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bkaradzic / why_i_think_immediate_mode_gui_is_way_to_go_for_gamedev_tools.md
Last active April 5, 2024 05:40
Why I think Immediate Mode GUI is way to go for GameDev tools

Why I think Immediate Mode GUI is way to go for GameDev tools

Prerequisites

Before you continue, if you don't know what IMGUI is don't bother reading this post, just ignore it, don't write anything in comments section, etc. If you're curious about IMGUI see bottom of this post, otherwise continue whatever you were doing, this post it's not for you. Thanks!

If you know what IMGUI is, for context read following presentations and blog posts:

  • Insomniac’s Web Tools Postmortem
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bkaradzic / orthodoxc++.md
Last active May 24, 2024 00:10
Orthodox C++

Orthodox C++

What is Orthodox C++?

Orthodox C++ (sometimes referred as C+) is minimal subset of C++ that improves C, but avoids all unnecessary things from so called Modern C++. It's exactly opposite of what Modern C++ suppose to be.

Why not Modern C++?

@armornick
armornick / playwav.c
Created August 24, 2012 07:31
Play a sound with SDL2 (no SDL_Mixer)
#include <SDL2/SDL.h>
#define MUS_PATH "Roland-GR-1-Trumpet-C5.wav"
// prototype for our audio callback
// see the implementation for more information
void my_audio_callback(void *userdata, Uint8 *stream, int len);
// variable declarations
static Uint8 *audio_pos; // global pointer to the audio buffer to be played
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active May 24, 2024 16:18
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD
@pazdera
pazdera / object_pool.cpp
Created August 4, 2011 09:29
Example of `object pool' design pattern in C++
/*
* Example of `object pool' design pattern
* Copyright (C) 2011 Radek Pazdera
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,