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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.
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The Arena - Custom Memory Allocators in C
Easy, Flexible Memory Management
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Dynamic Arrays in C
The most useful data-structure, in C
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Hot Reloading in C
How to save 260 hours of your time, every year.
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Why Games Love State Machines
Less bugs. Clear code paths.
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Reinventing the wheel is a waste of time - Programming Lies
Preface
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Software is the Platform - Programming Lies
Ignoring hardware realities makes you a digital vampire
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Choosing the Right Graphics API
Lessons from Canvas2D to Vulkan
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Custom Strings in C
Because <string.h> is horrible.
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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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Tools for memory safety in C: ASan
Believe it or not, they do exist
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Why I care about programming
How-tos are pointless without a why.
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