7 hours ago
- Author reflects on the debate about replacing words in Redis replication and the value of code with no technological result.
- He values 'hack value' – code that is rewarding to write, uses advanced ideas for useless problems, or is artistic.
- He feels modern tech discourse is far from the 60s hackers, with walls and taboos, so he created LOLWUT as a tribute to Georg Nees' Schotter.
- LOLWUT uses Braille unicode to display a parametric art piece in a terminal, with dynamic generation.
- The code is written as literate programming, like a tutorial, and is available on GitHub.
- Starting from Redis 5, LOLWUT will change each version with rules: no technological use, fast, entertaining. It reminds us that programming is about exploration and humans.