[celeritascelery]

This is absolute gold. When I use things like this, I am reminded how powerful digital learning can be. So much more capable then just text or video. But very little content is this well put together. Probably because it is so time intensive.

[samwho]

This feedback has made my day. Thank you.

I'm inspired by Bartosz Ciechanowski and Julia Evans. The web is such a powerful toolbox. So many concepts are more complex than text alone can hope to explain. Those two are so creative and full of energy.

And you're right, it's incredibly time intensive to put these together. Thousands of lines of code, plus the text content, plus reaching out to domain experts for reviews (shout out Chris Down, kernel wizard extraordinaire).

[spenczar5]

Such great work. I learned things and have a clearer understanding that I think I will come back to in the future. And I say that as someone who has programmed for 15 years! I think your effort paid off, and the inspiration shows through.

[samwho]

Also shout out Anton Verinov (https://anton.codes/): the only reason this web page doesn't drain your battery before you get to the end of it.

[rozularen]

why is it mind you?

[couchand]

One more name I'dd add to this list is Mike Bostock. The care and attention he gives to data visualization examples comes through in the finished product.

Communicating complex subjects through interactive visual displays is very effective -- it's worth the effort. Thank you!

[pvorb]

I think it's a nice little example for "Explorable Explanations", a term coined by Bret Victor in his eponymous essay[1] from 2011.

[1]: http://worrydream.com/ExplorableExplanations/

[BHSPitMonkey]

I've been admiring this trend since I started seeing these kinds of essays posted here, and felt motivated to start collecting them in a curated list[0]. Happy to accept new entries or volunteers to help maintain it!

[0] https://github.com/BHSPitMonkey/awesome-explanations

[zubairshaik]

Would you be open to suggestions? Off the top of my head, there's Explorable Explanations from https://ncase.me and, while not as educational, The Space Elevator on https://neal.fun

[BHSPitMonkey]

Definitely, Issues or PRs would be splendid. Though, I've had a hard time finding similar essay-like deep dives that fit this pattern on https://explorabl.es (I see a lot of what seem to be just an individual specialized simulation, games, or traditional e-learning courses), and the Space Elevator page feels like more of an interactive visualization in my opinion (though still very cool)

[zubairshaik]

Yeah, I will be on the lookout for high quality ones that match the level of polish and depth as the ones on your repo before submitting a PR.

[rents]

This links does not work, typo?

[BHSPitMonkey]

Forgot to make it public. Fixed now!

[ww520]

The writing is very clear and the concepts are explained well. Not too much information and not too little. Excellent post.

[samwho]

Deja vu. :D

[naillo]

Great job Sam

[dmd]

If you're not yet familiar with it - https://ciechanow.ski/archives/ is for you (and everyone!)

[samwho]

The master of this artform.

[throwaway689236]

Agreed, I wish I had more thing like this growing up.