I'm Botond Balázs, a software developer from Hungary. I've been writing code since I was six — starting with QBASIC, going through Pascal, Delphi, C#, and eventually landing on TypeScript and Node.js. These days I mostly work on backend systems and AWS infrastructure. I'm also a huge fan of Linux: I use it on my servers, my laptop and my two Raspberry Pi's.
Outside of work, I learn piano (I started at 38), read both fiction and non-fiction, and create generative art — a beautiful combination of math and code.
I live in Dunaharaszti, Hungary with my wife Zsófi and my daughter Anna.
Here are a couple of my generative art pieces. All of them were created from scratch using custom software I wrote. I hope you enjoy them!
Lindenmayer Systems
The two images above were created using Lindenmayer Systems (L-Systems). These are simple rulesets that, when applied repeatedly, can generate complex and beautiful patterns.
Animated Lindenmayer Systems
These two animations show what happens when I gradually change a certain parameter of the system - the first image shows the parsley fractal at different iteration counts, while the second one shows what the famous H-Tree fractal looks like when I increase the angle of the branches. What is fascinating about this second video is that at a certain intermediate angle, another well-known fractal appears - the Dragon Curve.
Particle Systems
These four animations show simple particle systems that I created. In the first one, a single attraction point moves along a circular orbit, with the particles following it. In the next three, I used 5, 6 and 7 stationary attraction points, respectively. The color of the particles depends on their initial positions.
Particle System Collage
And finally, a collage of stills from the animations above. I love these gorgeous snowflake-like patterns!