Recurse Center

The retreat where curious programmers recharge and grow. 🌱

Work at the edge of your abilities, develop your volitional muscles, and learn generously.

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

Our website automatically updates as more people come to join a batch at the Recurse Center. Today, we finally hit 3,000 people!

Thank you to everyone in our growing community! RC couldn't exist without you all. 👫👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏼👬

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

And yes, you can use it to find Sauronhenges.

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

Want to find a henge near you? Maybe plan a Manhattanhenge picnic or photoshoot? Victoria Ritvo and John Pribyl built Hengefinder while at the Recurse Center:

[New York City Kopp @NYCkopp]

Manhattanhenge is back 🌇

Tonight: May 27 — 8:13 PM
Tomorrow: May 28 — 8:14 PM

That moment when the sunset lines up perfectly w/Manhattan’s street grid.

🗽 Tip: You can still catch it a few days before & after too, if the sun isn’t perfectly centered, it’s still beautiful. 🧡

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

Read all about the math and code that went into Hengefinder in Victoria's blog post:
https://t.co/iH4QvRNV1I

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

Read the full blog post:
https://t.co/XIS0PfeKzA

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

Mary Rose Cook (@maryrosecook) on using encapsulated development to build videogames on her phone:

[Nick Bergson-Shilcock @nicholasbs]

Every office should have one of these.

[Nick Bergson-Shilcock @nicholasbs]

Rumor has it SFO will issue a travel alert for elevated risk of acquisition by Anthropic and OpenAI. If you plan to visit San Francisco, please know there's a real risk of being acquired by an AI lab after you deplane.

More seriously: congrats to the many friends who have joined the big labs recently!

Also, @RecurseCenter alums: I'll be visiting SF next month and will be hosting an alumni meetup the evening of Saturday, June 13th. DM me or check the RC calendar for details!

(No, I do not plan to sell my company, even if it would make a great post.)

[Max Pekarsky @maxverse]

Attending the @recursecenter is without a doubt one for the best things I've done for my career and social life. (If you're curious, @InterlochenArts was the other.)

[rex ledesma @rexrledesma]

On this day, last year. Thank you to @recursecenter for all the energy you've given to my life ❤️

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

@rexrledesma < 3
Can't believe it's been a year!
-Eva

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

Want to join over 3,000 kind, sharp, and curious programmers? Learn more and apply at https://t.co/XJqJONEWxN

📝 Applications are open for our Summer 2 batch beginning on June 29.

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

Our website automatically updates as more people come to join a batch at the Recurse Center. Today, we finally hit 3,000 people!

Thank you to everyone in our growing community! RC couldn't exist without you all. 👫👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏼👬

[Nick Bergson-Shilcock @nicholasbs]

200 alums came back to celebrate the @RecurseCenter's 15th birthday last night.

We had a custom cake packed with programming jokes (plus real electronics with edible licorice wires), a giant inflatable octopus, an animatronic octopus that dances with you, robot karaoke, and an interactive art game using projection mapping.

Before cutting the cake, we counted down from 15, CracklePop-style.

Thanks to the team and all the Recursers who volunteered, and to everyone who came out.

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

As seen in the RC Hub:

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

Never Graduate Week is in full swing! 💐
Talks, jams, BBQs, and more!

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

Live from the RC hub: Lincoln S.P. Clarete with Parser Generator Report: 2018-2026

[Recurse Center @recursecenter]

We’ve kicked off our annual alum reunion, Never Graduate Week 2026!

Hundreds of RC alums gather at our Brooklyn hub to give talks, run jams, collaborate on projects, and so much more. Welcome everyone and thank you for coming!

Stay tuned for more across the week.

[Nick Bergson-Shilcock @nicholasbs]

Next week is one of the best weeks of the year.

It's Never Graduate Week, our annual Recurse Center alumni reunion.

We'll be welcoming hundreds of alums back to catch up and code. Next week's schedule is packed with dozens of events including a game jam, a pedal building workshop, a bot tournament, creative coding, and animatronic octopus programming. There will be talks on everything from building an 8-bit CPU to parser generators to starting your own ISP.

And this year RC turns 15, so we're having a birthday bash (the cake will have electronics...).

Alums: check out the full schedule and make sure to RSVP below.

[Nick Bergson-Shilcock @nicholasbs]

A puzzle where every piece is a phone.

A joyful moment from pairing jam demos at the @RecurseCenter. The demo was almost thwarted by all the iPhones trying to share contact details with each other.