Challenges

Why?

• I'm inspired by Michelle Khare's Challenge Accepted series, where she do challenging things
• I think my life is stale and boring now. I need more spice in my life 🌶️
• I think code can do so many cool things that I haven't tried yet. Example: building hardware, algorave, making artworks, research on AI, making compilers. I have never done these.
• I want to explore the beauty of the domains that lie beyond code (e.g. art, music, hardware). I think seeing many domains will give me more inspiration to build cooler things.
• I want to see the places my coding skills can potentially take me, and in turn improve my coding skills with these.
• Let's call this "Cooler than Code Challenges" for now ;-)

How?

• 50% of what I know + 50% of what I want to learn
  • The point isn't to be an expert, but just to get my hands dirty on a wide variety of fields.
  • If I am interested in one, it's totally fine to dig in.
• Pick the topic that makes me excited the most.
• In 1 - 2 months, get myself learning those things.
  • Start small.
  • I have a full-time job and lots of activities, so it's more about just doing it. No need to be consistent if I am really tired from work or other projects, I can take a break.
• Aim to share every 2 week. Deliverable should be super tiny.
  • Example: a 30-second music track made with PureData. a single P5.js sketch. a simple Arduino program.

Goals

• Explore topics I have been interested in for a long time, but have not actually get my hands dirty with yet because I am busy.
• Meet cool, passionate people along the way from the communities.
• Learn how to be a good beginner in these exciting fields. Learn how to learn new topics.
• See how code intersects with so many fields.

List of Challenges ✨

• Perform a small algorave set on stage
• Make a solo exhibition or installation
• Use P5.js to build small interactive artworks
• Add audio objects to my simulation engine
• Make a small but cool hardware project
• Ship the scavenger hunt photo flashcard game
• Ship a MVP of Visual Assembly Canvas
• Join a game jam and ship a tiny game
• Make a small app for highly scalable use cases
• Make a tiny app where people can write P5.js together in a canvas
• Make a game that requires me to make a physics engine
• Make a game engine in Rust or Zig
• Make a dancing game where I have to learn how to dance
• Make a singing-based project where I have to learn how to sing
• Make a game where I have to move my body
• Visualize algorithms in an artistic way
• Write my own programming language and add it in my simulation sandbox
• Make an algorave set using my own programming language and tool
• Make a YouTube video with a bit of editing
• Make a unique yet practical personal website

Internal Database: Challenges.base

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