THE STACK, BY THE NUMBERS

one SVG file, zero javascript, zero chart libraries — every rect and arc below is hand-placed geometry. figures are illustrative.

SINGLE-FILE OUTPUTS 100% no build step REPRODUCIBILITY seed = art same seed, same pixels MAX EXPORT WIDTH 3840px and beyond (SVG) IMAGE MODELS USED 0 math did it SECONDS TO FIRST VISIBLE RESULT SVG + HTML 3s p5.js sketch 8s matplotlib / PIL 15s Manim (draft -ql) 45s wall-clock from "make me a picture" to a picture on screen · illustrative WHAT GETS ASKED FOR 4 kinds of pixels diagrams & dashboards — 40% generative art — 25% data viz — 20% animated explainers — 15% GROWTH OF A FLOW FIELD (particles drawn per frame) frame 0 frame 60

view source on this page: the donut is four circles with stroke-dasharray. that's the whole trick.