Kodsnack 542 - The whole software is in your hand, with Daniel Eke

<p>Fredrik chats with <a href="https://headprocess.com/">Daniel Eke</a> about creative visual coding, learning through side projects, and a lot more. The discussion revolves around Daniel&rsquo;s apps: the visualizer <a href="https://headprocess.com/software/2021/04/30/introducing-ferromagnetic.html">Ferromagnetic</a>, polygon drawing tool <a href="https://headprocess.com/">Handstract</a>, and photo polygonizer <a href="https://headprocess.com/software/2021/04/28/introducing-centroid.html">Centroid</a>.</p> <p>Code lets you create art which is interactive and immersive in a way many other art forms can&rsquo;t.</p> <p>Develop your side projects so that you save time - re-use code, structure it in ways which make things easy and fast for you.</p> <p>Focus on hard problems rather than getting all caught up in low-hanging fruit and simple feature requests.</p> <p>Learn the systems you are using, look at others to learn more tricks.</p> <p>Try stuff out, and don&rsquo;t worry too much about the tools. Build it inside something you already have. Or, use Apple&rsquo;s Shortcuts - that might be much easier than setting up some service to run a script.</p> <p>The magic of programming is that you can create something valuable by thinking through problems and expressing the solution in code.</p> <p>Thank you <a href="http://www.cloudnet.se">Cloudnet</a> for sponsoring our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server">VPS</a>!</p> <p>Comments, questions or tips? We are <a href="https://www.twitter.com/kodsnack">@kodsnack</a>, <a href="https://www.twitter.com/tobiashieta">@tobiashieta</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/oferlund">@oferlund</a> and <a href="https://www.twitter.com/bjoreman">@bjoreman</a> on Twitter, have a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kodsnack">page on Facebook</a> and can be emailed at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> if you want to write longer. We read everything we receive.</p> <p>If you enjoy Kodsnack we would love a <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/se/podcast/kodsnack/id561631498?l=en">review in iTunes</a>! You can also support the podcast by <a href="https://ko-fi.com/kodsnack" rel="payment">buying us a coffee (or two!) through Ko-fi</a>.</p> <h2 id="links">Links</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://headprocess.com/">Daniel</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winamp">Winamp</a></li> <li><a href="https://headprocess.com/software/2021/04/30/introducing-ferromagnetic.html">Ferromagnetic</a></li> <li><a href="https://headprocess.com/">Daniel&rsquo;s blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinc_function">Sine function</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/topics/winamp-visualization">Code for Winamp visualizers</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mywinamp.com/winamp-visualizations/">Lots of Winamp visualizers</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ek">Daniel Ek</a> - founder of Spotify, loser of the surname game</li> <li><a href="https://headprocess.com/">Handstract</a></li> <li><a href="https://headprocess.com/software/2021/04/28/introducing-centroid.html">Centroid</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/zachwinter/kaleidosync">Kaleidosync</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/echonest">Spotiffy&rsquo;s audio analysis API</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/replaykit/">Replaykit</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapbox">Mapbox</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player">VLC</a></li> <li>Blog post by Daniel about <a href="https://headprocess.com/other/2023/09/02/creative-coding-getting-started.html">getting started with creative coding</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_variable">Static objects</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metalperformanceshaders/">Metal shaders</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/scenekit/">Scenekit</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL">Opengl</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crashlytics">Crashlytics</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebase">Firebase</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradle">Gradle</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/endanke/HomeDashboard">Daniel&rsquo;s home dashboard application</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/sessions/">WWDC presentations</a> from 2023 - previous years are also available</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flappy_Bird">Flappy bird</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern">Singleton</a></li> <li><a href="https://support.apple.com/sv-se/guide/shortcuts/welcome/ios">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nasLHyCQ5NU">Mapbox unboxed: location technology</a> - video with Daniel - among others - talking about measuring rendering performance of Mapbox maps</li> </ul> <h2 id="titles">Titles</h2> <ul> <li>Your hand as a polygon</li> <li>Vector graphic finger painting</li> <li>The best thing is to listen to slow songs</li> <li>Start with a desktop application</li> <li>Use the whole capability of the phone</li> <li>All the secondary things</li> <li>The whole software is in your hand</li> <li>I like creating art more than playing games</li> <li>Value out of nothing</li> <li>A totally even distribution</li> </ul>