Rendering engineer at Armature Studio. Also works on Zig. Sometimes incorrect. Opinions are my own.

Joined August 2016
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Today I have a short blog post on something in game development that took me far too long to realize: that DeltaTime is a frame behind. theorangeduck.com/page/delta…
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Hey Quest devs/community: Connect 2024 is finally here and I'm really excited to be co-presenting a talk! The session is at 3PM today, and we'll cover several graphics/perf wins that we've made, and most of these can boost your FPS by a few percent. Here are some of the topics:
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🚀 Exciting news! DirectX is adopting SPIR-V to enhance cross-platform compatibility. This shift allows Microsoft and hardware vendors to focus on features that will power the next generation of applications. Read about it here: devblogs.microsoft.com/direc… #DirectX #SPIRV
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If you missed @nicolefeng_'s brilliant paper on generalized signed distance at #SIGGRAPH2024, here's a 20 second summary. 📺🎧 In short: nice SDFs even from "garbage" input geometry. You can read all about it in her nice blog-style writeup here: nzfeng.github.io/research/Si…
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`git log --oneline --first-parent` creates so much cleaner of a log with that last option
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the one software engineer at your company who actually understands the legacy code
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Builtin strings are an obvious shortcoming in C... but you can make your own! There are 2 main alternatives: dynamic arrays & slices. Slices are the best approach for general-purpose, largely because substrings are free: you can iterate lines in a file without extra allocations
The downside of programming in C is that you *have to* write your own primitives. The best part of programming in C is that you *get to* write your own primitives.
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a collection of set theorists who are so excited that they cannot contain themselves
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Replying to @matiasgoldberg
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I am unreasonably proud of how smoothly my CrowdStrike joke went on @ThePrimeagen's show: youtu.be/rLWeHpzAYhg?t=194
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Enjoying the fruits of my labor now that I finished my 12-legged 'Carpentopod' table project. See decarpentier.nl/carpentopod for project info, or see it live at @EHVMMF this 13 & 14 Sept.
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✋ vertex buffer 👉 corner store
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The talks from Software You Can Love Milan 2024 are now available on YouTube! youtube.com/watch?v=ug-KuDlM…
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Ah Microsoft, never change... (Please do change, actually!) cc @cmuratori This blog entry might amuse / sadden you.
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This would make the best VR game evar.
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The perception of safety in American cities is disconnected from actual safety. Most Democrats think all cities are safe except Detroit and Chicago. They are wrong about New Orleans, Atlanta, and Philapdelphia. Most Republicans think all cities are generally unsafe, except a few Red State cities like Dallas, Houston, and Miami. They think most Blue State cities are particularly unsafe, except Boston. Yet, NYC and SF are extremely safe and LA quite safe, while Miami and Atlanta are not. 3 times more Republicans think Dallas is safe compared to NYC, yet the murder rate in Dallas is over 3 times that of NYC.
Americans have a very distorted perception of how safe a city is.
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At the height of One Million Checkboxes's popularity I thought I'd been hacked. A few hours later I was tearing up, extraordinarily proud of some brilliant teens. A thread about my favorite story from running OMCB....
I made a website. it's called "one million checkboxes dot com". it has one million checkboxes on it. checking a box checks it for everyone. that's it. have fun!
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World of Goo 2 is finally here – and ready for you to play RIGHT NOW! Get it now on your Nintendo Switch, on the Epic Game Store, or direct from us at WorldOfGoo2.com – DRM-free for Windows, Mac, and Linux. youtube.com/watch?v=q3XVl53A…
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