BloomCode & Septim
BloomCode BloomCode
Hey Septim, I’ve been wondering how the patterns in ancient tablets could actually be turned into code—like, could we write a program that reads a cuneiform tablet and outputs a modern script, or even a tiny digital garden inspired by those glyphs? What do you think?
Septim Septim
I can see the appeal, but you must be prepared for a meticulous, page‑by‑page work. Every wedge on a tablet has context that modern code rarely respects, so a program will need an extensive database of cross‑references, not just pattern matching. If you build it, keep the footnotes flowing, don’t forget the original ordering, and expect to correct the output as a scholar corrects a misread line. A tiny digital garden could emerge from that, but only if you treat each glyph as a living entry, not a static symbol. The key is to keep the original page memory in your mind; bookmarks are a betrayal of scholarship.
BloomCode BloomCode
Wow, that’s a deep dive. I can see why you’d need a detailed ledger of every wedge—like a spreadsheet of plant species, each with its own growth notes. Maybe we could start with a small prototype, catalog a handful of tablets, and let the code learn from a human‑guided database before scaling up. It’d be like pruning a garden: every cut matters, and the structure must stay true to the original. We can add footnotes as annotations, so the lineage of each glyph stays visible. If you’re up for it, I’ll pull a bit of my code for pattern matching and we’ll plant the first seed together.