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I mean the Handmade hero game
Did Casey ever finish the video series?
Re:No Graphics API on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @06:51PM (#46296392)
To be honest there isn't really one, a lot of these concepts are advanced even for graphics programmers
Re:My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2020) on Thursday December 11, 2025 @04:46PM (#46237642)
You don't have to use the same solution for work and personal notes
Re:My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2020) on Thursday December 11, 2025 @04:35PM (#46237486)
What I realized at least for me is that work notes and personal notes are two different use cases

The .txt file approach works for work stuff because I never need to reference it on mobile, if I'm doing software development I need to be on a computer anyway.

Whereas personal stuff I need an actual notetaking app like Notion for the mobile usability

Re:My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2020) on Thursday December 11, 2025 @03:55PM (#46237013)
I've done the same thing for a long time

The only extra thing is I set up autohotkey macros

For example typing $today or $yesterday will insert the date with a dividing line underneath to separate days into clear blocks

I've tried a lot of different note apps and what I eventually realized is that when it comes to work, I generally don't actually care about old notes 98% of the time.

I only really care about the last week or two and when everything is in one file it makes it really easy to scroll back to see that. Can still CTRL + F once in a while to go back farther.

The text file ends up gigantic but its still small data for a computer even after many years of adding to a single file and searching is still fast.

Re:Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @11:58AM (#46207319)
Every time I see an article like this I ask the same question: show me the money?

If it’s so good why hasn’t it made you rich?

Re:Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @11:57AM (#46207305)
Not everyone is building web apps/web services

The more niche the thing you’re working on the worse results I’ve found these tools to give

Re:Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @11:54AM (#46207259)
These articles act like creating new demo apps or isolated tools is what software development is all about
Re:Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @11:52AM (#46207228)
Exactly

“Show me the money”

Where are the results of this supposed 90%?

Shouldn’t that be making the author rich?

Re:Things that aren't doing the thing on Sunday November 16, 2025 @04:48PM (#45948710)
Have you considered the idea that it is just exaggerating to make a point and isn’t meant to be taken literally?

Exaggeration is a common technique employed in human language for emphasis.

Exactly, the whole process is a business itself
Re:Steam Frame on Thursday November 13, 2025 @02:58AM (#45912056)
I’ve never seen that in my entire life
Re:Steam Frame on Thursday November 13, 2025 @02:56AM (#45912038)
It’s not foveated rendering, it’s foveated streaming
Re:Steam Frame on Thursday November 13, 2025 @02:55AM (#45912026)
To be fair its obviously not meant for professional work

Valve is a game company

Re:Macro Gaussian Splats on Sunday October 12, 2025 @12:08PM (#45559234)
Educational visualization seems like a really good use case for GS
Re:Ask HN: What Is Your Hobby? on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @10:24PM (#45368614)
Ripping through single track forest trails on 2-stroke dirt bikes

I joke that it’s the most opposite activity from programming

Ask HN: What about the "annoyance cost" of using LLMs for coding?

Does anyone else find that LLM code generators improve your overall productivity marginally but you prefer not to use them due to what I call the “annoyance cost”Basically the extra cognitive annoyance you have to experience every time it generates the wrong thingIt’s like you can achieve the end result faster but it’s more mentally draining and annoying to keep tweaking the LLM than to just...

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Re:Ask HN: What are your current programming pet peeves? on Thursday July 17, 2025 @01:19PM (#44595681)
Yeah for me figuring out _what_ to build and estimating it are the biggest problems day to day
Re:Ask HN: What are your current programming pet peeves? on Thursday July 17, 2025 @01:06PM (#44595546)
I’ve found that as well

It’s a good idea to take some time to understand how the official language docs are organized so that you can just jump there straight away and bypass all the noise

Re:Ask HN: What are your current programming pet peeves? on Thursday July 17, 2025 @01:04PM (#44595518)
I’ve noticed that as well with README’s

Sometimes you come upon a library and it tells you what it does but there is no explanation or context on why you would want to use it

Re:Ask HN: What are your current programming pet peeves? on Thursday July 17, 2025 @12:58PM (#44595451)
That is an interesting idea, like a universal bug tracker

If you could report a bug on any product/project and it’s up to the users to open/verify/close it

Could put pressure on companies to improve quality since the number of bugs is public

Re:GPUHammer on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @03:00AM (#44579492)
I tried knocking on my wall 100,000 times and it did indeed cause a disturbance in the neighbouring cell of my apartment

Turns out this whole virtualized house abstraction is a sham

Ask HN: Where are the AI-driven profits or promotions?

I see so many comments on the huge productivity gains of coding with AI but it mostly seems to just be perceived productivityBut does anyone have stories of the actual results or impact?If the productivity gains are so huge, shouldn’t we see those engineers getting promoted super fast or getting rich from building a product extremely fast?Where are those stories?

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That does not follow

It’s possible to apply systems, frameworks, or categorizations that are actually wrong or overstated

I find it entertaining and view it more as a writing device

The author obviously adds some exaggeration to get the point across

I don’t think they actually think everyone does this

The phrase “outdated tech stack from 2022” is kind of hilarious

Out of date after only 3 years?

3d graphics programming
I can definitely see this being used for lower end advertising

I’ve noticed ads with AI voices already, but having it lip synced with someone talking in a video really sells it more

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