A better way to think about browning
A kitchen note on the Maillard reaction, and why colour alone never tells the whole story.
A personal journal by Louis Calata
For the love of
making things.
Good food. Thoughtful tools. New ways of seeing.
A place for the work, and the curiosity behind it.
Four interests. One endlessly curious mind.
01
For the love of food.
Technique, pastry, and the pleasure of paying attention to what we eat.
7 pieces to explore02
For the love of code.
Tools, local AI, and a closer look at how the pieces work.
2 pieces to explore03
For the love of art.
Digital worlds, materials, characters, and visual experiments.
24 pieces to explore04
For the love of ideas.
Books, craft, culture, and questions that are worth keeping.
3 pieces to exploreA few good places to start
A little of everything.
Different disciplines.
The same instinct to make.
Nisi Inference v0.2
Nisi Inference v0.2, showcased through the public Nisi CLI and library for structured AI-assisted coding workflows.
The Ballad of Neurodiversity
Digital painting and animation, 2023; Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects.
The useful and the beautiful
Reading William Morris as an invitation to care about ordinary objects, from the page to the tools we build.
Fresh pages
Notes from
the margins.
Small observations, useful distinctions, and ideas to return to.
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