simppafi

Craftsman of the Digital Era, Monarch of APEXvj, Demoscene, Evoflash, Melancholy.

[simppafi @simppafi]

Sound on. Showcasing some of the work I've done recently.

I'm available and looking for gigs.

DM me on Twitter/Instagram. Thanks ❣

#madewithnotch #creativecoding #blender3d #digitalart #realtime #3d #freelance #vfx #webgl #graphics #design #showreel #web #ui #ux #creative

[simppafi @simppafi]

@makc3d Routines are very important for mental health

[Mark Worrall @infinitehumanai]

Reminds me of Peter Naur's classic 1985 essay "Programming as Theory Building" which argues that a program is not its source code. A program is a shared mental construct (he uses the word theory) that lives in the minds of the people who work on it.

If you lose the people, you lose the program. The code is merely a written representation of the program, and it's lossy, so you can't reconstruct a program from its code.

If you think of total software debt as technical debt + cognitive debt, then previously, we mostly had technical debt. Now with AI we have both.

Previously, when you built something, you accumulated technical debt but relatively little cognitive debt because you had to understand what you were building in order to build it.

In other words: the theory came for free as a byproduct of the work.

AI breaks that coupling. Now you can produce code without building the theory.

So you're now able to accumulate both kinds of debt simultaneously - technical debt in the code and cognitive debt in yourself. And cognitive debt is arguably worse because you can fool yourself into believing it doesn't exist.

Technical debt tends to show up in semi-obvious ways that we understand well as an industry.

Cognitive debt is more insidious - it means you're unable to even reason about the program (because you possess no theory of it) - which is what Naur describes as the "death" of a program.

[Tuomas Artman @artman]

Had an absolute blast sitting down with Steve Huynh from A Life Engineered and talk about engineering, management, promotions, quality and AI:
https://t.co/oVlhJeKsoP

[simppafi @simppafi]

Our band got new music video. https://t.co/OZZGQB0AXT

[simppafi @simppafi]

We took some time away from everything else to build something new.
A cross-platform real-time engine and toolset, written from the ground up over the past year.

@EccentricEngine #erik

[simppafi @simppafi]

@mrmaxm Ah I see

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

The comments on software patents made me chuckle.

After selling both Id Software and Oculus, my continued employment contracts included “will not participate in software patents” clauses, and yet I got asked to reconsider in both cases. It wasn’t a lot of pressure, so I don’t hold it against them; it is just “part of the game” that executives consider themselves to be playing.

My views on the negative societal externalities of software patents have only hardened over the years. It rewards parasitism.

[simppafi @simppafi]

I'll be at Siggraph Vancouver this year. Anyone else going?

[Garrett Johnson @garrettkjohnson]

My three-geojson repo now supports internal polygon vertices via constrained delaunay triangulation so extruded shapes can be projected onto an ellipsoid surface with generated smooth normals! 🌎

More below👇

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#threejs #gis #javascript #webgl

[simppafi @simppafi]

@Cabbibo yes!

[simppafi @simppafi]

Made this Android-demo ten years ago : https://t.co/J1ZrUTSPNM (music by gloom)

[simppafi @simppafi]

@makc3d hello.jpg

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

A pivotal moment for Europe is here.

We are ready to mobilise up to €800 billion to help EU countries increase defence spending.

We'll present our proposals to all EU leaders at today's European Council meeting.

Europe is resolved to assume its responsibilities ↓

[simppafi @simppafi]

Our band released a new music video. Melua - Time https://t.co/9c1iKxsOHv

[PaulChadeisson @PaulC04]

Solstice - 5: Forgotten Archives is now available on youtube!!
https://t.co/LQqRGNUoKB

make sure to watch it in 4K with best sound device!!

[simppafi @simppafi]

Northern lights yesterday at my backyard.

[OutsideOfSociety @oosmoxiecode]

@ryan_the_dev Save your money and just "View Source" here instead of supporting assholes like Ryan The Cunt: https://t.co/LN9OQDqRLf #threejs

[simppafi @simppafi]

@oosmoxiecode Seems he's also selling it for money (and a lot more other borrowed creations too) :/