Published in Level Up Coding·3 days agoMember-onlyCustom Tooling That Saves Me Several Days Each MonthTo show you what can be done in very short time. — I save easily a week’s worth of time every month by using a handful of tools for recurring processes — processes that other people do manually without even thinking about automating them. So, instead of detailed technical guides, I want to show you the tools and scripts that I use…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Dec 19, 2022Member-onlySave Your Sanity With These 3 PluginsAs well as time, money, and about 2 meters of scrolling distance — Not a lot of fluff today, here are three plugins that I love, will religiously recommend to strangers on the subway, and use for small-talk on first dates. Let’s goooo! Element Hider Link I just researched this plugin today, and finding it is the main reason why I write this post. I…Programming3 min readProgramming3 min read
Published in Better Programming·Dec 17, 2022Member-onlyIn 2023, Your Code Could Change The Lives Of Regular PeopleAnd I will be your first customer — 2022 was a messy year for me, I have never been so glad to see things quiet down. Over the course of this year, I have always kept my little document of notes, and realized that I myself will never get around to building the tools in this post. The…Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Nov 29, 2022Member-onlySoft(ware) Skills That Matter More Than Writing CodeAnd that will help you in your career and office life in general — I think the tech world shared a moment of collective frowning when Twitter employees were allegedly judged by the number of lines of code written by the sink-carrier in chief. It doesn’t take a genius to know that is a stupid metric (and by the way: what exactly is salient…Programming6 min readProgramming6 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Sep 15, 2022Member-onlyA Huge Market For Your Programming SkillsThe world of 3D very much craves automation and you could deliver it. — My fascination with 3D art is old, spanning back a decade to the days when I would watch Andrew Price after school and got excited when a guy called Jonathan Williamson posted a new video. I would check the URLs manually on my iPod Touch when I wasn’t busy playing…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Published in Better Programming·Sep 15, 2022Member-onlyProgramming 3D Comic Speech Bubbles In BlenderBecause the art of code allows us to code the art — Most programmers are probably unaware of how large a market waits for them in the world of 3D art. We usually think of art as something more creative rather than technical, and it is easy to overlook the huge potential for automation, scripts, addons and procedural materials. In my case…Programming3 min readProgramming3 min read
Published in Better Programming·Sep 6, 2022Member-onlyWhy I Stopped Using Python in Favor of C#Even though Python lives rent-free in my heart — Python has a special place in my heart simply because I wrote my first useful programs in it, which made me learn more than my professional software apprenticeship did at the time. However, as of late, I have started using C# exclusively, and I want to write about why today. C# Has Become Just As Simple To Set Up …Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Sep 6, 2022Member-onlyHow I Save Hours Of Time In RenPy DevelopmentAnd thus produce more content, faster, with less errors and better quality. — Last week, I wrote a post about how much fun RenPy game development can be — so today, I want to share how I save literally hours of time every time I sit down to work on those games. This will focus mostly on the programming side of things, but…Programming8 min readProgramming8 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Sep 4, 2022Member-onlyProgramming RenPy Games For Fun And ProfitAnd a surprisingly good creative outlet. — You may not even be aware of how big a niche Visual Novel games are — I certainly wasn’t until a few years ago. I stumbled into it due to a game recommendation on Reddit, discovering a detective game called City of Broken Dreamers that is probably one of the…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Published in CodeX·Aug 29, 2022Member-onlyIf You Miss The Instagram Of Old, Vero Is Actually Pretty Sweet StuffAnd it looks like the community has reached critical mass — Everyone I know who is into photography has complained about Instagram in recent years, and I am certainly no example. I stopped using it about a year ago, it’s just a mess. Literally, hundreds of “Instagram alternatives” videos have popped up, and it really goes to show how far they…Instagram2 min readInstagram2 min read
