Spotify Codes - Part 2

It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code

Joint Limits

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Sup Hope you all had a great weekend. Here's the issue. ==================================================================== Spotify Codes - Part 2 Published: 11 November 2021 Tags: python If you've used Spotify before, you're probably familiar with the little black and white wave patterns, that are actually barcodes. Well in this second part of the series, Peter Boone discusses how URI are actually transformed into this format, including the cyclic redundancy check calculation and convolutional encoding/decoding. ==================================================================== It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code Published: 28 June 2020 Tags: java As humans, most of us are subject to authority bias, which can be described as the natural tendency to follow the leader. But the fact is, authoritative figures aren't always right. In this extensive article, Sam Hughes questions the merit of preaching ALL of the teachings of Clean Code by Robert C. Martin, by picking at some of the "questionable assertions" made. ==================================================================== Joint Limits Published: 6 November 2021 Tags: cpp, animation Joints are probably one of the most complex parts of animating a moving body, since they're at the center of several moving pieces. Daniel Holden has written an extensive article that explores how to "constrain the rotation of a character's joints to within a specified range", by representing it as "functions which take some rotation and map it onto the nearest rotation which respects the limit". Want to help? Thank you for reading! If you enjoy the newsletter, I would really appreciate you helping me spread the word by forwarding this to your friends and colleagues! If you want to discuss or comment on this issue, head on over to this page at A Byte of Coding. You can also subscribe there if you're new! Have comments or feedback? Just reply to this email or hit me up on Twitter @AByteOfCoding. Email landed in your promotions tab? Please move it over to primary so you don't miss the latest issues in the future. Thanks for your Support!  Thanks to sponsors and supporters like Євген Грицай, Scott Munro, zturak, pek, Emil Hannesbo, and Joe Hill this newsletter is provided to you for free. If you'd like to also show your support and buy me a monthly meal, you can donate on the Patreon page. It's not necessary, but it lets me know that I'm doing a good job and that you're finding value in the content.

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