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Hi my name is Lu (or Luke) (either’s fine).
I make slightly-surreal videos about my coding projects.

• toder at todepond
• coder at tldraw
• co-host at future of coding
• researcher-in-residence at ink and switch

My stuff

• PROJECTS: Todepond explorations
• VIDEOS: Sandpond saga (38/99 episodes)
  
• PODCAST: Todepond pondcast (weekly)
• BLOG: Wikiblogarden (daily-ish)

Talks

• WHAT IT MEANS TO BE OPEN (new)
  
• UNBLOCKING CREATION WITH FRIENDS (new)
• DEATH OF THE TADI WEB (new)
• DIALOGUES ON NATURAL CODE (new)
• SPATIAL PROGRAMMING WITHOUT ESCAPE
• NORMALISE SHARING SCRAPPY FIDDLES
• AUTOCOMPLETE FOR INFINITE CANVAS
• PERFECT PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
• SPATIAL PROGRAMMING PIPE DREAM

Appearances

• THIS IS NOT A FISH
  at Future of Coding
  
  
• BEING A CANVAS INFLUENCER
  at Devtools FM
  
  
• INOFFENSIVE FIDDLES
  at Chantastic
  
  
• SHOW THE WHOLE PROCESS
  at Scaling Devtools
  
  
• INTERCAL
  at Future of Coding
  
  

Projects

• ARROOST
• CELLPOND
• TADI WEB (new)
• SCREENPOND
• SANDPOND
• DREAMBERD
• TORN LEAF
• many more

Contact me

I love getting messages! If you want to speak to me about tldraw, please email me. For everything else, please message me publicly on social media. I do not read or respond to private messages because I get too many :)

• EMAIL
  (email me about tldraw)


• MASTODON
  (please do not private message me)


• BLUESKY
  (please do not private message me)

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