What is HMR (Hot Module Replacement / Hot Reload)
The webdev world is laced with acronyms, and HMR is on that list. What is it? Find a brief explanation here.
Simon Harris
A couple of dope apps that have strengthened my relationship.
I want to share a couple of apps that I have been using recently with my partner which I think have made my relationship stronger.
Create React App was the right choice for my Enterprise SPA - even with its flaws.
When you search for 'should you use create react app' every post on my homepage was trying to discourage the reader from using it. I was going to offer a different perspective but CRA took a turn recently.
Deep linking bare React Native on iOS the easy way (no expo)
Deep linking on iOS can be pretty confusing if you're not too familiar with xcode. Luckily there is a library to help you out
Building wndw.app to aid sharing a section of super ultra wide screens
The story of how I built and released a niche piece of software for free, with the aim of helping people in a similar situation to me.
Predicting the future & good explanations.
How can we responsibly use data to make good predictions?
What separates good theories from bad ones?
Here I discuss drawing the wrong conclusions and the telltale signs of good explanations.
My next big change - starting a tech company with friends
After deciding to stop making path-traced art I was feeling a little lost as to where I should focus my energy. By some twist of fate an amazing opportunity fell in my lap - to be part of the founding of a new startup.
Why I stopped making path traced art, and what's next.
'16 hours remaining' said the Houdini Redshift window as I turn off my screen and head to bed.
How I built a barebones WebGL PBR renderer in Nodes.io
This article describes how I implemented a PBR renderer with image based lighting in Nodes.io. The article focuses on structure and the unique challenges faced as well as the advantages of building in Nodes.
Fragments
Learning to write vertex & fragment shaders this year I was struck with an idea. What does it look like, each pixel of the page being processed in parallel. Can we try and visualise it, the processing brain of my graphics work. That thought is what lead me here