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69 titles from 65 authors in the last 30 days, with 68 distinct links and 10 Show HN.

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• Show HN: A walkable 3D art history museum built from Wikipedia · score 7.0

  A browser-based 3D museum that lets you walk through art history, exploring 572 artists and 100,000 works sourced from Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons. It combines 3D navigation, timeline exploration, and artist galleries with features like custom rooms and audio guides, making art history interactive and accessible.

• Show HN: Pure Particles, an open source art particle toy built with Three.js · score 6.0

  Pure Particles (Pure Smoke) is a Three.js-based particle art toy that simulates a million grains of smoke inside a glass cube, with interactive controls for color, motion, and camera. It features advanced GPU shader simulations, seamless loop export, and shareable looks via URL, making it a polished showcase project rather than a general-purpose tool.

• Show HN: Transform your GitHub activity graph into a work of art · score 5.0

  GAGP is a Python CLI tool that populates a GitHub activity graph with custom patterns (tree, checkmark, wave, smile, flower, or custom tiles) by manipulating commit dates in a temporary git repository. It leverages a clever git hack to backdate commits, offering a fun and creative way to visualize activity without external APIs.

• Show HN: Pretty Git Tree – Your Git history as generative art · score 4.7

  Pretty Git Tree is a web-based tool that visualizes git commit history as generative art, offering multiple artistic styles such as qubits and kintsugi fractures. It runs locally in the browser and provides an alternative to standard git tree graphs, aimed at making repository effort visually engaging for standup reports or personal reflection.

Recent titles

1. The Art of Electronics
   2026-11-01 · en.wikipedia.org · HN discussion
2. SAT Encodings: From Art to Science [pdf]
   2026-11-01 · bsubercaseaux.github.io · HN discussion
3. Recycling ANSI art: Tracing the origins of Fire Escape's logon screens
   2026-11-01 · breakintochat.com · HN discussion
4. Work, Art, and Study: AI and Ownership
   2026-11-01 · ninchiai.substack.com · HN discussion
5. Show HN: Multi-Layer ASCII Art
   2026-11-01 · typeart.mitpit.com · HN discussion
6. Recycling ANSI Art: Tracing the Origins of BBS Logon Screens
   2026-10-31 · games.slashdot.org · HN discussion
7. Playscii – open-source ASCII art/animation/game creation
   2026-10-30 · jplebreton.com · HN discussion
8. ANSI 16-bit Art Design Studio with AI integration
   2026-10-30 · ansi.studio · HN discussion
9. Books: Discovering the Art of Mathematics
   2026-10-30 · artofmathematics.org · HN discussion
10. Show HN: Pretty Git Tree – Your Git history as generative art
    2026-10-29 · hmillerbakewell.github.io · HN discussion
11. Show HN: Rankings of the state of the art, each figure sourced from the maker
    2026-10-29 · tminuslabs.space · HN discussion
12. CMNT: A 3-arY Combinatorial tree image codec outperforms PNG on continuous art
    2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
13. 16colo.rs – ANSI/ASCII art archive
    2026-10-29 · 16colo.rs · HN discussion
14. Xlibre, Nouveau, and the Art of Getting Banned from Telegram
    2026-10-29 · aliveos.org · HN discussion
15. Show HN: Pure Particles, an open source art particle toy built with Three.js
    2026-10-29 · pureart-xyz.vercel.app · HN discussion
16. I built ASCII Studio-an app that turns photos into ASCII art
    2026-10-29 · apps.apple.com · HN discussion
17. How to make (good) pixel art effects with Claude
    2026-10-28 · spritefusion.com · HN discussion
18. Astronomers and Art Historians Identify the Inspiration Behind Famous Art
    2026-10-28 · smithsonianmag.com · HN discussion
19. Art: Keep using Arc after shutdown
    2026-10-27 · arcreborn.cool.computer · HN discussion
20. Tetlock and Gardner's Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction (2016)
    2026-10-27 · blog.jcx.au · HN discussion
21. Southern Africa's first known stenciled rock art found hiding in plain sight
    2026-10-27 · phys.org · HN discussion
22. Jev and the Art of Truth Maintenance
    2026-10-26 · daniel.du-pless.is · HN discussion
23. I'm all for AI, but art should stay ours
    2026-10-26 · programmingattack.com · HN discussion
24. The Art of Unix Programming
    2026-10-24 · catb.org · HN discussion
25. Fans swarm San Francisco for BTS star's art exhibition
    2026-10-24 · theguardian.com · HN discussion
26. Show HN: I built a gallery wall planner for two-sided physical art
    2026-10-24 · duoarts.com · HN discussion
27. Abstract Code Art Animation – Evolution from Ones and Zeros to Neural Networks [video]
    2026-10-24 · youtube.com · HN discussion
28. Takeda Hideo credits Ronald Searle for his absurdist art
    2026-10-24 · intojapanwaraku.com · HN discussion
29. Ptrc: A pure integer framework for 100% deterministic generative art
    2026-10-23 · github.com · HN discussion
30. ArcBrush 1.7 – Materials Lit in 3D, Real Depth of Field, and Pixel Art
    2026-10-20 · arcbrush.com · HN discussion

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