Stories by Ming on Medium

In the last post, “Porting Raylib to a $60 GBA clone”, I described how I convinced Raylib to draw 3D scenes on a budget handheld — the Miyoo Mini Flip (MMF) — that has no GPU whatsoever.

Making new games for old consoles has long been a joy for indie game developers, a practice nicknamed “homebrewing”.

Most people think of Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) as a multimedia library for games.

Adding unit tests to a game for Game Boy Advance Or a journal of AI failure modes A Hacker Dojo meetup showed me how big the hobby “retro video gaming” is.

How I Use the IC Career Ladder (Now That I’m a Manager) After switching from an IC role in 25Q2, I’m coming close to my first full year as an engineering manager.

“Must, Should, Could, Won’t — and What’s for Lunch” — title suggested by GPT In software, we use the MoSCoW method to prioritize requirements: must-haves, should-haves, could-haves, and won’t-haves.

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“To what do I owe this honor — having the word ‘engineer’ in my job title?”

In both software engineering and medicine, the journey from concept to reality unfolds through a series of deliberate, often painstaking, steps.

Coffee: an essay My high school ran 15 hours each day.