Serenity is a really cool project that I've been following for several years. I've yet to actually build it though, since I'm on Windows, and in the past it was quite troublesome to build on WSL...
Serenity is a really cool project that I've been following for several years. I've yet to actually build it though, since I'm on Windows, and in the past it was quite troublesome to build on WSL (mostly because WSL doesn't have a great way of dealing with graphics). I think maybe it's easier now than it was in the past. Regardless, Andreas's live coding videos are the best I've seen, even if I may never use the system myself.
I think live coding can be a great way to learn, but only when it works as well as it does here. Most of the time you see somebody spending half their time struggling with a build system or pondering an obscure bug or pontificating about everything under the sun (looking at you, Jonathan Blow). Andreas seems to be able to perfectly divide his projects into pieces so that he can actually finish a feature in a reasonable time, without cutting out the inevitable bugs and tricky problems. It's really remarkable.
In defense of Jonathan Blow (and others), there is much value in evaluating the philosophy of programming. Preventing the Collapse of Civilization for example has broad applicability beyond just...
In defense of Jonathan Blow (and others), there is much value in evaluating the philosophy of programming. Preventing the Collapse of Civilization for example has broad applicability beyond just programming.
Serenity is a really cool project that I've been following for several years. I've yet to actually build it though, since I'm on Windows, and in the past it was quite troublesome to build on WSL (mostly because WSL doesn't have a great way of dealing with graphics). I think maybe it's easier now than it was in the past. Regardless, Andreas's live coding videos are the best I've seen, even if I may never use the system myself.
I think live coding can be a great way to learn, but only when it works as well as it does here. Most of the time you see somebody spending half their time struggling with a build system or pondering an obscure bug or pontificating about everything under the sun (looking at you, Jonathan Blow). Andreas seems to be able to perfectly divide his projects into pieces so that he can actually finish a feature in a reasonable time, without cutting out the inevitable bugs and tricky problems. It's really remarkable.
In defense of Jonathan Blow (and others), there is much value in evaluating the philosophy of programming. Preventing the Collapse of Civilization for example has broad applicability beyond just programming.