Nick Bergson-Shilcock

This is a thoughtful post that echoes conversations I've had IRL with colleagues and friends. Also:

"You should use AI-powered tools to complement or increase your agency, not replace it."

^ This is where I've landed for my own work so far.. Should help me do & think *more* deeply, not less.

We spent two months talking with RC alums and thinking deeply about how LLMs are changing programming and learning.

Here’s what we learned, and how we're currently thinking about AI at RC: t.co/ddFj486ch8

This is one of my favorite projects anyone has ever done at RC.

Join us on August 13 for Localhost!

🦠 Peter Whidden will present Mote, an interactive ecosystem simulation with hundreds of thousands of organisms. His custom GPU physics engine models many simple behaviors at a massive scale, producing fascinating emergent phenomena.

RSVP below ⬇️

Career Facilitator | Recurse Center Join the Recurse Center as a Career Facilitator. Work as a recruiter and transform lives by helping people direct themselves.

⭐️ We're hiring a Career Facilitator!

This is a full-time, onsite role in Brooklyn with meaningful work, good benefits, great colleagues, clear goals, and a healthy culture.

Please share with kind, extroverted, and curious colleagues who have a background and interest in recruiting!

bit.ly/4nku9ZI

On the bright side, at least Brexit is no longer the stupidest and most pointless act of economic self-harm of the century

Hacker School is now the Recurse Center - Blog - Recurse Center The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers in New York City.

10 years ago today. Time to do it again?

(Just kidding.)

www.recurse.com/blog/77-hack...

the qr show went well, thank you to alllll of the artists! volunteers! audience! @recursecenter.bsky.social for hosting!

attached: handmade qr toasting matrix, qr toast, @omar.website visualizing qr’s without a phone, and our qr photo guestbook

til next time!

(send pics/vids if you have)

🌆 Office & Operations Assistant | Notion March 13, 2025: We’re hiring! Please share this post with anyone you think might be a good fit (or apply yourself if it’s a fit for you)!

We're hiring an Office & Operations Assistant!

It's a full-time, onsite role in Brooklyn with good benefits, great colleagues, and positive impact.

Please retweet and share with anyone you think might be a fit!
recurse.notion.site/Office-Opera...

The Internet Desk I remember The Internet Desk fondly.

Did you have an "Internet Desk" in your home growing up? I did and I remember it fondly. I tried to remake it with some modern technology. rulethepla.net/the-internet...

Aside from the interesting new friends, S-tier programmer memes, and new work opportunities, why would someone want to spend 6–12 weeks at the @recursecenter.bsky.social ?

Because it’s one of the most potent environments for growing both your taste and agency as a programmer!

YouTube video by Recurse Center Localhost: Nolen Royalty's One Million Checkboxes

One Million Applause for One Million Checkboxes 👏✅👏✅👏

Check out @itseieio.bsky.social's brilliant talk on games, connecting strangers, and how some very smart teens subverted his code and touched his heart ❤️‍🔥

youtu.be/j2elKdupD6c

Million Pixel Dash // 13.2 seconds

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Inspired by the “million of something” #genuary prompt and the creative coding session at the Recurse Center, I built this silly little scrolling game: give it a try and see if you can beat my time millionpixeldash.com

That looks awesome!

An orange octopus holds a blue checkmark above its head. It is framed by the words: Localhost January 28, 2025; One Million Checkboxes (and making internet strangers play nice) w/ Nolen Royalty

First Localhost of 2025? Check ✅

Come by RC on January 28th for Localhost! See the space, meet Recursers, and hear @itseieio.bsky.social speak on his viral project One Million Checkboxes and his other attempts to make internet strangers play nice 🤝

RSVP here: lu.ma/re1bot0d

an email from recurse center admissions. it says: "Hi Nolen, We'd love to have you back for another batch of RC!"

I'm headed back to the the Recurse Center! recurse is like a writers retreat for programming. Last time I entered mostly making boring normal online games and left doing things like embedding Flappy Bird inside MacOS finder.

It's totally free. consider applying (and come hang out w/ me)!

The true sign of innovation.

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🚀 Dive into the future of machine learning at our AI Safety Workshop! 🧠💻
🔍 Analyze a malicious AI agent OR take on mechanistic interpretability
The event is free, with food provided 🍱
Registration is required and space is limited. Register below! 👇