Max Forbes
@maxforbes
language is irreducibly contextual and multimodal. phd @uwcse (nlp) & former eng @google, now indie dev. posting: academia ∪ "AI" ∪ building software ∪ travel
Unlike any sane person who gets a PhD in NLP right now, afterwards I made a game. I just released it in early access talktomehuman.com Talk to NPCs who talk back at you, try to persuade your way out of sticky situations
first time in my life i've ever actually anticipated a javascript library release
After 5 years in the making, I'm very happy to finally release Anime.js v4, my dream animation library: 🧩 New modular API ⚡️ Highly performant 🖱️ Scroll-linked animations 🫵 Draggables ↔️ Responsive ✨ Additive animations 🪽 WAAPI support And so much more! Link below👇
2025's 'The HTML Review' just dropped!! co-edited by friend and collaborator Shelby (shelby.cool). check it out for a dose of avant-garde web. congrats to MNC, Shelby, and the authors! (thehtml.review/04/)
The new issue of The HTML Review is here! Twelve pieces of poetry, fiction, essays, and experiments, all of which use and explore the world wide web as medium. The table of contents as always designed by my brilliant co-editor Shelby. Link below!