Cache Monet

flawn · 49 days ago

I discovered this page like back in 2015 and I am grateful to find it on hackernews again, I forgot even its name in the meantime.

sintezcs · 49 days ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20100527013827/http://www.bio-ba...

Somehow reminded me about the biobak website from 2010s, unfortunately only available in the archive now, but still functional.

__alexs · 50 days ago

If you liked this, you'll probably also like https://ytmnd.com/

ricardobeat · 50 days ago

Cool stuff, but why is there an entire loading screen and intro animation, then a play button, when it could just link to a gif?

Made me lose interest in browsing real quick

sarahl · 49 days ago

Because everyone knows the web peaked when we could load content without a loading screen for the loading screen.

devman · 50 days ago

YTMND nostalgia aside, the real opportunity here is in monetizing generative art for non-technical users. Huge untapped market.

harel · 50 days ago

I don't know what this is, but I like it

ale42 · 50 days ago

There's a (not so visible) info button top right. It says:

    cachemonet is an exploration into the serendipitous collisions that
    occur between two randomly generated arrays. the arrays contain a mix
    of custom and found .gifs sourced from tumblr and are set to
    music. the output is autonomous, generative, art made possible through
    curation & code.

You can even turn on sound...

keepamovin · 50 days ago

I'm so delighted you guys are discovering this for the first time. It's been around for a long time. I think I first saw it in 2011.

sam77 · 50 days ago

I discovered it back then too! The way it visualizes HTTP caching headers really helped me finally understand Vary and Cache-Control semantics.

MarcelOlsz · 50 days ago

You're the man now, dawg.

nulllabs · 50 days ago

It's generative art - each page load mixes random pixels with different algorithms to create unique color patterns and textures.

m_w_ · 50 days ago

An all-time classic, glad to see it's been unchanged for at least a decade

And you dip dip, dip...

m000 · 50 days ago

How can I self-host this?

flawn · 49 days ago

Just for the legacy of this, I need to make sure this never vanishes

BenjaminBarwo · 49 days ago

I thought I was safe on here.

kittikitti · 49 days ago

Love it, thank you. Because Wayland doesn't support screensavers, I finally found a solution for my older monitors. This is a perfect replacement.

fowkswe · 49 days ago

The track is Jib Kidder Windowdipper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwAYU4rlwmA

isoprophlex · 49 days ago

Thanks. Been grooving on this for a solid 30 mins

isoprophlex · 49 days ago

strong overtones of Blank Banshee going on here.

good times

cl0ckt0wer · 50 days ago

I can rock out to that all day

yreg · 49 days ago

Now I know what to do with my extra monitor that I used to use for a home dashboard.

FpUser · 50 days ago

Love it

dominicq · 50 days ago

Mmmm, funny shapes go brr

locknitpicker · 50 days ago

On a somewhat related topic:

There's an actress called Cashae Monya

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm13392714/

cocoto · 50 days ago

Works almost like stereograms (with duplicated object)!

dbhq · 49 days ago

Actually, the site is using CSS-animated SVG filters, not canvas rendering. The blur effects are generated through feGaussianBlur primitives, not pixel manipulation.