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I remember seeing this several years ago, and was thoroughly impressed. The gentleman who wrote this library used it in an interactive essay called "Ladder of A

by memset 13y ago

I remember seeing this several years ago, and was thoroughly impressed. The gentleman who wrote this library used it in an interactive essay called "Ladder of Abstraction." [1] Here is its previous HN discussion: [2] [1] http://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/ http://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3099595 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3099595

MWil 13y ago
I thought this was a few years old as well but I'm happy to be reminded of it. I really enjoyed this http://worrydream.com/#!/ExplorableExplanations http://worrydream.com/#!/ExplorableExplanations
DavidChouinard 13y ago
The gentleman who wrote it is Bret Victor. I highly recommend this talk [1] by him (500k views), he's a true visionary. [1] https://vimeo.com/36579366 https://vimeo.com/36579366
- mtrimpe 13y ago
  Also consider reading his seminal essay called "Magic Ink" [1] and afterwards take a look at the publication date and try to remember where the web was back then. [1] http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/ http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/
- joshdance 13y ago
  I have watched this video a few times and periodically revisit it. Sometimes we get to far into the woods and need to be reminded where we can go writing software.
- kolodny 13y ago
  Just watched that talk... amazing. Do any of the tools that he uses in that talk exist?
  - doorhammer 13y ago
    I believe LightTable [0] ran with some of the concepts in the video, and I remember one of Chris Granger's videos having an almost identical bit about mapping time over space in a ball/block jumping game and very similar themes. Either way, it's definitely worth checking out. Sorry if I get any of the details wrong, I'm a bit out of step with Clojure. [0] An IDE that supports Clojure and Javascript right now, maybe Python soon? Bit behind on the news: http://www.lighttable.com/ http://www.lighttable.com/

by memset 13y ago

MWil 13y ago

I thought this was a few years old as well but I'm happy to be reminded of it. I really enjoyed this http://worrydream.com/#!/ExplorableExplanations http://worrydream.com/#!/ExplorableExplanations

DavidChouinard 13y ago

The gentleman who wrote it is Bret Victor. I highly recommend this talk [1] by him (500k views), he's a true visionary. [1] https://vimeo.com/36579366 https://vimeo.com/36579366

mtrimpe 13y ago
Also consider reading his seminal essay called "Magic Ink" [1] and afterwards take a look at the publication date and try to remember where the web was back then. [1] http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/ http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/
joshdance 13y ago
I have watched this video a few times and periodically revisit it. Sometimes we get to far into the woods and need to be reminded where we can go writing software.
kolodny 13y ago
Just watched that talk... amazing. Do any of the tools that he uses in that talk exist?
- doorhammer 13y ago
  I believe LightTable [0] ran with some of the concepts in the video, and I remember one of Chris Granger's videos having an almost identical bit about mapping time over space in a ball/block jumping game and very similar themes. Either way, it's definitely worth checking out. Sorry if I get any of the details wrong, I'm a bit out of step with Clojure. [0] An IDE that supports Clojure and Javascript right now, maybe Python soon? Bit behind on the news: http://www.lighttable.com/ http://www.lighttable.com/