Marco Arment
no YOU spent time on a weekend designing an ASCII-art logo for your database library
Apr 8, 2023 at 2:54pmIvory for Mac
Show threadZacApr 8, 2023

@marcoarment You might find Monodraw a fun app

https://monodraw.helftone.com

Monodraw for macOS — Helftone

Show threadDoug TabaccoApr 8, 2023
@lolzac @marcoarment I just did, that’s for sure.
Show threadMarco ArmentApr 8, 2023
@tabacco @lolzac I've actually owned Monodraw for years! It didn't really fit this particular drawing, though — I wanted to use mostly the Swift key-path characters used heavily in Blackbird (backslash, dot, $).
Show threadDoug TabaccoApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment @lolzac I also have no art skill, so I’m mostly sold on it for making boring diagrams for readmes.
Show threadZacApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment @tabacco I find it interesting that most of the people I know who own it are programmers.
Show threadfilidApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment $ marks the spot where they burn money fast :)
Show threadMariekeApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment I feel you, here's one of mine
Show threadRicky MondelloApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment don't threaten me with a good time
Show threadBrad BrownApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment I’m trying to envision a *better* use of time than creating new forms of SR-71 art..and I’ve got nothing.
Show threadMathias af JochnickApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment Weeeeeeell…… not a great one anyway:
Show threadScott Davidson 🎸📝🕹️Apr 8, 2023

@2happy1sad @marcoarment A: That’s a Christmas tree bulb

“Sorry, I’ll try again”

B: Looks like a moderately happy cat face house with stilts for legs. It’s perfect

“I’ll remember that”

Show threadChris WilliamsApr 8, 2023
@2happy1sad @marcoarment I tried to do it on ChatGpt too and it pretty much turned out the same. I even asked it to use more types of symbols and it made the same thing but made sure to type out and tell me all of the 3 symbols it had used to create the image.
Show threadbupsyApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment Have you tried askingChatGPT to make it?
Show threadCarlos FenollosaApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment surely you know about aalib/libcaca, dropping it here just in case!
Show threadPenguinApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment Ah Lockheed. That design started with the P-38 Lightning of WW2. As their head designer Kelly Johnson said, if it looks beautiful it’ll fly beautiful 🙂
Show threadJason HowlinApr 8, 2023
Show threadJim BoulterApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment the first thing I check when someone says “database library”
Show threadisametryApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment Doesn’t look like a butt to me at all though🤨
Show threadWatsonApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment welp, because of this post, yes, yes I did spend time doing alternate SR-71 ASCII-arts. Good fun!
Show threadCraigApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment ChatGPT doing a bang up job, and this was after some iterative encouragement.
Show threaddjuewhanApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment best spent time. Gorgeous.
Show threadConorApr 8, 2023
@marcoarment next thing you know you’ll be naming your next child after the SR-71.
Show thread𝚎𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚔Apr 8, 2023
@marcoarment I tried to be smart.
Show threadGen X-WingApr 9, 2023
@marcoarment Careful, someone might make competing one called Viggen and lock on to yours :)
Show threadb-loved dreamerApr 9, 2023
@marcoarment without using https://monodraw.helftone.com/?
Monodraw for macOS — Helftone

Show threadEric TsaiApr 11, 2023
@marcoarment Why, yes, I did get inspired to come up with my own version of an ASCII Blackbird.
Show threadMarco ArmentApr 11, 2023
@juven Pretty good!
Show threadCalumApr 11, 2023
@marcoarment Shoulda used Monodraw though :)