SimonHarrisCoI'm Simon, a founding engineer at SwiftKitchen. I code my own tools, make art from living systems, and occasionally write.https://simonharris.co/Living Systemshttps://simonharris.co/living-systems/https://simonharris.co/living-systems/An ongoing body of computational work exploring how simple local behaviours become collective form.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:09:24 GMTUsing React with canvas, WebGL and custom renderers.https://simonharris.co/using-react-with-canvas-webgl-and-custom-renderers/https://simonharris.co/using-react-with-canvas-webgl-and-custom-renderers/How I use React UI library with Javascript rendering engines, handling the difficulties of making reactive UI and OOP WebGL canvas engines work togethers.Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:07:12 GMTTaste is the last commodity for artists in the AI agehttps://simonharris.co/whats-next-for-artists-with-generative-ai/https://simonharris.co/whats-next-for-artists-with-generative-ai/Generative AI is eating into the skillset of traditional artists, but it doesn't really matter. The taste economy is here.Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:18:00 GMTThe emergence of LLM sympathy in our codebaseshttps://simonharris.co/emergence-of-llm-sympathy-in-codebases/https://simonharris.co/emergence-of-llm-sympathy-in-codebases/With the rise of LLM code generation, how are we these tools shaping the way that we work?Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:17:00 GMTWhat makes a good explanation & how to make better decisions.https://simonharris.co/what-makes-a-good-explanation-how-to-make-better-decisions/https://simonharris.co/what-makes-a-good-explanation-how-to-make-better-decisions/How can we responsibly use data to make good predictions? What separates good theories from bad ones?Sat, 25 May 2024 16:15:00 GMTThe continued success of my excessively decoupled React SPA architecturehttps://simonharris.co/my-excessively-decoupled-react-spa-architecture/https://simonharris.co/my-excessively-decoupled-react-spa-architecture/I use an unconventional React SPA architecture to great success. Here I share the details of the architecture and the reasons behind it.Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:24:00 GMTExplorations in Vellumhttps://simonharris.co/explorations-in-vellum/https://simonharris.co/explorations-in-vellum/A 2021 series of soft-body simulations exploring how simple material rules produce intricate, organic forms.Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:00:20 GMTFragmentshttps://simonharris.co/fragments/https://simonharris.co/fragments/A 2021 shader study imagining the parallel processing hidden inside a rendered image.Mon, 22 Mar 2021 21:18:38 GMTHow I built a barebones WebGL PBR renderer in Nodes.iohttps://simonharris.co/how-im-building-a-webgl-pbr-renderer-in-nodes-io/https://simonharris.co/how-im-building-a-webgl-pbr-renderer-in-nodes-io/This article describes how I implemented a PBR renderer with image based lighting in Nodes.io.Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:00:00 GMTAlgorithms, Elves and Recycling. Not every idea has to be original.https://simonharris.co/algorithms-elves-and-recycling/https://simonharris.co/algorithms-elves-and-recycling/Learning any artistic skill feels like a loss of innocence. An exploration of what studying Tolkien taught me about creating art.Fri, 01 Jan 2021 16:13:00 GMTOrganised Reality - Generative art and source codehttps://simonharris.co/organised-reality/https://simonharris.co/organised-reality/This article shows a basic script for some generative art you can make in the browserSat, 15 Aug 2020 16:03:00 GMT