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Make Any Game You Can Imagine - Programming Lies
You have been told that the first step of creating the game of your dreams is to pick an engine. In this contained a subtle lie.
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Memory management is too hard for you - Programming Lies
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The Arena - Custom Memory Allocators in C
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Dynamic Arrays in C
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Why I Still Choose Custom Engines in 2026
A video version of this article is available on my YouTube channel:
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Hot Reloading in Odin + Raylib
Change Code - Instantly See Results In-Game
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25 Lines of Code that Glue Systems Together (Events)
Used in games like Skyrim and Fallout. Drop it in your engine this afternoon.
Sep 8, 2025
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Your Game's Input System is Holding You Back
Hard coded keybindings. Frame-dependent input bugs. Players complaining they can't rebind controls.
Aug 25, 2025
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Programming Languages as Religion
The programming language wars are a distraction from what actually matters in programming, and in life - getting better.
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Software is the Platform - Programming Lies
Ignoring hardware realities makes you a digital vampire
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Why Games Love State Machines
Less bugs. Clear code paths.
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