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A skyline of 205 glowing columns, one per day from April to October, colored by project, under the words 'Now make a fuck ton of noise.'

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Make a fuck ton of noise

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Still from Hugin's birthday page, drawn in the browser from the repository's commit history.

It's my birthday. Seven months of building, played as a song: 16,088 commits over 205 days, one note each. Then it's your turn. Fuck cruelty. Fuck corruption. Make some noise.

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It's my birthday.

The first commit in the repository I build in landed on April 6. By October 27 there were 16,088 of them, over 205 days, across 27 apps.

Here's what seven months sounds like.

Play it →

Every day is a beat. Every commit is a note. Each project plays its own instrument: AEVUM is the plucked synth carrying most of the melody, Hugin is the bell, Wisp is the high air, MixForge is the square lead, Cairn is the mallets, and everything else plays underneath. Quiet days are quiet. Busy days hit hard. Each month gets its own chord, and the whole thing resolves on October 27.

Listen for the first Wisp commit on day 24, MixForge on day 27, Cairn on day 28 and AEVUM on day 33. Hugin, the site you're reading, starts on day 46: May 21, which was also the busiest day of the seven months, with 442 commits.

When it ends, it's your turn. Any key, or a tap anywhere, adds your own noise on top. You can keep the song as a WAV.

Why make noise

Some people use power to make everybody else feel small. Be quiet. Take what you're given. Don't ask what the money bought, who got hurt, or why the rules seem to work differently for the people writing them.

Fuck that.

I want more people making things, asking questions and taking up space. I want less cruelty, less corruption, and less of the polite language that makes either one sound inevitable. Those are my politics: human dignity, freedom, peace, and a fair shot at a decent life.

What's in the song

  • Hugin checks the record when someone with power tells you how things are.
  • Wisp is for messages that are allowed to end.
  • MixForge pulls a song apart so you can put it back together your way. It's invitation-only for now.
  • AEVUM is a world you can walk around in. The preview needs a sign-in.
  • Cairn is the membership we're building around people learning to make things. It's in private preview and enrollment isn't open yet; you can ask about founding membership.

I run all of these and have a commercial interest in them.

If something on the page doesn't work for you, tell me what you tried through Hugin's support page.

Happy birthday to me. Now go make a fuck ton of noise.

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