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This pathway is a collection of readme files from small tools with a focus on open-endedness: where code asks for more code, and invite users to expand and re-elaborate what is framed as a starting point, more then a finalized instrument.
Read these readme as invitation, as provocation, as a way to lure developers in with the promise of full automation, as a way to delegate hard work to other developers, as a way to delegate the creative parts to other artists, as a way to delegate the demanding aspect of writing even more documentation to possibly future coders.
Drw is an app to gather drawings for live visuals. It is organized as a decoupled network of sources and destinations, where different drawing apps and output surfaces can coexhist at the same time. It is simple to plug-in different sources and destinations, from a wide variety of platforms. The only requirements is websocket communication. One can draw from a web app on their smartphone and send it to a projection, or from different motion sensors to a pen plotter. It's programmed to be a simple and extensible tool, welcoming modifications and interventions from others, as well as hosting others applications sharing the same infrastructure.
Seq is a csv sequencer that delegates logic to the user from the very beginning. As the workbook and drw can be seen more as a platform than a tool itself. Or maybe a device to stimulate tool-thinking and prototyping. Its readme is not an exaustive explanation of the code, but rather a list of implementation examples, each a way to attune and think to the sequencer in a different way.