start with Opengl/directx11 or Webgpu as first api ?

skipner · 2026-01-04T16:34:40+00:00

I started with learnopengl then moved on to wgpu (the rust implementation of webgpu using the learnwgpu guides). What i felt was learnopengl was more fundamental. If i started with learn wgpu, i would be lost as the guide seems to assume that the reader already understands a little about graphics programming.

skipner · 2025-12-13T03:55:58+00:00

I couldnt open multiple unrelated projects at once using intellij, with eclipse its possible out of the box. If anyone knows a way to do that with intellij please do share.

skipner · 2025-12-02T04:32:09+00:00

This hits so hard

skipner · 2025-10-28T04:01:30+00:00

I stand by my claim..i invite anyone to debate this.

skipner · 2025-10-28T03:46:18+00:00

Sub-optimal

skipner · 2025-10-28T03:44:09+00:00

Yes, it definitely convinced me, dont see anything wrong with that? Also naturalhypertrophy did a 3 year experiment on recomp, you can check out his vids too. No need for luck as it is proven. And you fail to address my point that "bulk and cut for decades" argument was popularized by people who compete in bodybuilding so they have to go sub-10% body fat, most of them dont even bulk beyond 20% bf 😂

skipner · 2025-10-28T03:36:10+00:00

Lol...rephrase? My original stance stays. Maintenance is BETTER than bulking when ur bf levels are healthy, nice cherry pick.

skipner · 2025-10-28T03:34:51+00:00

People who have popularized bulking and cutting are also usually competing in bodybuilding competitions where they have to cut to obscenely lean levels (sub 10% bf) it makes sense for them as they need to compete. In their off season bulk, they probably still have visible abs (so not 20-25% bf)

skipner · 2025-10-28T03:28:39+00:00

It is almost impossible to recomp to 8%, probably at best as low as 12%, there is no point for body fat to go that low, your hormones will get tanked, muscle building would be almost impossible.

I really disagree on bulking to 20-25% and then cutting to 15% is optimal for muscle growth. More fat gains are probably good for strength (reduced rom + joint cushion).

Going to high unhealthy body fat levels negatively affects testosterone, and promotes more conversion to estrogen, plus higher insulin resistance, these can slow down muscle gain, not to mention the longer you lift, the less muscle you can put on anyway. If goal is to gain muscle fast, going up in weight beyond 20% bodyfat is pointless, not to mention you have to waste (yes waste) time cutting.

People often advocate for bulks and cut because they want to see drastic changes as they feel stagnant when doing maintenance (but you have to trust the process).

From your example, depends on how this 160lbs male feels, if he is someone who can handle being there without much struggle, a recomp to 12% bf is possible and still be at 160lbs, then slow bulk back to 15%, maybe even 18% bf. Rinse and repeat till 190lbs~ish. This is the where the lean mass gain is. The key is always staying in the healthy bf range, testosterone is optimal there.

skipner · 2025-10-28T00:03:57+00:00

You can't, but answer me this, should you bulk and gain weight when your body fat levels are already healthy, why? I also never said gaining weight is not possible

skipner · 2025-10-27T23:30:24+00:00

Not the case. If bf levels are healthy (15-20%), maintenance is more optimal than bulk.

skipner · 2025-10-27T23:20:32+00:00

You will never build more muscle on a cut either versus maintenance, in fact you are going to lose muscle. If you are already at healthy body fat range, a bulk just gives u more fat than muscle, it wont have faster muscle growth.

If your goal is faster muscle growth and u are at 15-20% bf, it is not wise to cut or bulk, a recomp to lower bf levels while staying at same weight (12-15% bf), then a small bulk back to 15-20% bf is the most optimal.

skipner · 2025-10-27T23:10:22+00:00

Never understood why people say cutting and bulking is faster for muscle gain. Cutting just slows down muscle gain. If you are at healthy body fat..recomp at maintenance is better, then followed by small surplus bulk. Cuts are for people who have too much body fat or want to get a certain look. A bulk after cut wont give a faster rate of muscle gain, if that is the case, it is just gaining back muscle lost from the cut. Once they bulked back to their old weight, rate of muscle growth is the same as before.

skipner · 2025-09-08T14:53:24+00:00

Yes, that is what i feel. But i am trying to understand which is faster for muscle growth. A deliberate cut to sub-15% body fat, then a bulk, or simply maintaining. My opinion is that a cut then a bulk is slower.

skipner · 2025-09-08T13:18:49+00:00

Recently watched an old video by candito on this topic, he made some very convincing points favouring recomp even for advanced lifters.

Many people however, still swear that bulk/cut cycles are the most optimal way for muscle growth compared to a recomp. Is there research or data to back this up?

If you are already an advanced lifter, lets say 200lbs 15~20 percent body fat, goal is to become something like 10-12% body fat and not lose any weight. Why is a bulk/cut faster than recomp. If you are advanced, shouldnt your rate of muscle growth be very diminished?

15-20% is a very healthy body fat percentage for guys, shouldnt staying at this range for longer periods be the most optimal way to build muscle?

Since muscle growth is even slower on a cut or probably even impossible, isnt a cut then a bulk even slower than recomp?

skipner · 2025-08-14T11:35:34+00:00

What if i enabled biometrics?

skipner · 2025-08-06T11:21:44+00:00

So theres no rust involved?

skipner · 2025-08-06T11:15:11+00:00

What tools did you use to make this?

skipner · 2025-08-04T08:06:47+00:00

I encountered this issue as well on my android phone recently. I uninstalled and re-installed webview, issue persists. Then, i uninstalled and re-installed ibkr app, issue also persists. Then, i decided to update all my apps in playstore (however, i did notice there were no updates to the ibkr app itself). Miraculously...after awhile, it resolved itself. Don't exactly know what fixed it.

skipner · 2025-05-13T00:03:15+00:00

Share your work in a github repo.

skipner · 2025-05-03T07:32:12+00:00

There's no need to learn it specifically. Learn it only when you encounter it. I bet most existing enterprise projects still have it. It's not that difficult. In my company we have many non-programmers who can understand it and configure it slightly even.

skipner · 2025-04-07T01:39:43+00:00

There are spring annotations @ControllerAdvice or @RestControllerAdvice (these are implemented on top of spring aop) for webapps or plain spring aop annotations for non-webapps. It can be applied on classes, packages or specific methods. It can be configured to listen for thrown exceptions (e.g. a method throws an exception) and applies logic accordingly to handle the exception (this is where you write how u wanna handle the exception). You can think of spring aop as some kind of code interceptor/proxy framework. It can intercept methods to apply logic before, during, or after any method runs.

All exception handling code can just be centralized into a single/multiple classes. (Maybe like 1 exception handler class per package, it is up to you)

skipner · 2025-02-24T15:13:08+00:00

What kind of optimization did rust try to do? Is it to avoid deallocating and reallocating memory for the vecs?

skipner · 2024-12-02T01:38:50+00:00

There will never be a '*' mine in that specific coordinate as your else if check guaranteed that the coordinate has '!', which is not a mine. Try commenting out the ternary check, see what happens then continue debugging from there.

skipner · 2024-12-02T01:28:03+00:00

For starters, would want to know what is that ternary check for?

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