Welcome to The Experiments
There’s something special about building a project just for curiosity’s sake, no business model, no product roadmap, just pure exploration.
That’s the energy behind a new category here at The Code Abides: Experiments.
These are small, self-contained interactive sites. Living prototypes that merge data, design, and wonder. They’re meant to be played with, not just read about.
And today, two new experiments are live: the 3I Atlas Tracker and the Are We Alone? dashboard.
The 3I Atlas Tracker
The 3I Atlas Tracker is a live, browser-based visualization of interstellar objects — rare visitors from beyond our solar system like 2I/Borisov and the mysterious ‘Oumuamua.
It pulls orbital data from open NASA and JPL sources, translating cold orbital elements into something you can actually see and feel: a real-time simulation of where these cosmic drifters are, and when they’ll be visible from Earth.
Built with a lightweight WebGL engine, it renders each object’s orbit in three dimensions, along with date sliders, visibility windows, and labels for major planets.
It’s a space-map in motion, part astronomy tool, part digital art.
Are We Alone?
This one taps into the NASA Exoplanet Archive and turns it into a sci-fi-inspired data console.
Every card, chart, and stat you see on the page is live data — real planets orbiting other stars, updated automatically from NASA’s public TAP API (via a local DreamHost relay).
The dashboard shows:
- Latest 250 found
- Median planet size compared to Earth
- Year-by-year discovery trends
- A grid of the latest worlds discovered, sortable by radius, period, or habitability potential
The design draws inspiration from NASA mission interfaces — dark space backdrop, glowing edges, and crisp telemetry visuals.
It’s not just a dashboard; it’s a window into the search for life — a vibe-coded mission control for the cosmic unknown.
Why Experiments Matter
The Experiments section is where The Code Abides goes hands-on blending code, art, and data into living demos that invite you to look closer.
Some will be visualizers. Others might become games, tools, or thought experiments. All of them share a common thread: curiosity and craft.
If Vibe Coding is about building from inspiration, Experiments are the proving grounds where imagination turns into code, and code turns into exploration.
Go explore:
And stay tuned, there are more experiments in the works.
We’re just getting started.
