# Writing

Writing, notes, and dispatches from the studio. Longer essays have appeared elsewhere. The latest pieces are first published on [Substack](https://mellogood.substack.com/).

Canonical: https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing

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## Published elsewhere

- [Cooking Up Code](https://logicmag.io/supa-dupa-skies/cooking-up-code/) (Logic(s) Magazine, 2023)
- What is Poetic Computation? (Software for Artists Book #003, 2023)
- [black joy is crafting for a community](https://www.blackjoyarchive.com/archive/romello-goodman) (Black Joy Archive Vol. 2, 2022)
- [Planning for pause](https://increment.com/planning/milestones-and-agile-development/) (Increment by Stripe Press, 2021)
- [Code is sourdough](https://increment.com/remote/code-is-sourdough/) (Increment by Stripe Press, 2020)
- [A monorepo renaissance](https://increment.com/software-architecture/a-monorepo-renaissance/) (Increment by Stripe Press, 2020)
- [What If We Used Images to Navigate New York Times Content?](https://open.nytimes.com/what-if-we-used-images-to-navigate-new-york-times-content-5a6d87ab3688) (NYTimes Open, 2019)

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## Newsletter

- [Growing software](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/growing-software.md) (September 15, 2026 · ai, coding-practice, design-philosophy, workshop, future-of-software)
- [A text editor in a morning](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/a-text-editor-in-a-morning.md) (September 8, 2026 · ai, coding-practice, tools, future-of-software)
- [Designing with Coding Agents again!](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/designing-with-coding-agents-again.md) (September 3, 2026 · ai, teaching, coding-practice, design-philosophy, workshop)
- [Wobble of the pen](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/wobble-of-the-pen.md) (September 1, 2026 · pen-plotter, bookmaking, printmaking, art-making, creative-practice)
- [A deep ripple of color](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/a-deep-ripple-of-color.md) (August 24, 2026 · generative-art, printmaking, art-making, creative-process)
- [Insistence, Insisting, Insisted](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/insistence-insisting-insisted.md) (August 14, 2026 · algorithmic-art, poetry, bookmaking, archiving, theory)
- [1 month and 60 models later](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/1-month-and-60-models-later.md) (August 9, 2026 · ai, tools, interactive-tools, future-of-software, creative-practice)
- [Oscilloscopes Regenerated](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/oscilloscopes-regenerated.md) (July 21, 2026 · generative-art, algorithmic-art, creative-coding)
- [sup computer: a small language model studio](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/sup-computer-a-small-language-model-studio.md) (July 14, 2026 · ai, tools, open-source, creative-practice, future-of-software)
- [Shifting at the frontier](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/shifting-at-the-frontier.md) (July 7, 2026 · ai, personal-update, creative-practice, future-of-software, open-source)
- [Thoughts on Designing with Coding Agents](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/thoughts-on-designing-with-coding-agents.md) (June 30, 2026 · ai, teaching, workshop, coding-practice, design-philosophy)
- [My first language model: shakespeare-nanogpt](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/my-first-language-model-shakespeare-nanogpt.md) (June 25, 2026 · ai, tools, open-source, creative-practice, future-of-software)
- [Saying Goodbye](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/saying-goodbye.md) (June 12, 2026 · ai, personal-update)
- [Monolith, a deterministic toolbox](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/monolith-a-deterministic-toolbox.md) (May 30, 2026 · ai, tools, open-source, future-of-software, coding-practice)
- [Designing with Coding Agents](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/designing-with-coding-agents.md) (May 27, 2026 · teaching, ai, creative-coding, generative-typography)
- [Sprite Pt.II](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/sprite-pt-ii.md) (May 18, 2026 · coding-practice, tools, open-source, ai)
- [Flora Figures](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/flora-figures.md) (May 9, 2026 · printmaking, risograph, bookmaking, algorithmic-art)
- [Social Software Creation](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/social-software-creation.md) (May 4, 2026 · ai, coding-practice, community, future-of-software)
- [Sprite](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/sprite.md) (April 27, 2026 · coding-practice, tools, open-source, ai)
- [Crown](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/crown.md) (April 22, 2026 · bookmaking, open-source, tools, publishing)
- [On Claude Design](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/on-claude-design.md) (April 20, 2026 · ai, web-design, future-of-software, coding-practice)
- [Introducing Flora Figures](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/introducing-flora-figures.md) (April 8, 2026 · bookmaking, risograph, printmaking, creative-practice)
- [Living with Coding AGI](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/living-with-coding-agi.md) (March 12, 2026 · ai, coding-practice, future-of-software, creative-coding)
- [Minipix Halftone Renderer](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/minipix-halftone-renderer.md) (January 27, 2026 · generative-art, algorithms, creative-coding, tools)
- [Minipix Subdivison Renderer](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/minipix-subdivison-renderer.md) (January 20, 2026 · generative-art, algorithms, creative-coding, tools)
- [How books fit into my practice](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/how-books-fit-into-my-practice.md) (January 13, 2026 · bookmaking, generative-art, printmaking, creative-practice)
- [Minipix Kaleidoscope Renderer](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/minipix-kaleidoscope-renderer.md) (January 6, 2026 · generative-art, algorithms, creative-coding, tools)
- [My practice in 2025 & Beyond](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/my-practice-in-2025-beyond.md) (December 31, 2025 · creative-practice, personal-update, bookmaking, printmaking)
- [I make art with software and machines.](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/i-make-art-with-software-and-machines.md) (December 23, 2025 · creative-practice, theory, generative-art, algorithmic-art)
- [Rendering Minipix](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/rendering-minipix.md) (December 17, 2025 · generative-art, algorithms, creative-coding, tools)
- [Mechanical fluency](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/mechanical-fluency.md) (December 13, 2025 · ai, theory, writing-practice)
- [Paper reliefs](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/paper-reliefs.md) (December 10, 2025 · pen-plotter, art-making, creative-practice, laser-cutting)
- [Minipix](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/minipix.md) (December 3, 2025 · generative-art, tools, creative-coding, algorithmic-art)
- [Generating, Generative Typography](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/generating-generative-typography.md) (November 29, 2025 · teaching, generative-typography, ai, creative-coding)
- [A year in the studio](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/a-year-in-the-studio.md) (November 25, 2025 · studio, creative-practice, art-making)
- [Pyramid Atlantic's 10x10](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/pyramid-atlantics-10x10.md) (November 21, 2025 · exhibitions, pen-plotter, printmaking, art-making)
- [A definition for generative systems](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/a-definition-for-generative-systems.md) (November 18, 2025 · generative-art, ai, theory, algorithmic-art)
- [Navigating the Generative Possibility Space](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/navigating-the-generative-possibility-space.md) (November 18, 2025 · generative-art, theory, creative-coding, algorithmic-art)
- [The role of surprise in generative systems](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/the-role-of-surprise-in-generative-systems.md) (November 18, 2025 · generative-art, theory, algorithmic-art)
- [Thoughts on generativity](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/thoughts-on-generativity.md) (November 18, 2025 · generative-art, theory, algorithmic-art)
- [Playgrounds for Thought](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/playgrounds-for-thought.md) (November 10, 2025 · creative-practice, teaching, exhibitions)
- [Refreshing my website](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/refreshing-my-website.md) (November 1, 2025 · web-design, personal-update, creative-practice)
- [Making room for play on the web](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/making-room-for-play-on-the-web.md) (October 25, 2025 · web-design, interactive-tools, games, creative-coding)
- [Open tools for the personal software era](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/open-tools-for-the-personal-software-era.md) (October 18, 2025 · open-source, future-of-software, creative-coding, archiving)
- [Revelations](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/revelations.md) (October 8, 2025 · bookmaking, printmaking, pen-plotter, creative-practice)
- [Refaceting Garnet](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/refaceting-garnet.md) (October 6, 2025 · creative-coding, generative-art, web-design, tools)
- [Prototyping with paper](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/prototyping-with-paper.md) (October 3, 2025 · prototyping, bookmaking, creative-process, art-making)
- [Coding to think](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/coding-to-think.md) (September 20, 2025 · prototyping, ai, creative-coding, creative-process)
- [My answers for Print Center's New Voices program](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/my-answers-for-print-centers-new-voices-program.md) (August 30, 2025 · printmaking, pen-plotter, generative-art, theory)
- [Orpheus in the Underworld Wide Web](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/orpheus-in-the-underworld-wide-web.md) (August 6, 2025 · writing-practice, web-design, creative-process)
- [Websites are not the web](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/websites-are-not-the-web.md) (May 22, 2025 · web-design, ai, future-of-software, theory)
- [Two new ways of looking at my art](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/two-new-ways-of-looking-at-my-art.md) (May 3, 2025 · bookmaking, generative-art, printmaking, algorithmic-art)
- [Markdown and UI Ligatures](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/markdown-and-ui-ligatures.md) (April 29, 2025 · web-design, typography, hci, tools)
- [For-Profit (Creative) Software](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/for-profit-creative-software.md) (April 8, 2025 · open-source, tools, ai, future-of-software)
- [Coding in the time of monsters](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/coding-in-the-time-of-monsters.md) (March 25, 2025 · ai, coding-practice, future-of-software, creative-coding)
- [Repetition as Prayer](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/repetition-as-prayer.md) (March 3, 2025 · exhibitions, generative-art, community, printmaking)
- [Nearing the end of three projects](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/nearing-the-end-of-three-projects.md) (February 28, 2025 · creative-practice, personal-update, exhibitions)
- [My practice in 2024 & Beyond](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/my-practice-in-2024-beyond.md) (December 28, 2024 · creative-practice, personal-update, studio)
- [Ode to BASIC](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/ode-to-basic.md) (November 19, 2024 · future-of-software, open-source, coding-practice, archiving)
- [The Hands & The Eyes](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/the-hands-the-eyes.md) (November 12, 2024 · creative-practice, theory, coding-practice)
- [Onyx](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/onyx.md) (October 13, 2024 · creative-coding, open-source, tools, generative-art)
- [My first week in my first studio](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/my-first-week-in-my-first-studio.md) (October 6, 2024 · studio, creative-practice, personal-update)
- [Experiments in printmaking](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/experiments-in-printmaking.md) (June 19, 2024 · printmaking, letterpress, risograph, art-making)
- [Come paint with me!](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/come-paint-with-me.md) (May 24, 2024 · teaching, creative-coding, p5js, workshop)
- [On Renewals](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/on-renewals.md) (May 19, 2024 · personal-update, writing-practice)
- [My Practice in 2023 & Beyond](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/my-practice-in-2023-beyond.md) (December 28, 2023 · creative-practice, personal-update)
- [What I'm teaching this Fall!](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/what-im-teaching-this-fall.md) (September 7, 2023 · teaching, creative-coding, generative-typography, p5js)
- [I've been sketching!](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/ive-been-sketching.md) (August 31, 2023 · generative-art, creative-coding, tools, creative-process)
- [artsupply](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/artsupply.md) (August 4, 2023 · creative-coding, open-source, tools, school-of-creative-software)
- [The School of Creative Software](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/the-school-of-creative-software.md) (July 10, 2023 · teaching, school-of-creative-software, community)
- [THIS IS ECHO](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/this-is-echo.md) (June 20, 2023 · generative-art, generative-typography, creative-coding)
- [I wish I could do a few things](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/i-wish-i-could-do-a-few-things.md) (May 7, 2023 · creative-practice, teaching, school-of-creative-software, personal-update)
- [My class was cancelled and now I want to start a school](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/my-class-was-cancelled-and-now-i-want-to-start-a-school.md) (April 11, 2023 · teaching, school-of-creative-software, community, creative-practice)
- [yeslike](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/yeslike.md) (March 13, 2023 · poetry, writing-practice, personal-update)
- [32 Hours in New York](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/32-hours-in-new-york.md) (March 1, 2023 · travel, photography, new-york, personal-update)
- [I was gonna....](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/i-was-gonna.md) (February 17, 2023 · personal-update, creative-process, ai)
- [I've been doing user testing](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/ive-been-doing-user-testing.md) (February 8, 2023 · web-design, teaching, personal-update, creative-practice)
- [Others' thoughts on ai + art](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/others-thoughts-on-ai-art.md) (January 24, 2023 · ai, generative-art, theory)
- [My Practice in 2022 & Beyond](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/my-practice-in-2022-beyond.md) (December 28, 2022 · creative-practice, personal-update)
- [Connected Flow](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/connected-flow.md) (December 15, 2022 · generative-art, printmaking, personal-update, creative-practice)
- [Wave](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/wave.md) (November 30, 2022 · pen-plotter, generative-art, exhibitions)
- [just setting up my twttr](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/just-setting-up-my-twttr.md) (November 15, 2022 · social-media, black-culture, community, personal-update)
- [A new website for a new season](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/a-new-website-for-a-new-season.md) (October 11, 2022 · web-design, personal-update, teaching, generative-typography)
- [I've been living in my new place for 6 months](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/ive-been-living-in-my-new-place-for-6-months.md) (September 8, 2022 · personal-update, studio, teaching)
- [Web Design for Artists](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/web-design-for-artists.md) (August 14, 2022 · web-design, teaching, creative-coding)
- [my design dna](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/my-design-dna.md) (July 13, 2022 · creative-practice, theory, graphic-design, design-philosophy)
- [6292022](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/06292022.md) (June 30, 2022 · creative-practice, personal-update, art-tools, generative-art)
- [Piet](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/piet.md) (April 27, 2022 · generative-art, algorithms, creative-coding)
- [graphic design is my passion](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/graphic-design-is-my-passion.md) (April 23, 2022 · graphic-design, teaching, workshop, personal-update)
- [Poetry in the Textbox](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/poetry-in-the-textbox.md) (April 9, 2022 · web-design, hci, theory, writing-practice)
- [Rope, v3](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/rope-v3.md) (March 19, 2022 · generative-art, algorithms, creative-coding)
- [You ever see a website so good that it makes you redo your own?](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/you-ever-see-a-website-so-good-that-it-makes-you-redo-your-own.md) (February 24, 2022 · web-design, personal-update, teaching)
- [Rope, v1](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/rope-v1.md) (February 21, 2022 · generative-art, algorithms, creative-coding)
- [My Practice in 2021 & Beyond](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/my-practice-in-2021-beyond.md) (January 2, 2022 · creative-practice, personal-update, pen-plotter, printmaking)
- [It's December](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/its-december.md) (December 7, 2021 · creative-practice, personal-update, pen-plotter, printmaking)
- [Generative Print: Every Frame a Plot](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/generative-print-every-frame-a-plot.md) (November 6, 2021 · pen-plotter, generative-art, printmaking, algorithms)
- [Generative Print: Voronoi's Monsters](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/generative-print-voronois-monsters.md) (October 10, 2021 · pen-plotter, generative-art, printmaking, algorithms)
- [On the intimacy of generative art](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/on-the-intimacy-of-generative-art.md) (October 1, 2021 · generative-art, theory)
- [Mechanic](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/mechanic.md) (September 18, 2021 · creative-coding, tools, open-source)
- [NoMa Mural](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/noma-mural.md) (September 9, 2021 · generative-art, black-culture, community, algorithmic-art)
- [Generative Print: Infinite Arches](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/generative-print-infinite-arches.md) (September 3, 2021 · pen-plotter, generative-art, printmaking, algorithms)
- [Tiles and Mosaics](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/tiles-and-mosaics.md) (August 28, 2021 · generative-art, algorithms, creative-coding)
- [Only Graphics #3](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/only-graphics-3.md) (August 26, 2021 · generative-art, art-making, pen-plotter)
- [Why goodgraphics.js exists](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/why-goodgraphics-js-exists.md) (August 21, 2021 · open-source, creative-coding, tools, design-philosophy)
- [Let's Package a Print!](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/lets-package-a-print.md) (August 14, 2021 · pen-plotter, printmaking, art-making)
- [Generative Print: Wavy Circles](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/generative-print-wavy-circles.md) (August 5, 2021 · pen-plotter, generative-art, printmaking, algorithms)
- [Generative Prints and the idea of "1 of 1 of X"](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/generative-prints-and-the-idea-of-1-of-1-of-x.md) (July 30, 2021 · generative-art, nft, printmaking, creative-practice)
- [Only Graphics #2](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/only-graphics-2.md) (July 28, 2021 · generative-art, art-making, algorithms)
- [Relearning my love for Math](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/relearning-my-love-for-math.md) (July 24, 2021 · creative-coding, algorithms, personal-update, creative-process)
- [Code as Generational Wealth](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/code-as-generational-wealth.md) (July 17, 2021 · archiving, black-culture, creative-practice, preservation)
- [Only Graphics #1](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/only-graphics-1.md) (July 12, 2021 · generative-art, art-making, algorithms)
- [Postcards are in the mail 📫](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/postcards-are-in-the-mail.md) (July 6, 2021 · pen-plotter, printmaking, personal-update)
- [H1 2021 Report](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/h1-2021-report.md) (June 25, 2021 · creative-practice, personal-update, pen-plotter, printmaking)
- [Creative Coding Algorithms](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/creative-coding-algorithms.md) (June 23, 2021 · generative-art, creative-coding, algorithms, tools)
- [I WILL NOT MAKE A DISCORD FOR GOOD GRAPHICS. I WILL NOT MAKE A DISCORD FOR GOOD GRAPHICS. I WILL NOT MAKE A DISCORD FOR GOOD GRAPHICS. I WILL NOT...](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/i-will-not-make-a-discord-for-good-graphics.md) (June 11, 2021 · community, social-media, curation, creative-practice)
- [Romello Goodman, Head Graphic Engineer](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/romello-goodman-head-graphic-engineer.md) (June 6, 2021 · creative-practice, pen-plotter, personal-update)
- [Lots of "Elsewhere..."](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/lots-of-elsewhere.md) (May 29, 2021 · personal-update, creative-coding, web-design)
- [click to tweet: goodgraphics.xyz/tweet](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/click-to-tweet-goodgraphics-xyz-tweet.md) (May 20, 2021 · interactive-tools, hci, social-media, generative-art)
- [Retreat + Art Fair = $ucce$$](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/retreat-art-fair-ucce.md) (May 17, 2021 · creative-practice, personal-update, exhibitions)
- [Welcome to the Good Graphics Newsletter](https://www.romellogoodman.com/writing/welcome-to-the-good-graphics-newsletter.md) (May 15, 2021 · personal-update, creative-practice)