DIGISIM.OBSERVATORY · category 12 — code
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category 12 · code

The shape of software.

Software has a shape. A repository is a city — files are buildings, directories are districts, languages are colours of stone. The GitHub firehose is a galaxy where every new commit lights a star. Sorting algorithms running side by side become a strange chamber orchestra. Code, made spatial and audible.

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opened 05·28
CODE-001 · LIVE running
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Hacker News Live

The HN front page as a living organism — stories sized by score, re-polled every minute, rank and points animating as the board breathes.

codehacker-newslive-datafeednews
2026-05-29 /code/hacker-news
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CODE-002 live
Commit Galaxy

GitHub's public event firehose rendered as a slowly-rotating galactic disk — every new commit ignites a star, colored by programming language.

github /code/commit-galaxy
CODE-003 ready
Sort Dance Floor

Five sorting algorithms — bubble, merge, quick, radix, and heap — racing in parallel on 3D bar arrays, with audio tones for every comparison.

algorithms /code/sort-dance
CODE-004 ready
Code City

A GitHub repository rendered as a 3D city: files are buildings (height = LOC), directories are districts, language determines color. Click any building to read the source.

github /code/code-city
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