Personal Blog https://olafurw.com I’m sorry. I told you that this was a writing exercise. This was not. Well, there is some writing exercise in this but that was not the point. This was a burnout test. For the last year, I’ve been actually afraid of large projects. Even just thinking about them triggered... Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-31-i-lied-to-you/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-31-i-lied-to-you/ Time to crunch some numbers. Data One more day to go. I feel that this blog thing has gone pretty well so let’s look at some numbers. I haven’t really looked at the Google Analytics much for this whole experiment. I checked a couple of times to see if numbers... Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-30-blogvent-analytics/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-30-blogvent-analytics/ Rant rant rant What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) My C++ Journey I love C++ but it’s not my first programming language. That honor would either go to PHP’s ability to just copy... Thu, 29 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-29-my-cpp-future/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-29-my-cpp-future/ I came, I saw, I cheated. What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) On the last episode… Yesterday I was trying to run an already existing speedrun by reading the Tool Assisted Speedrun file... Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-28-tas-veni-vidi-vici/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-28-tas-veni-vidi-vici/ Not intended! What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) On the last episode… So yesterday I was playing with the game VVVVVV and giving the game pre-programmed keyboard inputs to play the game. Today... Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-27-tas-speedrun-exploits/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-27-tas-speedrun-exploits/ Look ma, no hands! What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) Speedrunning? Normally when people speedrun games, they practice a lot, and I mean a lot. For example, the Ninja Gaiden game for the... Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-26-tool-assisted-speedruns/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-26-tool-assisted-speedruns/ We’re leaving! What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) Go Go! Some of you thought that I would only go until the 24th, since that’s the time advent ends, but no, I say here... Sun, 25 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-25-early-exit/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-25-early-exit/ Limitless. What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) Creative Coding Art and programming mix very well. Some say too well (for bad or good). Using programming to create works of art has been a... Sat, 24 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-24-creative-coding/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-24-creative-coding/ What’s in your way? What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) Time I didn’t have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long one. - Mark Twain. The longer... Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-23-low-friction-matters/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-23-low-friction-matters/ Time to binge! What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) Recently I did a tool recommendation, but since the holiday season is near and people have more free time, I think it’s time to... Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-22-video-recommendations/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-22-video-recommendations/ Brought to you by… What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) This is part 2 of yesterday’s post where I ask what is the longest sponsored segment on YouTube. Check it out to see... Wed, 21 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-21-most-sponsors/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-21-most-sponsors/ This blog post is sponsored by… What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) This is a part of a short blog series, I have something planned for tomorrow as well. What? I love data... Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-20-what-is-the-longest-ad/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-20-what-is-the-longest-ad/ Why ask? Just call .size() What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) Data Size In this blogpost, the size of int is 4 bytes. Seems reasonable, and on most systems this is a constant,... Mon, 19 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-19-how-big-is-my-container/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-19-how-big-is-my-container/ It’s just an array of numbers, right? What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) Text is text I remember when I first learned how basic text is implemented in computers. I thought it was... Sun, 18 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-18-text-is-simple/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-18-text-is-simple/ Explain like I’m 5. What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) Very funny Monad is a monoid in the category of endofunctors Explaining monads has turned into this cultural joke within the circle of... Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-17-what-are-monads/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-17-what-are-monads/ It’s right there! What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) Computers are fast. Like really fast. Like they go zoom zoom… or something. But if computers are so fast, then why do we care... Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-16-cache-locality/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-16-cache-locality/ By convention. What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) Destructor Originally, this was a very C++ topic. Lifetime management in C++ is done by a feature called RAII (I call it Ray), it’s actual... Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-15-javascript-destructors/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-15-javascript-destructors/ Or is it null? What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) Specific behavior C++ has this concept of Undefined Behavior. It’s often touted as the wild west, the land of the unknown, here be... Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-14-its-undefined/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-14-its-undefined/ It’s just a line on a map right? What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) I often get obsessed with weird questions, most of them nobody has answered. I’ve covered a couple of those... Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-13-what-is-a-road/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-13-what-is-a-road/ Two thumbs up for this one. What is Blogvent? (tl;dr I am going to write one post a day for all of December as a way to practice writing.) I haven’t done a tool recommendation before here so lets do one. Act Act is a tool that allows you to... Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100 https://olafurw.com/2022-12-12-tool-recommendations/ https://olafurw.com/2022-12-12-tool-recommendations/