2025-05
recommendations
i like a lot of things and would like to share some with you :)
knowledge
- Book of Shaders — beautifully written guide to shaders!! yay shaders!!
- Anekdote — a curated directory of indie brands and makers.
- Works in Progress — a thoughtful, hopeful newsletter about infrastructure, innovation, and doing things better.
- Grugbrain.dev — great, no-nonsense programming advice written like a caveman. funny. helpful. kinda too real.
- Low Tech Magazine — a solar-powered website about sustainable tech. runs off sunlight. looks incredible.
people
- Tim Rodenbröker — creative coder whose work, classes, and discord have shaped a lot of how i approach generative visuals.
- Ian Henry — software engineer with incredible writing and deeply considered projects. bookmark everything.
- Keita Yamada — p5.js wizard. his sketches got me into creative coding in the first place.
- Mattaniah Aytenfsu — creative technologist + storyteller. i wanna be her fr.
- Ben Elwyn — creative technologist with super clever and playful interactive work.
- Joan Westenberg — writes about tech, philosophy, and culture.
inspo
games
- Signalis — survival horror and queer tragedy. how can i not love it. every frame is dripping with atmosphere.
- Disco Elysium — a political RPG that’s more like a novel than a game.
- 1000x Resist — space opera about finding out what it means to be a human through memories.
- Until Then — coming-of-age narrative game set in the philippines. i have not sobbed so hard over a game until i played until then. a quiet, lovely, yet powerful story about grief and how weird time is when you’re young and trying to make sense of everything.
movies
these are just my favorites on letterboxd i promise i’ll list more..
- Look Back — i liked it sm i wrote about it
- Saving Face — a comfort watch.
- Ratatouille — what else is there to say
coffee spots
(at purdue lolz)
- vienna — their sandwiches. loord. and i always get a dirty matcha here
- fuel — their freaking bagels… and their specialty lattes..
living document i’m continuously adding onto. last updated may 2025