Building, Learning, and Staying Curious | October 19, 2025
This Week’s Highlight
I was MIA for a few weeks (oops!), but I promise it was for a good reason! This week’s video made me jump through a few hoops, but it’s finally here.
In this second part of my Hexagonal Truchet Tiles series, I transform the geometric patterns from Part 1 into pipes that come alive with physics, using the matter.js library.
Watching the tiles move and collide with the colorful boxes was so satisfying and totally worth the effort. Check it out for yourself (and catch a few of my many sighs of happiness along the way).
What Inspires Me
I recently listened this podcast episode about how generative AI is reshaping software development. The conversation about AI-assisted programming, “vibe coding,” and the ongoing importance of formal languages really stuck with me.
It reinforced my belief that learning how to program isn’t going away anytime soon. Even with AI, without a solid foundation, you’ll hit a wall fast when it’s time to fix, scale, or debug.
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how this applies to my own work: how to stay curious, keep learning the fundamentals, and let AI extend rather than replace my creative practice. As I keep experimenting, my goal is to use AI to accelerate ideas while staying grounded in the craft that makes the process meaningful.
Building My First Website!
This month, I built my first-ever website (yes, really!) and it happens to be for the Processing Foundation’s upcoming event, Open Assembly.
It’s a online festival featuring 12 creative projects from this year's fellows and contributors, spanning creative coding tools, accessibility improvements, sound archives, and immersive installations.
Check it out and RSVP to join us live on October 29 — it’s free, and you’ll get to see some seriously inspiring work from the creative coding community.
Until next week!
Patt