Description

Inspired by matklad and Drew DeVault, I wanted a permenant place to collect links that have helped me in order to build knowledge and signal boost them.

Graphics

Rendering Crispy Text on The GPU

https://osor.io/text
How to render text on the GPU, focused on the parts that I find interesting. With a number of surprisingly elegant tricks.

Avoiding Trigonometry

https://iquilezles.org/articles/noacos/
Insights on how to make graphics programming simpler by using vectors more.

Shader Basics, Blending & Textures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfM-yu0iQBk
A great intro to how shaders work, from the shader sorceress herself.

Graphics Studies Compilation

https://www.adriancourreges.com/blog/2020/12/29/graphics-studies-compilation/
Arain Courrèges and others break down how various different games render their scenes, with expert commentary.

How I learned Vulkan and wrote a small game engine with it

https://edw.is/learning-vulkan/
Learning Vulkan is not impossible if you avoid OOP.

How I learned Vulkan and wrote a small game engine with it

https://edw.is/learning-vulkan/
Learning Vulkan is not impossible for a solo dev.

It's not the API

https://www.youtube.com/live/zYAif5PhhoQ?t=21434
Vulkan can potentially be simpler if you embrace first principles.

Society

You Can't Fight Enshittification

https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/31/unsatisfying-answers/
I've noticed a lot of people in discussions miss the key meaning behind the term Enshittification: Enshittification is deliberate and systemic. We can't stop it by just writing better software!

Web Development

You no longer need JavaScript

https://lyra.horse/blog/2025/08/you-dont-need-js/
Some really cool things one can do with CSS and HTML that have me rethinking how I write this blog.

Against Horizontal Scroll

https://matklad.github.io/2025/04/22/horizontal-scroll.html
Tips on preventing horizontal scroll for websites.

Data Oriented Blogging

https://matklad.github.io/2023/11/07/dta-oriented-blogging.html
Touches on something I have felt which is that a lot of static site generators ignore the tree-based nature of HTML, which makes writing structured documents harder.

Producing HTML using string templates has always been the wrong solution

https://www.devever.net/~hl/stringtemplates
An instrumental document in helping me understand why I don't like hugo style shortcodes.

Video Games

Game Wikis

https://getindie.wiki/listings/
A listing of classic, honest-to-goodness video game wikis. None of the SEO optimized, add-stuffed "fandom" sites.

WebComics and Graphic Novels

I read a lot of webcomics and graphic novels, here are some of my favorites:

Kill Six Billion Demons

https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/ksbd-chapter-1-1/
KILL SIX BILLION DEMONS!

Dark Science

https://dresdencodak.com/2010/06/03/dark-science-01/
Captures something fascinating about living in the age of social media. Also gay as hell.

3rd Voice

https://rice-boy.com/3rdvoice/
Interesting fantasy post apocalypse. More than 1 great webcomic on this site! Also, peak webcomic site design. Everyone do it like this please.

What Happens Next

https://whathappensnext.webcomic.ws/comics/1
Deconstruction of true crime, with prominent trans themes.

Ava's Demon

https://avasdemon.com/pages.php#0001
Beautifully illustrated comic about mental illness and tyranny.

The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy At All

https://dynasty-scans.com/series/the_guy_she_was_interested_in_wasnt_a_guy_at_all
The title says it all: cute queer romance.

Gunerkrigg Court

https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1
British Magic School, but with a unique tone, setting, and concept.