Published in UX Collective·PinnedMember-onlyIs Blender the future of 3D modeling and VFX?More and more companies are adopting the free and open-source software. — 3D modeling and VFX software is incredibly expensive. Licenses for Maya, Cinema 4D, or 3DS Max cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars per year. This makes it very difficult for beginners to learn and too expensive for most independent artists and developers. For a long time, there were no…Blender6 min readBlender6 min read
Published in UX Collective·PinnedMember-onlyDesigning an admin panelWhat is a good admin panel design and is it worth your time? — They live in the deepest and darkest corners of the internet. Always in the background. Never seen by the majority of normal users. No, I’m not talking about porn or the dark web. I’m talking about admin panels and dashboards. These days, almost every website has some type of configuration…Web Development5 min readWeb Development5 min read
Published in SUPERJUMP·PinnedMember-onlyThe 2020 Chess BoomA 1,500-year-old game is now conquering the internet — Inspired by the recent Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit, millions of people are getting into chess. Chess websites, content creation, and esport events are booming. …Chess5 min readChess5 min read
Published in Better Programming·PinnedMember-onlyWho Unfollowed You on Twitter?How to use the Twitter API to track your follows and unfollows — Are you posting regularly on Twitter? Do you get the occasional follower here and there? Are they unfollowing a few days later because you didn’t follow them back? Enough with that! Let’s find out who is unfollowing so we can burn voodoo dolls with their names… oh, sorry, I’m getting…Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Published in Fanfare·PinnedMember-onlyThe Queen’s Gambit — The Price of GeniusThe Netflix drama series shows the struggles of an orphan on her way to become the best chess player in the world — As I was scrolling through Netflix, a new thumbnail caught my eye: A beautiful woman sitting behind a chessboard. This had me intrigued. I love chess and as it so happens beautiful women. I started watching and got immediately hooked. The Queen’s Gambit follows the life and career of Beth…TV Series3 min readTV Series3 min read
1 day agoMember-onlyAI Was Supposed to Do the Boring Tasks, It’s Doing the Fun Ones insteadWhere is TaxGPT? — When humanity started to dream about Artificial Intelligence, the vision was always that the programs would do the tedious and repetitive jobs and we could spend our time being creative and working on passion projects. Now, this vision has been turned upside down by the first widely-used AI algorithms like…AI3 min readAI3 min read
Published in Fanfare·2 days agoMember-onlyProject Hail Mary — The Sun is Dying?The science fiction novel by The Martian author Andy Weir is a great story and an interesting read — A common new year’s resolution is to read more. While I’m not the biggest fan of new year’s resolutions in general, I also had this goal for a while. …Books4 min readBooks4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Jan 16Member-onlyMy Story Was Stolen and Turned into a YouTube VideoHow often does this happen without anyone noticing? — A few days ago, I got a curious message on Twitter: Is that your video? The script is almost exactly the same as your Medium post, and it’s been getting a lot of recommendations on YouTube. — by Mike Nov I looked at the video in question and it was…Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Jan 16Member-onlyLudum Dare 52 Post Mortem — HarvestCreating a game in 48 hours — 2023 started with a surprise Ludum Dare event last weekend. If you don’t know Ludum Dare by now, it’s a game jam where you have 48 hours to develop a game for a given theme completely from scratch. …Game Development7 min readGame Development7 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Jan 3Member-onlyCreating a Tetris AppA post-mortem about developing a Tetris game as a Christmas present — A few weeks before Christmas, my sister asked me whether I knew a Tetris app without any tracking and ads. I didn’t, but this gave me a great idea for a Christmas present: Programming one for her. Tetris is a well-known and simple game, so I felt confident that I…Game Development10 min readGame Development10 min read