Daniel Temkin

Daniel Temkin is an artist and writer working with photography, language, and code. He created Dither Studies, Straightened Trees, Glitchometry, and the blog esoteric.codes

Popular posts: 2
Total points: 405
HN comments: 74
Rank: #6,555 personal

Visit danieltemkin.com → On Hacker News Jul 2020 – Oct 2026

Software Engineering 1 Programming Languages 1 Games & Graphics 1 Design & UX 1

Most points Most discussed Most cited Newest

The Folders Programming Language

2026218 points38 comments Programming Languages details

Created 2015 | Updated 2026 | One of Forty-Four Esolangs , by the creator of Rivulet and Velato

Straightened Trees

2020187 points36 comments Design & UX details

Using custom code, the natural curvature of each tree is "corrected." Manufactured objects, i.e. buildings and power lines, twist and contort around the artificially plumbed tree. Each photo is shot on large format film, the only medium that captures enough detail to straighten the tree without pixelly artifacts…