This is absolute gold. When I use things like this, I am reminded how powerful digital learning can be. So much more capable then just text or video. But very little content is this well put together. Probably because it is so time intensive.
I'm inspired by Bartosz Ciechanowski and Julia Evans. The web is such a powerful toolbox. So many concepts are more complex than text alone can hope to explain. Those two are so creative and full of energy.
And you're right, it's incredibly time intensive to put these together. Thousands of lines of code, plus the text content, plus reaching out to domain experts for reviews (shout out Chris Down, kernel wizard extraordinaire).
Such great work. I learned things and have a clearer understanding that I think I will come back to in the future. And I say that as someone who has programmed for 15 years! I think your effort paid off, and the inspiration shows through.
One more name I'dd add to this list is Mike Bostock. The care and attention he gives to data visualization examples comes through in the finished product.
Communicating complex subjects through interactive visual displays is very effective -- it's worth the effort. Thank you!
I've been admiring this trend since I started seeing these kinds of essays posted here, and felt motivated to start collecting them in a curated list[0]. Happy to accept new entries or volunteers to help maintain it!
Would you be open to suggestions? Off the top of my head, there's Explorable Explanations from https://ncase.me and, while not as educational, The Space Elevator on https://neal.fun
Definitely, Issues or PRs would be splendid. Though, I've had a hard time finding similar essay-like deep dives that fit this pattern on https://explorabl.es (I see a lot of what seem to be just an individual specialized simulation, games, or traditional e-learning courses), and the Space Elevator page feels like more of an interactive visualization in my opinion (though still very cool)
