"GitLab U-turns on deleting dormant projects after backlash - Now makes vague pledge to shove inactive repos into slow object storage"
https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/05/gitlab_reverses_deletion_policy/
"our sources told us this afternoon that it was online pressure, led by The Register's reporting, that forced a dramatic rethink at the GitHub rival. "
(this remains an inappropriate thread to discuss your feelings or thoughts about this policy or its change.)
Yesterday I ran into a font I wanted to use but which didn't have a Bold weight. I figured out how to create a Bold variant, thought I'd share how to achieve this (and so I remember when I inevitably need to do this again...)
https://edgerunner.dev/2022/08/04/arcon-creating-a-bold-font-variant/
"Sanctuary," the child cried, running into the library.
"Nice try," the guard following after sneered, "but only holy places can grant sanctuary."
The librarians glanced at each other. A small nod.
The head librarian gave the guard a stern look.
"Sanctuary granted."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
One of the changes I want to make to the asset pipeline is to be able to modify an asset and have the game reload it.
This is particularly useful for shaders as those tend to need tons of iteration, and restarting the game every time I change a value got tiresome about four years ago.
While reading up on this I've found an article on how to get notified when a file changes on Windows, which I've found quite useful:
Still a great deal to do, but it's taking shape.
Custom model format being loaded into the engine, with in-progress PBR based on Michał Siejak's work (https://github.com/Nadrin/PBR).
Need to do some tidying up, then going to start working on the environment mapping. #gamedev
Somehow I hadn't stumbled on cmake's "ExternalProject". This makes life a lot easier.
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/ExternalProject.html
Wrote an article on writing a logging system in a custom game engine.
Interesting article about a faster sort for numerical arrays:
https://opensource.googleblog.com/2022/06/Vectorized%20and%20performance%20portable%20Quicksort.html
Shell curious, bit-fiddler, activist, motorbiker.