Bookmarks
These are articles and links that I’ve saved from around the web using Raindrop.io
Why Self-host?
Let me make the argument why you should start self-hosting more of your personal services.
The web has a new system for making AI companies pay up
The mission is to keep the web sustainable.
AI vs Gen Z: How AI has changed the career pathway for junior developers - Stack Overflow
For promising Gen Z students, a career as a software developer seemed like the golden ticket to career stability and success. But in the age of AI, the career promise for Gen Z software developers is gone.
Blueprints vs. C++: How They Fit Together and Why You Should Use Both
It's not an either/or decision. Learn what makes C++ and Blueprints different, what they have in common, and how to use them together effectively.
Performance guideline for Blueprints and making sense of Blueprint VM.
In this post I’ll go through common myths about Blueprint performance bottlenecks and explain real logic behind it’s virtual machine.
Never Enough Space! Redesigning the inventory system for Unexplored 2
Two weeks after the release of Unexplored 2 we’ve redesigned the inventory system as players found it to be too restrictive and too diminishing of the fun of finding treasure during their adventures. In this post Joris Dormans looks back at this pivot.
Intuitive Inventory Systems in VR Games
We took a look at the various inventory systems used in popular VR games and share our observations.
The good times in tech are over
For most of the last decade, being a software engineer has been a lot of fun. Every company offered lots of perks, layoffs and firings were almost unheard of…
Game engines and shader stuttering: Unreal Engine's solution to the problem
Take a dive into Pipeline State Object (PSO) precaching and find out how this technique has evolved to the point that it now prevents most kinds of shader compilation stutters.
Rendering a Game in Real-Time with AI
Discover the process of transforming an ASCII game into real-time AI-rendered graphics with fal.ai
Uncertain⟨T⟩
GPS coordinates aren’t exact. Sensor readings have noise. User behavior is probabilistic. Yet we write code that pretends uncertainty doesn’t exist, forcing messy real-world data through clean Boolean logic.
Open Source is one person
The Register recently published a story titled Putin on the code: DoD reportedly relies on utility written by Russian dev. They should be ashamed of this story. This poor open source developer is getting beat up now to score some internet points. It’s very upsetting. But anyway,
Moving the public Stack Overflow sites to the cloud: Part 1 - Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow, born on the bare metal racks of a data center, ascends to the cloud.
The Bubble That Knows It's a Bubble
The four words that precede every crash: “This time is different.”
Documents: The architect’s programming language - Stack Overflow
Founded in 2008, Stack Overflow’s public platform is used by nearly everyone who codes to learn, share their knowledge, collaborate, and build their careers.
Who does your assistant serve?
ChatGPT and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
LLMs generate slop because they avoid surprises by design
LLMs suck at comedy, art, journalism, research, and science for the same fundamental reason
Early Legal Streaming Services: Why Pressplay and MusicNet Failed
Lessons from the music industry’s initial consumer-hostile reaction to the Napster saga. Going from $16 CDs to unlimited streaming is really hard.
How Does A Blind Model See The Earth?
A tiny LLM eval with pretty pictures
