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Porting Takua Renderer to 64-bit ARM- Part 1

Published: 29 May 2021
Tags: cpp

Big hype around Apple's recent releases of the M1 chips based on ARM CPU architecture. Is it justified or is it just marketing? You decide. In any case, it seems that Apple is going to be sticking to the ARM architecture for now, and that means your software might have to start suppporting it too. In this first article of a multi-part series, Karl Li describes the motivation and issues of porting his hobby rendering software from x86 to ARM. Karl covers floating point consistency (yay fun), weak memory ordering, and a deep-dive on compilation.

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The case for route attributes

Published: 27 October 2021
Tags: php

You know what gets more hate than frontend engineers and algorithm questions in interviews? PHP. Well looking at the fact that something like 80% of the web is powered by PHP, it's still a pretty important language to be aware of. In this article, Brent tackles routing, one of the more opinionated issues in backend web development. Brent's approach uses attributes, but he also compares it other variants like handling it on the controller level.

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A comprehensive guide to go generate

Published: 26 October 2021
Tags: go

Writing macros is a double edged sword; on one side writing code that writes code is the epitomy of l33t h4x0r, while on the other side the chances of you blowing off your foot with a 12 gauge equivalent of spaghetti code are fairly high (whoa what an image). Well in any case, if you plan on mutilating yourself, you might as well do it in an educated manner. In this informative article, Eli Bendersky explores "go generate", Golang's system for macros. Eli starts off with a brief introduction, followed by a deep-dive into the stringer generator and advanced features.