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Memory management is too hard for you - Programming Lies
From the Ivory Tower, the Street seems too clumsy to juggle ideas.
 • Dylan Falconer
The Arena - Custom Memory Allocators in C
Easy, Flexible Memory Management
 • Dylan Falconer
Dynamic Arrays in C
The most useful data-structure, in C
 • Dylan Falconer
Choosing the Right Graphics API
Lessons from Canvas2D to Vulkan
 • Dylan Falconer
Hot Reloading in C
How to save 260 hours of your time, every year.
 • Dylan Falconer
Why Games Love State Machines
Less bugs. Clear code paths.
 • Dylan Falconer
Software is the Platform - Programming Lies
Ignoring hardware realities makes you a digital vampire
 • Dylan Falconer
Reinventing the wheel is a waste of time - Programming Lies
Preface
 • Dylan Falconer
25 Lines of Code that Glue Systems Together (Events)
Used in games like Skyrim and Fallout. Drop it in your engine this afternoon.
 • Dylan Falconer
Programming Languages as Religion
The programming language wars are a distraction from what actually matters in programming, and in life - getting better.
 • Dylan Falconer
Your Game's Input System is Holding You Back
Hard coded keybindings. Frame-dependent input bugs. Players complaining they can't rebind controls.
 • Dylan Falconer
Custom Strings in C
Because <string.h> is horrible.
 • Dylan Falconer
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