Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderWarning, this series of fantastically written articles on generative art might make you feel very small and sad compared to those who are capable of not only creating but communicating beauty like this. In other words, I highly recommend you try some generative art yourself and see that at its core, it is not that hard and YOU can do it too!
Great resource. If you're into it, make sure to check out the "The Algorithmic Beauty of..." series of books. There are three: - The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants - this is the original one. Fascinating read - one of the authors creates a rule system (L-system, now fairly well known in the procedural generation world) that allows for the generation of plant like organisms. Other approaches are presented, the prose and illustrations are wonderful. This one is a must have…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 790
- Total comments
- 61
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-24 | On Generative Algorithms [Work in Progress] | fitzwatermellow | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-09-10 | On Generative Algorithms | ingve | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-08-17 | On Generative Algorithms | jf | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-08-22 | On Generative Algorithms | quandry | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-08-24 | On Generative Algorithms (Computer Graphics) | signa11 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-09-11 | On Generative AlgorithmsFirst breakout | siavosh | 259 | 19 |
| 2018-03-24 | On Generative Algorithms | joubert | 3 | 0 |
| 2018-09-20 | On generative algorithmsHall induction · Best thread | dave9000 | 479 | 41 |
| 2021-12-13 | On Generative Algorithms (2016)Latest 20+ point return | signa11 | 37 | 1 |