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The Raibert hoppers were a triumph in the nascent days of legged robotics. Walking was too hard… so why not run first? A clip from today’s coding stream with @shiffman from @thecodingtrain: youtube.com/live/3FeySIv-gFM…

Robotics Coding Livestream Imminent! I’ll be joining the fantastic Dan @shiffman of Coding Train to talk about how to make robots hop and run. Can we make a simulation of a hopping robot before we get too hungry for lunch? Find out at 11am ET today! youtube.com/live/3FeySIv-gFM…

A very special RAANAP episode this week, as @shiffman created AI versions of @robcesternino and me. Whether you like AI or hate it, you will be blown away by what he pulled off. robhasawebsite.com/raanap-29…

I will come back to this website for today so that I can tell you about how I was a guest on my favorite podcast.

Classic Shiffbot ( shiffbot.withgoogle.com ) - when told it's nominated for a Webby it still wants to just help me code a p5js sketch I'm not good at this promo stuff but somehwhere there's a link you can vote for it to win 😂 cc @shiffman

We've always been the ones that have had to adapt to technology. Systems have abstractions, rules and interfaces. You need to master them for the tools to be useful. Want to drive a car? Learn how the pedals work, understand gear shifts, practice parking. Want to use software? Study the menus, memorize the shortcuts, figure out the workflows. We even build institutions around made up abstractions. This pattern has been consistent: learn the rules, master the process. The burden of adaptation falls on us. But when we interact with AI systems, we don't need specialized commands or syntax. We simply express what we want in natural language, the way we naturally think and communicate. "Make this image brighter" replaces manual slider adjustments. "Fix this code" replaces debugging and looking through documentation. Many things are changing, but I think the consequences of this inversion are still largely understudied. We are getting back our mental energy for actual problem-solving rather than tool operation. It allows us to work at the speed of thought rather than at the speed of interface navigation. For once, the tools are conforming to us, not the other way around. The technology is meeting us where we are.

What are we doing here?

I'm tired of seeing the typical list of books recommended over and over again for software engineers. This is my list of great books (free & paid) and Youtube content creators that you should read / follow. Featuring: @Lethain , @neoeno, @munificentbob , @shiffman, @chacon, @aarondfrancis, @3blue1brown, @ArtemKRSV and many many more who I cannot tag here

Code & Community: Fellowship & pr05 Grantees Show is in 10 days!😱 Explore presentations on editor enhancements to #disabilityjustice, archival practices, and more! Spanish translation as well as ASL will be provided by Pro Bono ASL. 🔗RSVP: tinyurl.com/codeandcommunity #opensource

He recibido por fin “The Nature of Code” de @shiffman . ¡Qué hermoso y qué buena edición! Thanks for your work&art, Daniel

A showcase of interview excerpts from CLOUDS (2014) is available here: vimeo.com/showcase/9676614 — featuring @mariuswatz, @laurenleemack, @REAS, @zachlieberman, @nervous_jessica, @johnmaeda, @shantell_martin, @bruces, @curiousoctopus, @shiffman, and many others. (In 3D!)

Honoured to be asked to give a testimonial for @shiffman book #theNatureOfCode on @penguinrandom ! Congrats The Coding Train on this awesome book!!! #thecodingtrain #devcommunity #100daysofcode @thecodingtrain

That's really cool

Last weekend I made a fantasy IDE. It had a moving windowing system to livecode multiple shaders, audio code view, webcam feed etc. Includeding a chatbot & QR code to a group chat w it. It could give a track ID, tell you to dance, or explain the current code on screen if asked!

Ohh, and look what just arrived to my doorstep @shiffman 😁🤓😊 The cover is so pretty 🩷 top of my reading list now!

I just found the original (and uncensored!) opener I made for The Coding Rainbow master🌈, Mr. @shiffman , for his YouTube coding channel back in 2016 ❤️ With nothing but a green screen studio shoot, my brief was purely to have some fun and pack as many memes as possible

Hey friends! I just released my first npm package. It's a little library for writing @NotionHQ API requests with a lot less code. Instead of building tons of nested objects and arrays, you can just chain methods to create blocks, properties, etc. notion-helper.framer.website…

The Nature of Code (by @shiffman) just arrived in Hong Kong. Feliz! A jugaaaar! 🤗👾