Live Coding Artist. Creator of @Sonic_Pi, programmer, educator, musician, PhD, Sam 'transcends the present' - Rolling Stone. he/him bookings@sonic-pi.net
Sheffield, England
Based in United Kingdom
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Sam Aaron (@samaaron.bsky.social) retweeted
The more time I spend working with coding agents, the more convinced I am that they make software engineering even harder
We can do amazing things with them, but unlocking their full potential requires extraordinary discipline and knowledge
Bury your head in the ground at your own risk. I aim to not jump on any hype trains, but since Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.2 + the harnesses it was clear that these things can write code nearly as good as I can in my best language; better in other languages.
But we won't see non-devs push production code for a long time; possibly forever, if you ask me. Software still needs to be built in robust ways, and it's our profession to do this well, and use the new tools we have, which create new and interesting (+tough!) challenges
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If your favourite programming consultants are ranting about the transformative potential of AI but aren’t producing incredible awe-inspiring next-level work with it - why are you listening to them?
Seriously.
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What’s this? A “QR Code Link” you say?
Yes, it’s Sonic Pi code encoded into a url that opens ready for you to read, play and edit in Sonic Pi in your browser.
Share your live coded tracks with greater ease!
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AI is enabling me to do what I would have been able to achieve with a team. It’s amazing.
Turns out the last 10 years have been me desperately treading water on my own trying to keep afloat financially whilst simultaneously attempting to do deep experimental programming work.
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Ash Weather - coded in Sonic Pi by David McInnis
“Hazy detuned pads, slow tape wobble, dusty half-time drums, hiss.”
Open and play in your browser with this code link:
sonic-pi.net/code.html#code=…
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Of course :-)
SuperSonic is my Wasm (Audioworklet) port of SuperCollider's scsynth audio server.
I've also re-implemented the Sonic Pi language runtime using embedded Ruby (mruby) which compiles to WASM.
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It's waaay safer now with the web version. I also have a number of interesting ideas in this area that I hope to explore.
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Sonic Pi on Web.
Sonic Pi now runs in the web browser on your PC, tablet and phone.
patreon.com/samaaron/posts/s…
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Lorezzed - Coded in Sonic Pi
sonic-pi.net/code.html#code=…
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Sonic Pi now runs in the web!
sonic-pi.net
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What's this? Another screen shot of Sonic Pi v5?
Oh no my friend...
This is a completely new implementation of Sonic Pi running live in my web browser running on top of SuperSonic.
Coming soon to a browser near you...
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A quick demo of Sonic Pi controlling VST plugins.
Note that it's not just trigging like a MIDI track, it's also algorithmically controlling the controls (cutoff in this example).
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Not sure why but Sonic Pi is on the front page of Hacker News again!
Please join in the discussion in the comments :-)
news.ycombinator.com/item?id…
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I currently have a working experimental build of Sonic Pi that has support for VST plugins.
My current plan is to release it as Sonic Pi Pro exclusively available to Patreon supporters only.
It’s going to be a complete game changer.
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