Clojurians Log v2

@mathpunk: welcome

@eggsyntax: 🤘

you all rock

@meow got any recommendations for @mathpunk on a good cljs lib for generative SVG creation? I suggested Strokes, maybe Quil -- but I've never done SVG stuff in clj/s. Some initial discussion over on #C03S1L9DN.

I'd like to recommend http://thi.ng but since I repplaced it in my own projects I cannot.

I've done a little bit with Quil but not SVG work.

Never used Strokes.

What made you decide to replace http://thi.ng?

code is disorganized, incomplete, messy, obfuscated

Ah.

brilliant, but unfriendly

and not always brilliant

Not uncommon for one-person art-related code, in my experience…

yes

plus for polygon mesh generation I need lots of control

core.matrix is so much better for the vectors and matrices - organized, documented, complete, friendly, solid

my code got a lot better when I switched to core.matrix

Gotcha

we had some chit chat about svg on #C0F0V8DT5 as well, @mathpunk

at least I think we did

@meow: Not recently enough to search for, evidently. My current thinking is, use Quil with Figwheel to prototype images (I've got that working), make SVG out of ordinary maps after I get something I like

@meow I would like to do some matrix art for sure.

@mathpunk: Quil is good to start as it is widely used and Processing is very popular. I think http://thi.ng is a treasure trove to mine for good ideas, I just don't like the implementation and don't want to be dependent on the whims of its author. Also, feel free to mine my code for whatever it is worth.

https://github.com/pkobrien/cad

my sandbox has some quil experiments and likely some really poorly written code https://github.com/pkobrien/sandbox

Good stuff here https://github.com/decomplect

generative functions:

(ns ion.ergo.core
  "Building blocks for the construction of generative systems; stepping stones
   for the pursuit of algorithmic beauty within the gardens of your mind.")

https://github.com/decomplect/ion/blob/master/src/ion/ergo/core.cljc

This is my most recent work - a polygon mesh library using core.matrix https://github.com/pkobrien/cad/tree/master/src/cad/mesh

Conway polygon operators should be of interest to a maths person.

Was gonna post a gratuitous graphic but I don't have any on this machine. 😞

https://twitter.com/ErgoAlgorithmic/status/675876597921107968

thank you, twitter - I take back everything I've said about how you suck