The DDD controversy
Domain driven design is as old as some programmer's beards, yet recently it gained some unexpected attention. And hate. I explain my perspective and how we can stay healthy with that topic.
Persistence in Testing
Testcontainers and repository abstraction in combination with a good testing framework like JUnit can be so nice.
Enhanced realtime ocean rendering
Now with better surface normals, lighting and environment maps. Video inside.
Test with the real filesystem
Some bad habits have been established, some myths can be falsified about testing with filesystems.
Ditch unit tests
Unit tests are outdated. Developer tests replace them.
Persistent buffers for asynchronous texture uploads
Persistent buffers and manual synchronization can be used to asynchronously upload texture data without doing expensive calls to the graphics api.
Kotlin's conciseness
Kotlin as a language empowers developers to write concise code. I show an example what it means for readability.