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#Intro #Modules #Errors #Numbers #Type inference #Generics #Resource management #Defer #Preallocated buffers #Preallocated arenas #Buffer overflows and guards #Compiler flags #Debugging #Tooling #Conclusion Intro My coding background is in recent languages

#Intro #Details #Graphic #Notes Intro Had two weird dreams tonight.

Preface I write code and prose in Sublime Text .

Overview Hogwarts Legacy (Steam link ) is an open-world adventure in the world of Harry Potter, set a full century before the events of the books, with its own story.

This post is about the game Hades by Supergiant Games, and how to enjoy it better.

#Definitions #Why #How #Pausing #Gamepads Definitions Speedhack: one of: Making the game as a whole faster.

#Order #Book #Witcher 1 #Witcher 2 #Witcher 3 #Version #Graphics #Launch Flags #Config Tweaks #Mods #Misc Tips #Combat Tips #Console #Console: Gwent #Console: Beard #Speedhacks Order The in-universe events happen in this order, and should be read and play…

This post is about the game Divinity Original Sin 2 by Larian Studios, and how to customize it for maximum enjoyment.

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasyte .

"By psycho, of psychos, for psychos" Evangelion requires special preparation for full enjoyment.

Recommended Attack on Titan .

Very good.

This post is informed by many years of Go, and months of Go with exceptions.

TLDR: always spaces, never tabs; 2 spaces rather than 4.

TLDR: nobody wants to write pure S-expressions, and Lisps are full of hacks around them.

TLDR: variadic -, as seen in Lisps, has gotchas; it may be allowed syntactically, but not as a variadic function. - tends to be overloaded with two different operations: negation and subtraction.

TLDR: Identifiers in programming languages should use only snake_case, Title_snake_case, UPPER_SNAKE_CASE, ignore abbreviations, and be limited to ASCII alphanumerics with _.

Update (early 2025).

Also see discussion on Reddit .

Text link Youtube link I like the story.

Note: check the accompanying post Game Impressions: Doom 2016 for my thoughts on the game and an analysis of what makes it enjoyable.

Spent the past week absorbed into Doom 2016.

For the last month or so, I've been absorbed by Astroneer (link: https://astroneer.space ).

Edit 2020-10-21: see the newer post Language Design: Case Conventions.

The Go programming language espouses "less is more" .

Welcome and/or welcome back!

Overview Optimizing website performance is tricky.

Have been turning into a bit of a performance nut lately.

Lately I've been trying to figure out how to write shorter programs.

Better MtG Online Silly proposal to change Magic the Gathering Online.