Recreational Coding
summary
A talk about "recreational coding" reflecting on 17 years in the profession and how coding continues to provide personal energy and motivation. It describes the speaker’s practices and approaches for keeping programming enjoyable and suggests ways listeners might adopt similar habits.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Recreational coding intro
- 3:53Burnout relief via creativity
- 6:17Creative code benefits
- 10:11First step: canvas drawing
- 13:28Repetition and interpolation
- 17:54Generating circle patterns
- 25:09Line and square experiments
- 31:37Transparency and colors
- 39:09Pencil-style animation
- 45:29Finding your style
- 51:48Q&A
- 1:00:17Inspiration ideas
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