Ask HN: What are some examples of beautiful software?

Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of beautiful software? by skewart on Monday March 14, 2016 @01:25AM (#11281225)

I completely agree. It sounds like the opposite of beautiful software if you ask me. Maybe it's interesting, thought-provoking, or amusing code, but not beautiful.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of beautiful software? by ikurei on Monday March 14, 2016 @04:48AM (#11281701)

Beauty comes in very different forms. Not all beautiful paintings are pleasing and peaceful fields for flowers; IMHO, something can be dark, strange, even scary, and still beautiful. E.g.: The Garden of Earthly Delights[1], or It Follows[2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights [2] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3235888/

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Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of beautiful software? by tbrock on Monday March 14, 2016 @02:01AM (#11281306)

I found it beautiful because I had never thought to use the language in that way before I had seen him do it. It wasn't hard to understand once you understood. :-)

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Re:Ask HN: What are some examples of beautiful software? by agumonkey on Monday March 14, 2016 @06:58AM (#11282099)

It's more enlightenment / thinking out of the box / less is more beauty.

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