Playgrnd – tiny tools for making weird, beautiful things

(playgrnd.tools)

69 points | by eustoria 19 hours ago

10 comments

  • bobc 15 hours ago
    It seems that at least part of these are stolen/copied works from others. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdHGZhytcx8/ https://annaluciawrites.substack.com/p/how-to-steal-my-work
    • nitroedge 9 hours ago
      If we look to a future where getting in the "credits" is important. Maybe in the future an AI will just credit other AI work. They will make it in a super small font so it's barely legible. Some AI can program and print the official standard. "All inspired/stolen work must be publicly documented in this fashion".

      Many people will sleep better at night knowing their own AI work was recognized by another's AI.

      • mpalmer 9 hours ago
        I personally find I sleep best after a solid day's work.

        The thought of everyone becoming LLM middleware tires me out in a way sleep doesn't help.

        • nitroedge 6 hours ago
          I agree, the world scenario I stated is the same as the world of recruiting and getting a job now where the worker's AI battles against the HR department AI.

          I sleep best after a long days work which is intellectually challenging, not pressing Enter/Approve with Claude for the entire shift.

    • mock-possum 7 hours ago
      This is a really good response - “if youre going to copy my work, do it right.”
  • pcstl 8 hours ago
    There's a lot of weird, seemingly LLM-generated comments hyping the project here.

    I think HN should start thinking seriously about more effective strategies to combat LLM-assisted astroturfing, if they aren't already.

    None of this speaks about the quality of the project itself, but the fact that someone seems to be trying to manipulate me into caring about it makes me less inclined toward wanting to see anything relating to it.

    • sixtyj 7 hours ago
      I am not sure how to recognize llm-assisted astroturfing and how to filter it. Because I commented the project that I liked it but got downvotes - maybe my sentences were weird :)
      • bmacho 3 hours ago
        Your sentences are weird and your praise does more harm than good for the project, in the first order at least. In the second order, comment counter is probably the most valuable ad on HN, so your comments (and mine, and all the replies) contribute positively to that.
  • NDlurker 15 hours ago
    Some of these are neat. I like the stripey ones. Not sure what I would use it for though.
  • tuvix 17 hours ago
    This is sweet! Is there like a way to contribute and build these or is this just a list of cool things someone has made?
  • stackghost 15 hours ago
    Pretty neat. I see the page considers there to be 5 different kinds of tools but the only ones I can find all make 2D textures/images. Are there others I just am failing to locate?
  • lillutoo 15 hours ago
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    • SwellJoe 15 hours ago
      You talk like Claude. Or, I guess the page talks like Claude, since you're posting the tagline from the website.
      • Haven880 10 hours ago
        If it is legit English and succint to the point, I dont mind AI or not. The moment you start labelling good and bad info as Claude or not (even if could be Deepseek or OpenAI or human that adopted AI way of writing) you ended up stopping yourself growth on genuine good info. Is like seeing perfect numerical operations and claim you use calculator didnt you.
        • SwellJoe 10 hours ago
          I dismiss most AI prose because it means the person causing it to be written didn't actually care enough about the topic to say something about it.

          If you can't be bothered to write it, why should I be bothered to read it?

          Edit: Also, I've never read succinct and to the point AI prose.

          • SoMomentary 1 hour ago
            AI prose often comes across like ad copy to me which is anathema to me.
  • 0xferruccio 16 hours ago
    this looks really good, very fun to play with too
  • hmartin 14 hours ago
    Interesting! Raw JavaScript writes to an ImageData buffer enlarged to canvas. No 3rd party libs or WGSL
  • sixtyj 17 hours ago
    Finally something to go deep and try everything. Beautifully crafted. Kudos.
    • sixtyj 7 hours ago
      Before you downvote me, I have used it for nicely wallpapers as this app offers several formats 1:1,3:2 etc.