Monorepo for Aesthetic.Computer
aesthetic.computer
refactor: ac paper voice — first-person consistent, remove "we argue"
Changed abstract to first-person voice: "I describe" instead of "We describe", and removed "We argue that" in favor of direct assertion. Applied VOICE.md guidelines for personal, direct prose.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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\small\noindent\textbf{Abstract.}
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\ac{} (AC) is a mobile-first runtime and social network for creative computing that runs entirely in the browser. Its primary interface is a text prompt---not a GUI---through which users navigate a namespace of 354 built-in interactive programs (``pieces'') and 265 user-published works. Each piece is a single JavaScript or KidLisp file exporting lifecycle functions (boot, paint, act, sim, leave) that receive an immediate-mode graphics API. The platform integrates social infrastructure---user handles, real-time chat, mood posts, live profiles---directly into the runtime rather than layering it on top. A pack system bundles pieces into standalone HTML files for offline distribution. We describe the architecture (63,000 lines of core runtime), the piece model, multi-language support, publishing and distribution infrastructure, and report adoption metrics from 2,801 registered users. We argue that treating the programming interface as a \emph{musical instrument}---where users discover memorizable paths through improvisation---produces a qualitatively different relationship to creative software.
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\ac{} (AC) is a mobile-first runtime and social network for creative computing that runs entirely in the browser. Its primary interface is a text prompt---not a GUI---through which users navigate a namespace of 354 built-in interactive programs (``pieces'') and 265 user-published works. Each piece is a single JavaScript or KidLisp file exporting lifecycle functions (boot, paint, act, sim, leave) that receive an immediate-mode graphics API. The platform integrates social infrastructure---user handles, real-time chat, mood posts, live profiles---directly into the runtime rather than layering it on top. A pack system bundles pieces into standalone HTML files for offline distribution. I describe the architecture (63,000 lines of core runtime), the piece model, multi-language support, publishing and distribution infrastructure, and report adoption metrics from 2,801 registered users. Treating the programming interface as a \emph{musical instrument}---where users discover memorizable paths through improvisation---produces a qualitatively different relationship to creative software.
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