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Flutter Kaleidoscope

A Hypnotic Blend of Tech, Nostalgia, and the Playful Dance of Physics

Remember the wonder of looking through a kaleidoscope as a child, watching patterns shift and transform? That same sense of magic exists in today's tech world. We're still those curious kids—only now, we're watching AI reshape our digital landscapes, with fragments of code and data rearranging at every turn of innovation. But unlike childhood toys, we're not just observers; we shape the patterns ourselves.

The magic isn’t in finding permanent solutions (we all know those don’t last in tech) but in bringing our creativity to each new formation. That nostalgia for simple wonder inspired me to create my Flutter kaleidoscope—where emojis become the fragments of an ever-changing digital reflection of how we communicate. Playful, ephemeral, yet meaningful in their brief alignments.

I wanted this piece to feel like looking through a real kaleidoscope—something hypnotic, a momentary escape from the day’s worries, draw

slightfoot

// MIT License
//
// Copyright (c) 2024 Simon Lightfoot
//
// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

slightfoot

// MIT License
//
// Copyright (c) 2023 Simon Lightfoot
//
// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

jonasermert

/*
  author: Jonas Ermert
  year: 2022
*/

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"

Da9el00

import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser;

import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {

dnburgess

version: "3"

networks:
  gitea:
    external: false

services:
  server:
    image: gitea/gitea:1.14.2
    container_name: gitea

w3cj

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ertwro

{
    "defaultProfile": "{c79635af-91f3-433b-9164-e3462ddfe479}",
    "initialRows": 30,
    "initialCols": 120,
    "alwaysShowTabs": true,
    "showTerminalTitleInTitlebar": true,
    "experimental_showTabsInTitlebar": true,
    "requestedTheme": "dark",
    "profiles": [
        {

joelekstrom

#!/bin/bash

# Use AppleScript to get the open file and selection from Xcode
file_and_selection=$(osascript\
<<EOF
tell application "Xcode"
	set current_document to document 1 whose name ends with (word -1 of (get name of window 1))
	set current_document_path to path of current_document
	set selected_range to selected character range of current_document
	set selection_start to first item of selected_range

w3cj

xcode-select --install
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew update
brew cask install iterm2
# update iterm2 settings -> colors, keep directory open new shell, keyboard shortcuts
brew install bash # latest version of bash
# set brew bash as default shell
brew install fortune
brew install cowsay 
brew install git