Show HN: Generative art with ant colony optimization algorithms

I&#x27;ve worked on a similar topic during my Msc Thesis. It was an application to help evolve parameters of ant colonies using evolutionary computation to render non photorealistic artworks.<p>Here&#x27;s a sample of it running: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vimeo.com&#x2F;93903230" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vimeo.com&#x2F;93903230</a><p>Here&#x27;s the link to he project: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cdv.dei.uc.pt&#x2F;photogrowth-ant-painting&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cdv.dei.uc.pt&#x2F;photogrowth-ant-painting&#x2F;</a>

This is a similar topic to the first paper I worked on that got published! We built a system that allowed ants to do compass straightedge construction. Paper link is here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cs.gmu.edu&#x2F;~sean&#x2F;papers&#x2F;alife16-geometers.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cs.gmu.edu&#x2F;~sean&#x2F;papers&#x2F;alife16-geometers.pdf</a>

Thanks for reading! I’m particularly interested in hearing how a technical audience responds to art like this. Did it resonate for you?

This is some of the most visually stunning stuff I&#x27;ve seen in a while. Excellent job!

Good stuff! For some reason you just don&#x27;t see a lot of machine guided&#x2F;generated art like this out there, and that&#x27;s a shame.

This is really cool. Do you have some code that you are willing to showcase?

It seems to be dead: &quot;Error establishing a database connection&quot;

I don&#x27;t know anything about web hosting, but how come HN kills pages so quickly? This has 33 upvotes right now - even when I assume that translates into 1000times the clicks - 33k of <i>anything</i> don&#x27;t seem that much to my naive assumptions. Is web hosting that hard?