Daniel Temkin
@dtemkin.bsky.social
Artist + esolanger, he/him
New book: Forty-Four Esolangs—the first artist’s monograph of programming languages—out now: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553087/forty-four-esolangs/
New book: Forty-Four Esolangs—the first artist’s monograph of programming languages—out now: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553087/forty-four-esolangs/
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2027 will have widespread infrastructure problems caused by a vibe coded javascript library that nobody knows how to use, remove or fix
December 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
2027 will have widespread infrastructure problems caused by a vibe coded javascript library that nobody knows how to use, remove or fix
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Extended deadline Jan 7 to register for the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group. online January 12 to February 6.
bit.ly/ccswg26
#critcode
bit.ly/ccswg26
#critcode
CCSWG26 CFP
Call for Participation: CCSWG ‘26 9th biennial Critical Code Studies Working Group Jan 12 - Feb 6, 2026 To apply: Fill out this form Apply by January 7, 2025 20 years after the publication of the ma...
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December 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Extended deadline Jan 7 to register for the 2026 Critical Code Studies Working Group. online January 12 to February 6.
bit.ly/ccswg26
#critcode
bit.ly/ccswg26
#critcode
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2026: 👀 is out, ꙮꙮ is in.
> Multiocular O (ꙮ) is a unique glyph variant found in a single 15th-century manuscript, in the Old Church Slavonic phrase серафими многоꙮчитїи (abbreviated мн̑оꙮ҆читїи̑; serafimi mnogoočitii, 'many-eyed seraphim').
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrilli...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrilli...
December 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
2026: 👀 is out, ꙮꙮ is in.
thorn, a programming language to build ascii animations www.reddit.com/r/Programmin...
December 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
thorn, a programming language to build ascii animations www.reddit.com/r/Programmin...
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To every artist who had their first show this year, no matter the venue, no matter your age, Congratulations!! I love to hear about it. Keep bringing the world what it needs: yourself.
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
To every artist who had their first show this year, no matter the venue, no matter your age, Congratulations!! I love to hear about it. Keep bringing the world what it needs: yourself.
Folks in Europe: I'm planning a mini book tour for early Feb including FOSDEM in Brussels, ZKM (Karlsruhe), Glasgow Univ, Utrecht Univ (and Paris for a source code exhibition).
If anyone in that part of the world wants to host me elsewhere or has suggestions, please reach out!
If anyone in that part of the world wants to host me elsewhere or has suggestions, please reach out!
December 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Folks in Europe: I'm planning a mini book tour for early Feb including FOSDEM in Brussels, ZKM (Karlsruhe), Glasgow Univ, Utrecht Univ (and Paris for a source code exhibition).
If anyone in that part of the world wants to host me elsewhere or has suggestions, please reach out!
If anyone in that part of the world wants to host me elsewhere or has suggestions, please reach out!
Finally the cyberpunk future we were promised
December 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Finally the cyberpunk future we were promised
The presentation of that Esolangs paper that got a lot of attention a few months back (discussed in the esolangs Feeling of Computing ep) is online now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewEi...
[Onward!'25] Let's Take Esoteric Programming Languages Seriously
YouTube video by ACM SIGPLAN
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December 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The presentation of that Esolangs paper that got a lot of attention a few months back (discussed in the esolangs Feeling of Computing ep) is online now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewEi...
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Here’s a brand new handbook on conlanging (inventing languages) that focuses on worldbuilding and linguistic typology (the grammatical patterns we see in the world’s languages).
Amazon: amzn.to/48q6GRy
Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/110785/978...
Amazon: amzn.to/48q6GRy
Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/110785/978...
December 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Here’s a brand new handbook on conlanging (inventing languages) that focuses on worldbuilding and linguistic typology (the grammatical patterns we see in the world’s languages).
Amazon: amzn.to/48q6GRy
Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/110785/978...
Amazon: amzn.to/48q6GRy
Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/110785/978...
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Just listened to this one, good stuff! 😃 Esolang books are very rare, but there happens to exist one in Finnish, if you're curious and adventurous enough -- pay what you want, even 0 €: payhip.com/b/Rd4b
December 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Just listened to this one, good stuff! 😃 Esolang books are very rare, but there happens to exist one in Finnish, if you're curious and adventurous enough -- pay what you want, even 0 €: payhip.com/b/Rd4b
I am one of the Voynich obsessives; excited to hear their take on this
A book containing puzzling drawings and a strange writing system has intrigued cryptographers, historians, linguists, and more for centuries...
In our latest bonus episode we get enthusiastic about the mysterious Voynich Manuscript with @chirila.bsky.social!
In our latest bonus episode we get enthusiastic about the mysterious Voynich Manuscript with @chirila.bsky.social!
Bonus 106: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript - Interview with Claire Bowern | Lingthusiasm
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December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I am one of the Voynich obsessives; excited to hear their take on this
I’m on Scott Hanselman’s podcast today, talking esolangs and code art hanselminutes.com/1026/daniel-...
Daniel Temkin and the Beauty of Esoteric Languages
What happens when code stops being useful and starts being art? Scott talks with artist and programmer Daniel Temkin about his new book Forty-Four Esolangs, a deep dive into the world of esoteric prog...
hanselminutes.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I’m on Scott Hanselman’s podcast today, talking esolangs and code art hanselminutes.com/1026/daniel-...
Dunno what eggpunk is, must be what all the other 84 year olds listen to
December 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Dunno what eggpunk is, must be what all the other 84 year olds listen to
Ditto marks in code, to repeat part of the previous line www.reddit.com/r/Programmin...
From the ProgrammingLanguages community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the ProgrammingLanguages community
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December 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Ditto marks in code, to repeat part of the previous line www.reddit.com/r/Programmin...
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Do you write research software for the humanities?
Consider writing a software paper to share your work!
Reach out to me, @nolauren.bsky.social , or any of the other editors at the CHR journal with your questions or ideas.
Consider writing a software paper to share your work!
Reach out to me, @nolauren.bsky.social , or any of the other editors at the CHR journal with your questions or ideas.
“The Software Paper fills a gap for the computational and digital humanities communities...” Thank you to research software engineer extraordinaire @suttonkoeser.bsky.social for leading this initiative for Computational Humanities Research journal. Please share!
Introducing the 'Software Paper': New ways to publish on research software in Computational Humanities Research
When Lauren Tilton first approached me about joining the Computational Humanities Research (CHR) journal’s Editorial Board as an Associate Editor, the thing that made the invitation so compelling and ...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Do you write research software for the humanities?
Consider writing a software paper to share your work!
Reach out to me, @nolauren.bsky.social , or any of the other editors at the CHR journal with your questions or ideas.
Consider writing a software paper to share your work!
Reach out to me, @nolauren.bsky.social , or any of the other editors at the CHR journal with your questions or ideas.
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
Popped in for the last day of my Dither Studies up at @movingimagenyc.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Popped in for the last day of my Dither Studies up at @movingimagenyc.bsky.social
a career digression from a meander from a path
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
a career digression from a meander from a path
Trying something new with this: an installation of works from the book. It meant coming back from book travel, straight into fifteen-hour days of printing.
New Yorkers: I'm back soon to talk Forty-Four Esolangs at LES indie bookstore P&T Knitwear.
It will include installations for two of the languages!
Tue, Dec 2nd, doors 6pm: ptknitwear.com/item/Jt0yuxc...
It will include installations for two of the languages!
Tue, Dec 2nd, doors 6pm: ptknitwear.com/item/Jt0yuxc...
Forty-Four Esolangs by Daniel Temkin | P&T Knitwear
A riveting collection of one artist’s many approaches to esolangs—esoteric programming languages—showcasing the form’s limitless artistic potential.
ptknitwear.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trying something new with this: an installation of works from the book. It meant coming back from book travel, straight into fifteen-hour days of printing.
Spent four hours debugging an Epson printer driver issue but my deadline and lack of alternatives got me through
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Spent four hours debugging an Epson printer driver issue but my deadline and lack of alternatives got me through
My site is down and not even mad 🤷
Cloudflare is down. I love that sometimes the Internet just stops working. Like a digital snow day.
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My site is down and not even mad 🤷
Supercookie uses favicons to assign a unique identifier to website visitors.
Unlike traditional tracking methods, this ID can be stored almost persistently and cannot be easily cleared by the user.
github.com/jonasstrehle...
Unlike traditional tracking methods, this ID can be stored almost persistently and cannot be easily cleared by the user.
github.com/jonasstrehle...
GitHub - jonasstrehle/supercookie: ⚠️ Browser fingerprinting via favicon!
⚠️ Browser fingerprinting via favicon! Contribute to jonasstrehle/supercookie development by creating an account on GitHub.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Supercookie uses favicons to assign a unique identifier to website visitors.
Unlike traditional tracking methods, this ID can be stored almost persistently and cannot be easily cleared by the user.
github.com/jonasstrehle...
Unlike traditional tracking methods, this ID can be stored almost persistently and cannot be easily cleared by the user.
github.com/jonasstrehle...
Spent three days intensely working on an esoconlang (programming language with its own script and pronunciation) with Jon Corbett (of Cree# fame)
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Spent three days intensely working on an esoconlang (programming language with its own script and pronunciation) with Jon Corbett (of Cree# fame)
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Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
New Yorkers: I'm back soon to talk Forty-Four Esolangs at LES indie bookstore P&T Knitwear.
It will include installations for two of the languages!
Tue, Dec 2nd, doors 6pm: ptknitwear.com/item/Jt0yuxc...
It will include installations for two of the languages!
Tue, Dec 2nd, doors 6pm: ptknitwear.com/item/Jt0yuxc...
Forty-Four Esolangs by Daniel Temkin | P&T Knitwear
A riveting collection of one artist’s many approaches to esolangs—esoteric programming languages—showcasing the form’s limitless artistic potential.
ptknitwear.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
New Yorkers: I'm back soon to talk Forty-Four Esolangs at LES indie bookstore P&T Knitwear.
It will include installations for two of the languages!
Tue, Dec 2nd, doors 6pm: ptknitwear.com/item/Jt0yuxc...
It will include installations for two of the languages!
Tue, Dec 2nd, doors 6pm: ptknitwear.com/item/Jt0yuxc...