Meditations on Code As Art
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Argues that code can be intentionally artistic by manipulating language, structure and runtime to convey human expression, and surveys historical artifacts where engineers left visible signatures in their work. Demonstrates techniques such as obfuscated code poetry and runtime visual output and discusses toolchains that shape form (editors, minifiers, build pipelines) and outcomes: some projects gained gallery attention, others confused users, and a few succeeded as enduring interactive pieces that functioned and provoked.
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