Louis

l'âme et la précision

[Louis @daumerval]

Many of you asked what software I used for that metaballs GIF. It's a custom UI made with @py5coding, a version of Processing for Python 3.9+.

It’s incredibly handy for building visual experiments while taking full advantage of the Python ecosystem.

[Louis @daumerval]

@NousResearch @Teknium One more piece of the Brut-V workflow: Hermes can control the runtime from Telegram.

A /sketch command triggers the whole loop: write RISC-V assembly, run the sketch in the web runtime, snapshot the output, and send it back.

You can also ask for the /source and an explanation.

[Louis @daumerval]

Brut-V is a low-level graphics runtime written in pure RISC-V assembly, designed for sketching and learning at the instruction-set level.

It was built entirely with Hermes as part of @NousResearch Creative Hackathon. The agent also helped automate the creation of surprisingly convincing visuals around it.

A few notes from the build (+ live demo) below

[Louis @daumerval]

Anyway, I jumped into this hackathon pretty late, and it was my first one, but I really enjoyed the pace of it.

Massive thanks to the @NousResearch team, and @Teknium, for the incredible work they put into Hermes, and for their astounding responsiveness throughout.

Also, shout-out to @eliheuer, whose enthusiasm gave me the final push to join. Much appreciated.

[Louis @daumerval]

Hermes didn’t just help build Brut-V, it can control it too.

I like how a simple /sketch command in Telegram can trigger a full loop: Hermes uses its gateway, MCP tools, and project skills to write RISC-V assembly, run the sketch in the web runtime, snapshot the output, and send it back.

@NousResearch @Teknium

[Louis @daumerval]

Live demo here:

https://t.co/ELSemsRoA2

[Louis @daumerval]

Brut-V got a proper web upgrade.

There’s now a debug console, smoother animations, better error handling, full macro docs, and a friendly Getting Started section with examples.

Pure RISC-V assembly creative coding, directly in the browser.

Give it a try, link below.

[Louis @daumerval]

@andreintg @eliheuer Your comment raises a really interesting point, thank you. There’s a lot to say about that, I’ll have to come back to it sometime.

[Louis @daumerval]

@0x440x46 @NousResearch Codex!

[Louis @daumerval]

Codex definitely helped, but I wouldn’t reduce it to /goal.

For this project, the Hermes loop mattered at least as much: the byte-for-byte assembler work came from repeated assemble / diff / patch cycles against RARS, plus the surrounding tooling and persistence.

That’s the part I found really interesting.

[Louis @daumerval]

@eliheuer @NousResearch Thanks so much, I’d be very happy if you do!

[Louis @daumerval]

It’s an AI-generated mockup, made with the pipeline I describe in the thread.

I use Browser Harness to browse my Pinterest board and pull several reference images until I get a mockup I like, then use another prompt to project a real image into the blank area (the thermal paper) of that generated mockup. No 3D render involved, hence the distorted letters/words and other generation artifacts.

All of this happens from the Telegram bot.

[Louis @daumerval]

Programming in assembly is a form of monastic asceticism. Renouncing the comfort of abstractions, submitting to mental discipline, repeating simple gestures:

Compute, Store, Branch. The holy trinity of computation.

Three elementary operations from which all complexity emerges.

[Louis @daumerval]

@eliheuer Same. Torn between this and a full-blown open-source Grasshopper-like node environment.

[Louis @daumerval]

@Teknium Re-tagging this one, @Teknium: https://t.co/P6NWaV8yVh

[Louis @daumerval]

Anyway, I jumped into this hackathon pretty late, and it was my first one, but I really enjoyed the pace of it.

Massive thanks to the @NousResearch team, and @Teknium, for the incredible work they put into Hermes, and for their astounding responsiveness throughout.

Also, shout-out to @eliheuer, whose enthusiasm gave me the final push to join. Much appreciated.

[Louis @daumerval]

@hiradsab @NousResearch 🙏🏻