Blog

Longer-form writing: notes on programming vintage hardware, things I have repaired, and the occasional opinion about modern software.

Copilot is shit

No, really it is. But not for reasons you might think. This isn’t some tedious anti-AI rant. It’s a disgruntled moan at Microsoft being Microsoft and half-arsing something just to keep up.

Exploring Terrain Generation Algorithms

I’m exploring a bunch of terrain generation algorithms, to see how they work and which ones look nice. So far I’ve tried out the Midpoint Displacement and Diamond Square algorithms…

Triangle Rasterisation

These are some notes on how to manually draw triangles in code. Possibly useful if you’re trying to write your own software renderer, or are just curious how it works.

Obsidian file sync for free

I use Obsidian as my central note storing system. Here’s how I sync all my files between my phone, laptop and desktop machines. For free.

Linux in the wild

While shopping I find a self service checkout that’s having a bad day.

ECS Archetypes System

I’m creating a game engine from scratch. Last time I wrote about the entity component system and how that works. This time I want to explain how the entities get created.

Trying to Be More Organised

There’s loads of blog posts and YouTube videos explaining how to be more organised, how to stop procrastinating, and how to generally be more productive. None of them seem to be written for people who are busy, rather than trying to avoid work.

Chromebook Facial Control Is Cool

My Chromebook just had another update, and it’s now gained the ability to be controlled using facial gestures. And it’s pretty cool.