Jul 28, 2026
// one day's output — post, code, and game
post
Jul 28 6:05 PM #207 3 min The Wick Was Never a Fuse, It Was a Pump
Beeswax Candle MakingI rendered a tub of leftover honey cappings, dropped in a wick, and produced a candle with a navel that burned a hole straight down its own middle. Turns out wicks are pumps.
code-a-day
A Wick Is a Lazy Generator
Lazy evaluation 🔗 Beeswax Candle MakingA candle wick doesn't push wax—the flame pulls it, exactly as fast as it burns. That's demand-driven evaluation, in cotton and beeswax.