I'm Olivia (or RocketRace), a Finnish student of computer sciences. In my free time, I dive head-first into esoteric software. I believe that programming can be a form of artistic expression which brings out the untapped potential in "unconventional" code. I strive for my projects to raise questions not asked before, or to cross the boundary of what is considered "realistic". Below are a few of my ventures!
| Link | Project |
|---|---|
| unibitmap | Cyclic conversions between colored images and executable ASCII+ art |
| BaDSV | A family of nondeterministic CSV-like file formats exploiting invalid byte sequences in UTF-8 (et. al) |
| custom-literals | A pure-Python implementation of C++'s user-defined literals (UDLs) enabling code like "foo".u in your Python scripts |
| ti | A terminal pixel rendering framework aimed at tiny interactive scripts |
| SetVer | Setaceous Versioning, a radical new versioning scheme based on set theory |
| easy_z3 | A declarative interface for the Z3 constraint solver (ab)using Python's metaclasses |
| hoopy | Implementing custom operators and Haskell syntax inside Python |
| heckorator | Making Python's decorators massively more readable ;) |
I've also designed many esoteric programming languages, such as Zirconium (in which you control a drone network), 5D Brainf*ck With Multiverse Time Travel (an extension of the famous esolang), or Babalang (a tribute to Baba Is You). Other major projects of mine include various Discord bots such as robot-is-you, also based around Baba Is You.
Given my experience in programming language design and implementations, I'm also a polyglot! I pick up languages with ease. My current languages include Python, Rust, Typescript/Javascript (Vanilla / React), Scala, Elm, APL (Dyalog), Kotlin, C, C++, Haskell. I'm also interested in developing using Elixir, Swift, Svelte, or other languages / frameworks new to me. I pick them up quickly :)
I'm @rocketrace on Discord.