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How to Move Beyond Vibes to Learnings
It’s incredibly easy to get an LLM to emit just a ton of code that may or may not do what you ask. It’s not free, you still have to do the work to understand the code. Otherwise you and … Continue reading
Wannabe: Dimensionality
As I proceed farther into wannabe, I find I need more content to test and validate the work I’m doing. That is the purpose for the vignette milestones over in the issue tracker. So, I’ve finally started on … Continue reading
Wannabe: The Perils of Hidden Voxel Removal
At least part of the problem Wannabe has with rendering is that we’re blindly drawing every voxel in a somewhat arbitrary manner. Right now, it’s sorted only by Z, the rest stays in the order added to the initial … Continue reading
Wannabe: Interlude
I’ve not not been working on wannabe — in fact I have significant code and written content that I haven’t posted. I’ll try to get somewhere more this weekend. In a nutshell, there’s at least two problems: I … Continue reading
Wannabe: Gaining some perspective
Small diversion: What I didn’t really mention in the last post was that I had actually gotten the PsuedoPerspective working a bit better. Let’s see what that looks like!
Wannabe: Advanced cubism
Continuing the Cabinet projection effort from the last post let’s see if we can close out issue #1 on github. We need to add sides and make sure things look good under different circumstances.
Wannabe: making a Cabinet
I’ve copied several of the issues from the last post into the github project’s issues list. Herein, I work on issue #1: A Cabinet (Projection). Read on to see how we can make these little squares a little more … Continue reading
Even a wannabe needs goals
In the first article, I described the basics of wannabe: a simple graphics engine. I haven’t been letting it sit, I’ve added some small features to it and have been making plans. On github: wannabe: Multiplatform low-resolution 3d engine. … Continue reading
The wannabe graphics engine
After recently getting an Ouya device, I got inspired to make a game. Then I realized two things: I don’t have any skill with 3d, and I learn by doing. Here’s a quick guide to what I’ve done so far: … Continue reading
Making an Android app look like a web browser
I’m not in the business of writing web browsers, but my HTC One X has a problem: HtcLinkify. Due to an annoying lawsuit from Apple, HTC changed the behavior of web links on their devices. Instead of jumping right … Continue reading
I’m on a Mac: Recovery
Tried to boot up my macbook after a long weekend. Got the inscrutable flashing folder with a question mark. Tried a couple of tips from the internet, like holding option or ‘c’ down, neither of which worked. Then, … Continue reading
Upgrading Git on MacOS X Lion
This was way harder than it needs to be, because MacOS X Lion ships with git 1.7.4.4 in /usr/bin. Here’s a quick sequence of steps: Download and install latest version from http://git-scm.com/. This appears to work but won’t … Continue reading
I’m on a Mac: Utilities you need to survive
Several utilities that make life bearable on the mac: KeyRemap4MacBook — awesome way to make sensible keyboard changes. Recommend the following settings: Change Eject Key / Eject to Forward Delete Change Fn Key / Fn+letter to Control_L+Letter (note: I … Continue reading
I’m on a Mac: Screensavers and keys
No real editorial here, just capturing some metrics. Number of keys lost when coming out of screensaver or sleep to the unlock password prompt: Windows XP: 1..n — You have to hit ctrl-alt-del anyway. And all keys between … Continue reading
Pretending to Git Good
Git tries its darndest to be as hard as possible to use. More than anything, it suffers from too-many-options-itis and correspondingly confusing options, often a warning flag for a programming language or tool. But git’s core is good, … Continue reading
I’m on a Mac: Hardware Wrap-up
As mentioned in my post, I’m using a MacBook now, every day, as my work computer. And, well, I’ve not died nor been struck by lightning or anything. But am I a convert? Read my of my … Continue reading
I’m on a Mac: Keyboard
As mentioned in my post, I’m using a MacBook now, every day, as my work computer. And, well, I’ve not died nor been struck by lightning or anything. But am I a convert? Read of my experiences … Continue reading
Revising MuddyHorse
I’m moving to wordpress to administer my whole site, ultimately. So this is a bit in progress. I’ll restore all the bits in a bit. You can still find content on to the old blog if you … Continue reading
I Love Apple
I love apple. You? Apple very Square, yet not square! Tasty, and not tasty. And so on. Here are some very quick impressions from almost two days.