Recursion Explained in Nine Genres
A quick, self-referential explainer of recursion that jumps to a completely different video style for every explanation, nine genre shifts in all. Scenes drawn in React and SVG, with music and sound effects synthesized in Python.
By Ethan Mollick @emollick Sep 26, 2026
- Type
- prompt
- Made with
- Claude Opus 5.5
- Built in
- SVG
- Topics
- Explainer · Characters · Code
The prompt
A video explaining recursion, where every explanation about recursion has a radically different video style, make this self-referential & clever & fast moving.
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