Introduction to the A* Algorithm (2014)(redblobgames.com)

256 points by auraham 1 year ago | 98 comments

Azorius 0.1(flak.tedunangst.com)

60 points by hiena03 3 years ago | 16 comments

Writing a Guide to SDF Fonts(redblobgames.com)

93 points by chunkles 8 months ago | 8 comments

What Is the Difference Between a Block, a Proc, and a Lambda in Ruby? (2013)(blog.awaxman.com)

68 points by Tomte 1 year ago | 22 comments

Unix is both a technology and an idea(utcc.utoronto.ca)

107 points by zdw 3 years ago | 65 comments

Reading English from 1000 AD(lewiscampbell.tech)

116 points by LAC-Tech 8 months ago | 40 comments

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder(ivanturkovic.com)

343 points by saikatsg 7 months ago | 242 comments

Blog post by Ivan Turkovic arguing that AI tools make producing code easier while making the broader job of being a software engineer harder.

I'm just having fun(jyn.dev)

457 points by lemper 10 months ago | 209 comments

A blog post by jyn, a compiler engineer, arguing that programming isn't a competition and that they write about technical topics simply for fun.

That's not an abstraction, that's a layer of indirection(fhur.me)

546 points by fagnerbrack 1 year ago | 213 comments

A blog post arguing that many so-called abstractions in codebases are merely layers of indirection that add complexity and hurt performance without real value.

I learned Vulkan and wrote a small game engine with it(edw.is)

599 points by eliasdaler 2 years ago | 240 comments

Elias Daler's blog post on learning Vulkan and building a small game engine with two demo games in three months, with code on GitHub.

Web development is fun again(ma.ttias.be)

444 points by Mojah 9 months ago | 544 comments

Mattias Geniar's blog post reflecting on how web development felt simpler in the PHP 4 and jQuery era and arguing it has become fun again.

AI is making me dumb(jpain.io)

407 points by Eighth 5 months ago | 247 comments

A personal blog post in which a software developer argues that relying on AI for writing code, articles, and documents is eroding his own writing and programming skills.