Archive - Bytes Beneath

Programming Languages as Religion

The programming language wars are a distraction from what actually matters in programming, and in life - getting better.

May 16 •

Software is the Platform - Programming Lies

Ignoring hardware realities makes you a digital vampire

May 9 •

March 2025

Why Games Love State Machines

Less bugs. Clear code paths.

Mar 5 •

February 2025

Choosing the Right Graphics API

Lessons from Canvas2D to Vulkan

Feb 26 •

Entity Systems - Two ECS Alternatives

What exactly is an entity system and how do we build one?

Feb 15 •

May 2024

C for JavaScript Developers

This newsletter is for those of you interested in taking a crack at C (or any systems language) from the perspective of a web developer.

May 8, 2024 •

March 2024

Tools for memory safety in C: ASan

Believe it or not, they do exist

Mar 5, 2024 •

February 2024

Why I care about programming

How-tos are pointless without a why.

Feb 27, 2024 •

Hot Reloading in C

How to save 260 hours of your time, every year.

Feb 17, 2024 •

The Arena - Custom Memory Allocators in C

Easy, Flexible Memory Management

Feb 9, 2024 •

Custom Strings in C

Because <string.h> is horrible.

Feb 2, 2024 •

January 2024

Dynamic Arrays in C

The most useful data-structure, in C

Jan 18, 2024 •

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