David S. Maynard
Software Artist. Exploring the intersection of code, art, and software development since the 1969.
Latest Explorations
High-Performance Rust Audio Visualizer
A browser-based audio visualizer bridging React UI and a Rust WebAssembly core, reflecting on the evolution of software development.
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Interactive Pickover Attractor in Rust & Macroquad
A high-performance Rust application visualizing Pickover attractors with symmetry, color modes, and WebAssembly support.
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Colorful Mathematical Pascal Mandalas
Generate colorful geometric mandalas using Pascal's Triangle and modular arithmetic.
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Rolling Polygons Mandalas
Interactive geometric mandalas generated by rolling polygons inside circles, complete with customizable rainbow color animations.
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IDE Nostalgia
Engelbart's NLS was a more efficient code editor than can find today
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Extending an Observable Covid-19 Dashboard
How Observable and Functional Programming Simplify Extensions
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Rust & WebAssembly Chaotic Attractor
A Rust and WebAssembly implementation of Pickover's chaotic attractor, built to benchmark performance against JavaScript.
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An interview on the history of PC Gaming
with Italian production company Storia del pcgaming
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Jugwalking: Exercise Your Mind, Your Body, and the Neural Network that connects them
A non-impact, non-aerobic exercise for mind, body and awareness
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The Joy of Coding: Observable
Exploring Interactive Visualization Notebooks
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A Javascipt implementation of a chaotic attractor by Clifford A. Pickover
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Announcing the Official Launch of Darworms
C64 Worms? resurfaces as Darworms a Browser Game 36 years, and one retirement later.
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Artist Tribute Jim Nitchals
Amazing Software Artists: Apple II Guru
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Software Artists
Is Software an Art Form? What is a Software Artist?
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Software Artist 1982 vs Today
Find out why the development delta between my home and my office in 1982 was greater than the delta between my office in 1982 and my office today
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