Otium

Otium is a project to make a little computer and programming environment from scratch. It’s…

An operating system. Inspired by Lisp machines, Smalltalk (particularly the moment where Dan Ingalls redefines core system behavior while giving a demo for Steve Jobs) and microkernels, the idea is to have a system that can be altered on the fly.

A programming language. Inspired by Scheme, Lua and with a little sugar to give it a C-like syntax. Based on a few of my past projects: odd, arete.

A physical device based on the RP2350 microcontroller. Targeting the Fruit Jam to start, it’ll eventually have its circuit board, 3d printed case and of course a mechanical keyboard.

And it’s also just getting started right now, but you can follow along on github. There’s the beginnings of some prototypes that will eventually converge.

With apologies.

— Phil.