Hi, I'm Louis.
I make all manner of software things.
Blog
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Deploying Gleam on Fly.io
19 Jun, 2022 -
Hello, Gleam!
15 Apr, 2019 -
How to make a programming language
11 Feb, 2017 -
Nesting is a CSS anti-pattern
16 Oct, 2016 -
Using Supercollider with Vim on Linux
28 Sep, 2014 -
i3wm: Opening applications in the scratchpad
25 Aug, 2014
Speaking
Otter Nonsense's Louis is no stranger to performing in front of a crowd, though these days it's less Shakespeare and more programing conference.
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Gleam: Lean BEAM typing machine
09 Jul, 2020 - Elixir Berlin - The internet! -
Gleam: Lean BEAM typing machine
29 Apr, 2020 - Code BEAM V - The internet! -
Gleam: Lean BEAM typing machine
07 Nov, 2019 - Code Mesh 2019 - ILEC Conference Centre, SW6 -
Gleam: Lean BEAM typing machine
11 Oct, 2019 - Code BEAM Lite Berlin 2019 - BETAHAUS, Berlin Neukölln -
Gleam: Extreme BEAM typing machine
25 Aug, 2019 - The London Elixir Meetup -
Getting Pretty Serious
17 Aug, 2017 - Elixir LDN Conference 2017 - 155 Bishopsgate, EC2 -
Exploring Interpretation
29 Mar, 2017 - The London Elixir Meetup - Skills Matter CodeNode -
A Look at Elixir
26 Sep, 2016 - Red Badger Engineering Day -
Build Your Own Elixir
22 Sep, 2016 - Elixir LDN Conference 2016 -
Fashioning a Faster Feedback Loop
26 May, 2016 - The London Elixir Meetup - GoCardless -
100 Seconds of Sonic Pi
11 Dec, 2015 - ROLI Team Time
Art
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Elm Hearts
A 💖-y animation inspired by 90s cartoons. Made using the web canvas API and Elm, a strongly typed functional programming language from the ML family.
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Ka li da scope
An interactive kaleidescope made with a student using vanilla Javascript, p5.js, and the web canvas API.
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The Watching Room
A Moiré pattern animation. The shapes are three empty elements, filled using an SVG pattern, and then animated using CSS animations. No Javascript here!
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Conversion Bars
A Moiré pattern animation. The shapes are HTML elements built with Javascript, then animated using CSS animations.
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Tunnel
An animation made using the web canvas API, Javascript, perlin noise, and some nifty buffer data structures. This artwork has unit tests, how novel!
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Stepper
An interactive musical instrument for techno beats. Made using the web audio API, as well as a healthy dollop of React.js for fun.