Maze Algorithms (2017)

kept by eddie jan 30

A visual and algorithmic deep-dive into maze generation techniques, covering recursive backtracking, Prim's, Kruskal's, Wilson's, and others with live demos.

ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering
A developer built an ASCII renderer that uses shape vectors and contrast enhancement to achieve sharp edges, overcoming blurriness from treating characters as pixels.
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Thi.ng – open-source building blocks for computational design and art
Thi.ng is a 350-module open-source toolkit for computational design and generative art, built bottom-up with small, composable pieces.
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Punycode: My New Favorite Algorithm - Ian Duncan - Ian Duncan
Punycode uses adaptive bias adjustment, delta compression, and variable-length base-36 encoding to efficiently encode Unicode into ASCII for DNS without shared state.
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