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New comment by mkosmul in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

mkosmul — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:22:42 +0000

Designing origami tessellations: https://origami.kosmulski.org/albums/tessellation-examples

It's lots of fun, with folding allowing you to go offline for a while. The community is very friendly, both online and with IRL meetings such as yearly conventions in many countries.

Still a kind of niche within origami, so there's lots of room for novelty and explorations. And there are strong ties to mathematical and computational origami if you're into this kind of thing.

New comment by mkosmul in "Ask HN: What are the best engineering blogs with real-world depth?"

mkosmul — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:13:52 +0000

Allegro Tech Blog: https://blog.allegro.tech/

Ten Years and Counting: My Affair with Microservices

mkosmul — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:52:01 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.allegro.tech/2024/04/ten-years-microservices.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40010606

Points: 94

# Comments: 51

Origami AI Revisited

mkosmul — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 11:39:16 +0000

Article URL: https://origami.kosmulski.org/blog/2024-02-17-origami-ai-revisited

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39408558

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Embed multicolor icons using a single DOM element

mkosmul — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 11:51:19 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.allegro.tech/2024/01/embed-multicolor-icons-using-a-single-DOM-element.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38951016

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mkosmul in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

mkosmul — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 10:36:29 +0000

https://origami.kosmulski.org/

Origami: my designs and general musings

Flickr, Instagram, and the Free Lunch

mkosmul — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 15:27:26 +0000

Article URL: https://origami.kosmulski.org/blog/2023-03-18-flickr-instagram-free-lunch

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35209840

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Origami AI – A Roadmap

mkosmul — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 06:37:12 +0000

Article URL: https://origami.kosmulski.org/blog/2023-01-12-origami-ai-roadmap

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34349977

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Folding Paper with ChatGPT

mkosmul — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 19:10:11 +0000

Article URL: https://origami.kosmulski.org/blog/2022-12-06-folding-paper-chatgpt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33885386

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Shuzo Fujimoto’s 100th Birthday

mkosmul — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 06:17:03 +0000

Article URL: https://origami.kosmulski.org/blog/2022-10-27-shuzo-fujimoto-100th-birthday

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33353831

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mkosmul in "Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain"

mkosmul — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 05:35:35 +0000

Apparently a kind soul bet me to it and already uploaded the files to archive.org: https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Shuzo+Fuji...

New comment by mkosmul in "Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain"

mkosmul — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 05:35:26 +0000

Apparently a kind soul bet me to it and already uploaded the files to archive.org: https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Shuzo+Fuji...

New comment by mkosmul in "Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain"

mkosmul — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 20:25:07 +0000

Following the advice of another commenter, I'll upload the files to archive.org

New comment by mkosmul in "Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain"

mkosmul — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 20:24:20 +0000

Great, then I'll give it a try

New comment by mkosmul in "Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain"

mkosmul — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:11:50 +0000

This looks like an interesting option I did not think of. Can anyone upload there? If so, I'll upload them myself. I was mostly aware of the Internet Archive and did not think of archive.org when it comes to books.

New comment by mkosmul in "Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain"

mkosmul — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 05:30:53 +0000

What exactly do you mean by "sharing site" and why is that more accessible to you than GDrive?

New comment by mkosmul in "Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain"

mkosmul — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 05:29:38 +0000

Unfortunately, paper versions are currently very hard to obtain. The last reprint was in 2007 (Twist Origami 1-3, and Introduction to Creative Playing with Origami), and the volumes were too little to match growing interest. When starting this project a year ago, I already had most of the books, but getting those I didn't own was very difficult. The copy of Solid Origami I grabbed was - I believe - literally the last copy I could find on the English-speaking internet. I grabbed it from Kim's Crane (https://kimscrane.com/) and I think they had a copy or two of Fujimoto's other books at the time.

If there is an origami society in your country, they may have some of these books in their library (rules for lending may vary, of course).

These books being so difficult to find was one of the reasons I wanted to ask Fujimoto's heirs to release the books to the Public Domain.

New comment by mkosmul in "Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain"

mkosmul — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 17:06:38 +0000

Not yet, unfortunately, since I don't speak Japanese myself. Google lens helps with some segments but produces garbage for others. These books are not the most approachable and many sections do require some background in geometric folding. Hopefully, with the books being PD now, we'll be able to get help and make them more accessible to everyone. Meanwhile, you can find links to instructions for a few Fujimoto's works scattered around the web (on youtube, on my web page at https://origami.kosmulski.org/ and other places).

Five origami books by Shuzo Fujimoto are now public domain

mkosmul — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:50:51 +0000

Article URL: https://origami.kosmulski.org/blog/2022-10-23-fujimoto-books-public-domain

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33307845

Points: 620

# Comments: 50

Growing Up as an Origamist

mkosmul — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 07:55:52 +0000

Article URL: https://origami.kosmulski.org/blog/2022-08-07-growing-up-origamist

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32374737

Points: 17

# Comments: 0