submitted by porterjamesj
An extensive utility library for Python. — porterjamesj