subairui

Hi HN,

I'm the author!

This article grew out of my master's thesis presentation at NYU ITP. While building creative coding tools over the past few years, I started wondering why we still write code when AI can increasingly generate it for us.

My conclusion isn't that coding is becoming less important. It’s that coding is valuable because toolmaking is one of the fastest ways to learn. The article expands on that idea through examples from projects I've built, including Recho.

Happy to answer questions or discuss.

Thanks, twosky! That's a really interesting idea. I'll play around with it and see where it leads!

Thanks zoom6628!

Thanks infinitebit!

Thanks, iJohnDoe! That's exactly the whole point. I want more people to engage with it!

Thanks passiflora96! I'll share more when I build more!

Hi yardshop, thanks for the kind words and the wonderful suggestion. I just updated the project so you can zoom in much further than before. Feel free to try it again!

Thanks mirsh0! I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks rdksu. This means a lot to me. I just added the download feature. Now you can download your name as a PNG or SVG!

Thanks, Invictus1001! I use a deterministic algorithm to convert a name into a tree, so the same input always generates the same result. I'm glad you enjoyed exploring the different patterns—repeated characters often create some particularly interesting structures!