Hacker News: atan2

New comment by atan2 in "Additive Blending on the Nintendo 64"

atan2 — Sat, 16 May 2026 03:26:45 +0000

Posted earlier this week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48067111

Kyunghyuncho Teaching Fundamentals of Machine Learning

atan2 — Wed, 13 May 2026 14:29:16 +0000

Article URL: https://kyunghyuncho.me/teaching-fundamentals-of-machine-learning/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48122411

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by atan2 in "Making your own programming language is easier than you think (but also harder)"

atan2 — Sun, 10 May 2026 01:40:31 +0000

This URL was posted two days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48040422

Additive Blending on the Nintendo 64

atan2 — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:44:37 +0000

Article URL: https://phoboslab.org/log/2026/05/n64-additive-blending

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48067111

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

Making your own programming language is easier than you think (but also harder)

atan2 — Wed, 06 May 2026 19:17:47 +0000

Article URL: https://lisyarus.github.io/blog/posts/making-your-own-programming-language.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48040422

Points: 8

# Comments: 2

Using the "Sandwich Method" to Teach Mathematics

atan2 — Sun, 03 May 2026 22:33:40 +0000

Article URL: https://pikuma.com/blog/sandwich-method-math-education

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48002306

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Detecting DOSBox from Within the Box

atan2 — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:13:26 +0000

Article URL: https://datagirl.xyz/posts/dos_inside_the_box.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47807503

Points: 81

# Comments: 18

New comment by atan2 in "Want to write a compiler? Just read these two papers (2008)"

atan2 — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:14:39 +0000

I think it's worth mentioning Gustavo Pezzi's lectures at pikuma.com. The one on "Digital Electronics" and the one on "Interpreters & Compilers" really helped me.

Light on Glass: Why do you start making a game engine?

atan2 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:15:03 +0000

Article URL: https://analogdreamdev.substack.com/p/light-on-glass

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47483364

Points: 54

# Comments: 29

Tricks That Made Amiga Games Look 3D

atan2 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:11:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.generationamiga.com/2026/03/19/the-mind-blowing-tricks-that-made-commodore-amiga-games-look-3d/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47447033

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Coding Tricks Used in the C64 Game Seawolves (2025)

atan2 — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:24:33 +0000

Article URL: https://kodiak64.co.uk/blog/seawolves-technical-tricks

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47073044

Points: 142

# Comments: 22

Atom: Hydrogen Quantum Orbital Visualizer

atan2 — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:15:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.kavang.com/atom

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47023406

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

New comment by atan2 in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

atan2 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:01:45 +0000

The article talks about human vs technology and the loss of connection between creation, intent, ownership, and control. Don't be condescending.

A Simple C Trick for Readable Vector Math

atan2 — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 19:53:49 +0000

Article URL: https://lotusspring.substack.com/p/a-simple-c-trick-for-readable-vector

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46724345

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Programmer's Calculators

atan2 — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 22:59:04 +0000

Article URL: https://innovintageblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/programmers-calculators/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46506338

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

New comment by atan2 in "Learn computer graphics from scratch and for free"

atan2 — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:56:43 +0000

this is such a a nice video. but honestly understanding perspective divide intuitively is probably less than 1% of what 3d rendering is all about.

New comment by atan2 in "Learn computer graphics from scratch and for free"

atan2 — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:52:57 +0000

I agree 100% gustavo is such a great teacher. i tried scratchapixel before and its nice but it was with pikuma that everything finally clicked.

New comment by atan2 in "Will West Coast Jazz Get Some Respect?"

atan2 — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:29:16 +0000

"The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi" is my favorite jazz album cover.

When would you ever want bubblesort? (2023)

atan2 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:45:11 +0000

Article URL: https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/when-would-you-ever-want-bubblesort/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46224311

Points: 108

# Comments: 86

New comment by atan2 in "Cloth Simulation"

atan2 — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:09:51 +0000

A very nice article by Marian Pekár on Verlet integration and cloth simulation:

https://pikuma.com/blog/verlet-integration-2d-cloth-physics-...