A list of links and notes I collect throughout the year.
| Link, Article, Note | Desc |
|---|---|
| How to install an older version of a Homebrew package | Updating my macOS I also updated Hugo to a new version. Unfortunately that destroyed the compatibility to my content. This article shows how to install an older version of Hugo. |
| Set color of a database in Data Grip | In JetBrains’ Data Grip it is possible to change the color of one specific database. Just right-click on the database and select Color Settings. Helps to get things clean. |
| How to get the sizes of the tables of a MySQL database? | Useful when your UI-Tool does not show you the size of your tables. |
| How to write low garbage real-time Javascript | A bit old but still valid discussion on the topic of JavaScript and garbage collection in games. |
| WebGPU | A nice video about a work in progress API that is meant to replace WebGL some day. It’s very early but also fascinating to see it evolving. |
| Snowpack | It’s a packer that lifts import up to the browser and allows make use of web_modules. Might be worth investigating when time. |
| List NSSM entries | The existence of the program none-s*cking-service-manager (NSSM) speaks for itself. This little stack-overflow-gem shows how to list all NSSM configured services using PowerShell. |
| Docker and UFW security | What a read *sigh* |
| [Sega Saturn Programming] Seniriu - 001 - Object Display, Controls, and First Person Camera | Homebrew at it’s best. Sega Saturn is an interesting platform for such a project. Love it. |
| The Ultimate CMake / C++ Quick Start | Brilliant video about CMAKE and how to organize a C++ project. |
| conan.io | A C++ package manager. |
| lit-html | Claims to be an: Efficient, Expressive, Extensible HTML templates in JavaScript. I like the idea of template toolkit that does not require build steps or a virtual DOM. |
| μPlot Demos | Good bye slow, over loaded web-chart-renderer. Welcome uPlot. |
| pbcopy | Copy text from bash into the OS’ clipboard. Useful for all sorts of things (e.g. upload scripts). |
| Optimization killers in Chromes JavaScript engine V8 (2018) | Working with JavaScript in a high performance environment (such as games) can be hard. This page shows how JS-Engines (like V8) may or may not optimize JavaScript code. |
| Debugging Web Pages on the Nokia 8110 with KaiOS | This quick intro shows the steps required to connect Firefox with the Nokia device. |
| mysqldump: Unknown table ‘COLUMN_STATISTICS’ | If mysqldump complains about missing statistics the given link helps (also in DataGrip’s) |
| install mysqldump with homebrew | Not sure why this hasn’t worked before. Now it does. |
| Unescape HTML entities in Javascript? | The unexistence of a native JavaScript solution for this surprises me deeply. Look at all those workarounds (also here and here) |
| The story of a V8 performance cliff in React | Awesome insight into how a JavaScript engine (in this case V8) deals with primitive variables. It also explained in this video. |
| The right way to check the weather | The weather: curl wttr.in |
| Lanterna | Lib to write terminal UIs in Java with zero native-dependencies which work not only in the dark but also on Desktop (using Swing). Pretty nice! |
| decodeAudioData detaches ArrayBuffer | Working with WebAudio for a game I really can understand where that anger comes from. This kind of details make it hard to implement efficient resource behavior (which is an important aspect of gamedev). |
| Profiling Web Audio apps in Chrome | Nice summary on how to debug Web Audio using Chrome developer tools. |
| Game developer’s guide to graphical projections (part2) | All lot to consider when doing pixel art. An article about light and perspective. |
| Graveyard Keeper: How the graphics effects are made | Beautiful pixel art effects and how they were made. |
| SirRamEsq /SmartShape2D | Interesting 2D terrain renderer for Godot 3.2+ |
| Why should not Buffer be designed to be resizable? | An answer why node isn’t likely to offer BinaryWriter or BinaryReader like you have in Java or C#. |
| BinaryWriter-node (GitHub) | A good enough approach to BinaryWriter/Reader for nodejs. |
| Compilation - Part One: Overview of the Stages of Compilation | A very helpful series of videos on the concepts of a Lexer, Abstract Syntax Tree and Three Address Code. |
| Crafting Interpreters | Parsing Expressions | This article really helped me to write a proper expression parser. Pure gold. |
Quick note: the linked content of the articles, videos or websites here do not necessarily reflect my personal opinion. In some cases I might even disagree with all of it’s content but still like to share it. Over time the content behind a link might be edited or a blog changed into something different. Keep that in mind while enjoying the good stuff. If you find something really bad let me know: cschnack@gmx.de