Nice to see someone put some passion and energy into their portfolio design that is sure to give AI parsers a hard time!

https://hanakami.art - what is hanakami? You can find out more here: https://origamiusa.org/thefold/article/art-hanakami-or-flowe...

Why would anyone want to fold flower petals into origami? I guess you'll have to read it to find out.

If the author had replaced the term "UX" with design, then the article would make more sense to me. To continue with the misuse of UX in IT to mean fancy and unnecessary design seems quite strange, because design has always been a factor in how successful projects will be (not just the interface but the whole process of delivery on an outcome).

Just curious what people make out of it since it is probably one of the longer standing surveys across the industry.

Is it representative these days? That is, do the younger generation still participate?

I would say so based on the demographic profile: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/developers#profile

Thoughts on Parkour and Woodwork

If you get around to trying this, please let me know and send me an image. I want to keep a record of the types of flowers that you can fold, along with the people who have done this :)

I can assure you that they are definitely bougainvillea flowers that I folded. In fact there appears to be quite a few varieties and they do possess different colours: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainvillea

You are right in that they are difficult to fold, but not because of the size of petals (I fold models no bigger than from a 1cm x 1cm square cut from the petal), but because of the curvature of the petals that makes it difficult to press and work with.

I can assure you that the coin of this term caused me quite a bit of headache, even though I would prefer to focus on the fact that I am not aware of anyone else folding flower petals into origami, except for one other person who has done this with lotus flower petals.

I have consulted friends in Japan (native Japanese speakers), and even Robert Lang gave me the same comment. It is not my intention to cause controversy with the choice of words, but even the Japan Origami Academic Society would not respond to my request for clarification, so I think this is where a :shrug emoji would go.

Over time, just about every possible mistake has been made (and a few you would not believe were possible). Most of these I have also made myself That old saying about the inevitability of death and taxes needs to be expanded to read the inevitability of death, taxes and mistakes.

When you start to look for what you have done wrong, you will eventually also start to think about how you might go about the work so as to minimse the chances of that mistake happening again. Once you start doing this you have entered the world of technique. This word encompass the way you choose, use and prepare tools and wood, which work methods you adopt, how you organise your workspace, and even the fathomless world of mental attitude.