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New comment by legends2k in "It's still ok to enjoy programming"

legends2k — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:00:37 +0000

While this is very much true, in many countries it may be different. I'll speak for India. I'm a singled out geek, most of my friends have interest in many things but software. I can yap about movies, songs, architecture, etc. but start about software and they say "hey, let's not talk shop". To them it's boring work.

New comment by legends2k in "I wrote a ray tracer in Brainfuck"

legends2k — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:22:56 +0000

Thanks for posting something interesting without uttering LLM, AI, agents, etc. I thought you're going to explain your experience doing it in CMake but then it's true to the title.

New comment by legends2k in "Canada's only watchmaking school still ticking after 80 years"

legends2k — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:12:24 +0000

It's promising and I'm glad to hear such a depth-oriented study of making things, taking time is still a thing in a fast world. People are paying to study this, nice

New comment by legends2k in "How to ask for help from people who don't know you"

legends2k — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:15:27 +0000

I'm surprised no one posted Eric S Raymond's treatise on the whole thing in a lot more detail!

https://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

It reads a bit harsh in some places but well warranted IMHO.

New comment by legends2k in "What to learn to be a graphics programmer"

legends2k — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:52:46 +0000

Here's my created list I maintain: https://legends2k.github.io/note/cg_resources/ Do learn if it piques your curiosity and have the time. You're in for a blast and a lot of learning, that'll make you a better engineer, in many other fields of computer science too (you understand hardware, system programming, programmer's machine model, etc.).

Don't learn if you do it with a monetary end goal as it's fleeting, ephemeral and not guaranteed in this day and age.

New comment by legends2k in "What to learn to be a graphics programmer"

legends2k — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:34:10 +0000

Two if you're lucky, and work full time on it. More like 5+ plus if you are inexperienced/part time.

New comment by legends2k in "Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment"

legends2k — Wed, 20 May 2026 15:23:01 +0000

Yes, every user just gets a handle with no personal or bank info revealed and off you go. User keys in a UPI ID in any merchant site/app, get a push notification for approval in mobile app. Can associate multiple bank accounts to a UPI ID underneath. Approval will ask which account to debit from too. Can't get simpler than this.

New comment by legends2k in "Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment"

legends2k — Wed, 20 May 2026 15:16:15 +0000

This is exactly what India's UPI (Unified Payments Interface) works. No PII, just a UPI ID is given and the user gets a push notification in Android/iOS app for approval (with PIN or security enclave like fingerprint).

New comment by legends2k in "Advent of Code 2025"

legends2k — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:41:00 +0000

By the same token, AI came along and we all still have intelligence, needless, eh? I mean people reading and writing stuff has nothing to do with AI. I don't see how some people see everything as a zero-sum game.

New comment by legends2k in "Advent of Code 2025"

legends2k — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 15:38:54 +0000

I'm not sure I understand this. Most puzzles are number-crunching but very little to do with graphics (maybe one or two), so no usually OpenGL isn't used AFAIK.

Of course, folks may use it to visualise the puzzles but not to solve them.

New comment by legends2k in "Blender 5.0"

legends2k — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 02:21:31 +0000

Not sure about FreeCAD but got a lot done with Gimp, Inkscape and LibreOffice in my personal projects. Totally worth my time!

New comment by legends2k in "Go's Sweet 16"

legends2k — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 01:36:38 +0000

Sorry, hard disagree. Try to understand what `this` means in JS in its entirety and you'll agree it's by no stretch of the imagination a simple language. It's more mind-bending and hence _The Good Parts_.

New comment by legends2k in "Software Rot"

legends2k — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:10:18 +0000

My comment didn't convey it, but I'm with you on using the right tool for the right job. Just that I always don't have the luxury to do so. And yes like the other comment I'd use it for throw away scripts and glue code, instead of installing a new toolchain. Longevity and importance should warrant doing it. Cheers!

New comment by legends2k in "Software Rot"

legends2k — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:52:01 +0000

While there are other parameters I would consider like maintainability, ergonomics, mind share, ease of deployment, etc. The ubiquitous availability point triumphs most others though. Installation of new toolchain is usually a hassle when the same task can be done with existing tools. Also when I present it in a company setting installing new software and broadening the security attack surface is the first pushback I get.

New comment by legends2k in "Sign in with Google in Chrome"

legends2k — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:34:03 +0000

I haven't signed in to my Google account since browser install but I still see it in StackOveflow.

New comment by legends2k in "Rust running on every GPU"

legends2k — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 04:05:10 +0000

Even games, epitome of performance, have 5 levels of abstraction (including your 4, 5, 6 + an engine layer + game code). This isn't new in GPU/Graphics programming IMHO.

New comment by legends2k in "Microsoft Edit"

legends2k — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:58:38 +0000

Huge +1, same for me, but with GNU Emacs instead of neovim but can completely appreciate the philosophy.

New comment by legends2k in "Microsoft Edit"

legends2k — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:05:55 +0000

I don't think a sentence in a big report page is counted as touting.

New comment by legends2k in "Microsoft Edit"

legends2k — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:51:32 +0000

Sure, there are always exceptions but they're only that, exceptions.

New comment by legends2k in "Git Notes: Git's coolest, most unloved feature (2022)"

legends2k — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 15:34:55 +0000

I discovered notes from the man pages around 2020 but didn't use them as it was primarily a local repo feature. By default they don't get pushed or fetched. If course, one can configure it such that it's pushed and fetched, but that's a team decision and mine didn't vote for it.

Hacker News: legends2k

New comment by legends2k in "It's still ok to enjoy programming"

New comment by legends2k in "I wrote a ray tracer in Brainfuck"

New comment by legends2k in "Canada's only watchmaking school still ticking after 80 years"

New comment by legends2k in "How to ask for help from people who don't know you"

New comment by legends2k in "What to learn to be a graphics programmer"

New comment by legends2k in "What to learn to be a graphics programmer"

New comment by legends2k in "Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment"

New comment by legends2k in "Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment"

New comment by legends2k in "Advent of Code 2025"

New comment by legends2k in "Advent of Code 2025"

New comment by legends2k in "Blender 5.0"

New comment by legends2k in "Go's Sweet 16"

New comment by legends2k in "Software Rot"

New comment by legends2k in "Software Rot"

New comment by legends2k in "Sign in with Google in Chrome"

New comment by legends2k in "Rust running on every GPU"

New comment by legends2k in "Microsoft Edit"

New comment by legends2k in "Microsoft Edit"

New comment by legends2k in "Microsoft Edit"

New comment by legends2k in "Git Notes: Git's coolest, most unloved­ feature (2022)"

New comment by legends2k in "Git Notes: Git's coolest, most unloved feature (2022)"