Readit NewsI'm working on a motion capture app. The idea is that I can map my movement that's recorded through webcam footage into the movement of a 3d model. This project has involved 3d graphics and AI through 2d pose estimation and 2d to 3d pose lifitng. This project's been pretty fun so far. Here's the github link:
aabiji commented on Ask HN: What is the most interesting thing you've learned lately? · Posted by u/aabiji
Lately I've been going through [less_slow.cpp](https://github.com/ashvardanian/less_slow.cpp) and learning about different performance oriented c++ coding practices.
aabiji commented on It doesn't matter if your app is shit aabiji.github.io/html/per... · Posted by u/aabiji
Explain Flappy Bird. The programmer was a nobody, and the code was sloppy, but the game was addictive and free with ads.
I used to work as a programmer analyst at a law firm, it didn't matter if my coworkers code was shit because I fixed it for them. I debugged their spaghetti code and made it work fast without memory leaks. I was often told that I had to do it because nobody else could. Until I got sick and went on short-term disability, they had to hire a contractor at $100/hr to try to do what I did, and even then, they couldn't do just as good a job as me.
I think Flappy Bird and other viral things like that are definitely exceptions to the trend, where the creator gets popular because of their product, not the other way around. I think generally the point I was trying to make was that already being popular makes marketing a product incredibly easier.
I'm not really sure what you mean by the more "popular" people have people go in and clean their mess behind the scenes, because the outcome is still ultimately the same in the end.
Good point though.
You can play it on the web [here](https://aabiji.github.io/chickoban/).
It's in 3d and uses raylib. I know the game itself not very good, but I was hoping that maybe some of you would be kind enough to offer feedback on the code. What parts of the design or good, what parts are problematic, etc.
In any case, maybe the game will be interesting. It's all open source. Have a nice day.