@Lesley Lai
Computer Graphics & Programming Languages person.
I twoot about languages like C, C++, Rust, JS/TS, and OCaml.
I organize @graphicsmeetup
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Recent Notes
#graphics folks, I'm thinking of modernizing my undergrad real-time graphics course and move it from OpenGL. Vulkan is too hardcore for an introductory course, Metal & DX12 are not cross-platform enou...
@nprofile1q... I like the API better. though you will loss some features in OpenGL but not in WebGPU (which may not be relevant if you don't teach them)
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@nprofile1q... When I first came to Australia, I assumed rental prices were listed per month and thought the rate seemed reasonable. Then I discovered they're per week.
@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... There's also Qt Creator, which I used before CLion and liked. I am not sure what's the status now, but the project seems to be alive and well.
I am considering switching off Jetbrain products as well
I am considering switching off Jetbrain products as well
hmm I'm out of blog topics 🤔
@nprofile1q... I haven't blogged anything this year, and didn't do much last year either. Back in 2019-2021ish, I had tons of ideas and the only limitation was time and energy. Now I don't know what to write anymore
I've read several technical articles today that have long, rambling digressions or rants at the start. The most egregious one has 9 paragraphs (2 full screens on my desktop) of preamble and IMO can be replaced with one short paragraph.
At least I know that those are probably not LLM-generated (I don't think they generate text in this style unless explicitly instructed).
At least I know that those are probably not LLM-generated (I don't think they generate text in this style unless explicitly instructed).
What's with all this "is code art" discussion recently? Just something going around on Mastodon?
@nprofile1q... I've seen subtwoot floating around for a while. Apparently someone famous said something akin to "code is not art" (probably more offensive). I don't know on what platform and I don't really care
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq38wx7eu6hlnkaw8q9hy7wqnkqwyejdjra3pl4jncj2rd7e3254as9jdw8q Well said! I think most people don't have a job in the things they are interested in, ...
@nprofile1q... On the other hand, it's upsetting that people around me constantly bash the things I enjoy now. The same people used to just say that "you are too obsessed" or "I care about the result more than the process," but now openly say that what I am doing is worthless.
Now I have much more empathy for people pursuing the arts and humanities who are repeatedly told, "You can't sustain yourself with that!"
Now I have much more empathy for people pursuing the arts and humanities who are repeatedly told, "You can't sustain yourself with that!"
Look I totally empathise with the “code is just a means to an end” people, that’s a fine way to engage with code, it’s ok to not really be interested in it on its own terms. But extending that...
@nprofile1q... Well said! I think most people don't have a job in the things they are interested in, and when coding was overfunded, it's natural for a lot of people to join for the money. I don't think blaming those people is fair, just like a lot of people do interested in programming probably need to work on something else to survive now.
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Has the JS ecosystem reached a point where people agree roughly what a good architecture looks like?
I don't see as many blog posts complaining about new framework churn and I'm wondering why.
@nprofile1q... Unfortunately, I think it's mostly that less people care and think about this stuff now
