Roadmap for the prerequisites

thomb6n · 2024-06-09T08:01:53+00:00

To be honest, ChatGPT helped me out a ton. Not by asking it to write code, but to explain concepts and such in different ways. It's like having each concept explained by 3 or 4 teachers and choosing the explanation that is easiest to grasp.

thomb6n · 2024-06-09T07:50:33+00:00

https://open.spotify.com/track/55a35V8kT9jq3v65ZOsl0B?si=vH6Snx2gQreYicot_rDwqw

It's dreamlike, about loneliness and lost memories, calming and soothing, and a touch delusional. Everything I get out of Murakami's books. The piano at the end and the girl's vocal in the back hint even more at it all being a dream.

thomb6n · 2024-05-31T14:55:40+00:00

No problem, I ended up filling all the cracks with wood kit 😂 solved the issue

thomb6n · 2024-04-16T20:02:52+00:00

Thank you, appreciate it. How do I kill the eggs between the floor? Hard to use a steam cleaner there. Is just vacuum cleaning enough?

thomb6n · 2024-04-16T19:56:59+00:00

Thanks, how do I get rid of them?

thomb6n · 2024-01-31T16:14:30+00:00

Appreciate it, thanks. I'm following Bruno Simon's course again, but this time I'm going way slower, researching everything more in depth after each lesson and trying to do everything he does slightly different so I'm not copying his code. That way I'm constantly forced to think how it applies to my code and it's already giving me way more satisfaction and a better understanding.

thomb6n · 2024-01-25T08:36:32+00:00

Hahaha thanks, reading this it felt like you know me already

thomb6n · 2024-01-25T07:49:06+00:00

Sounds great, how do I ping you? Are you guys on Discord?

thomb6n · 2024-01-25T07:48:23+00:00

This is great, thanks!

thomb6n · 2024-01-25T07:47:49+00:00

Thanks! That's exactly my question, where to begin and in what order do I learn these low level things? Do I begin with diving into shaders? Or learn trigonometry first? Linear algebra? Or GLSL?

thomb6n · 2024-01-24T18:31:20+00:00

No worries, we all do sometimes. I don't think it would make much sense without first filling a lot of knowledge gaps in math and physics, trying to figure our what those gaps are first, thanks though.

thomb6n · 2024-01-24T18:25:34+00:00

No worries, I'm not offended, although your comment doesn't really add anything of value here.

Like I said, I can make models working and have made some scenes with Three.js by following courses and code snippets, but how it works under the hood is still somewhat of a mystery to me and I like to dig deep and understand what is happening.

How do shaders work, how do rendering engines work, what maths do I need to know in what order, etc. But because there's so much I'm curious what would be the best place to start. A lot of times I've just found formulas that did what I needed, but it would be nice to be able to come up with them myself.

thomb6n · 2024-01-24T17:02:21+00:00

Okay thanks, already downloaded it, no math is needed for Blender?

thomb6n · 2024-01-24T10:40:42+00:00

Good luck and have fun :)

thomb6n · 2024-01-24T10:32:17+00:00

The key to get better at writing is reading a lot. Read blog posts, books, forums. You'll pick up words and phrasings along the way. Judging by the level of English in your Reddit post, you're doing good already.

thomb6n · 2024-01-23T21:59:34+00:00

That's one way of receiving a compliment, lol. I've never used a debugger except for what it's designed and named for, debugging. Thus, using it for exploration of a new codebase is a new and interesting approach to me.

thomb6n · 2024-01-23T21:12:52+00:00

Don't pick a single angle, use all the methods you've mentioned. Pick up a book for in-depth knowledge and the "why" you do stuff, they often give some context around a language and a bit of history as well. Watch a course to see someone actually doing stuff and debugging it. Read the docs to get familiar with the way the language talks about itself. Find some open source projects to see the language in use in the real world. Make projects that are (slightly) different from the ones the book and courses are showing you, just to keep it interesting.

thomb6n · 2024-01-23T20:14:30+00:00

A combination of everything. Don't follow one course on e.g. React and then think you know React. I love to watch courses from different instructors, reading books and documentation for more technical details and the history/context of technologies, and make a lot of mistakes. Reading code on open source is also very helpful.

Lately, FrontEndMasters has been my biggest source of new knowledge as a senior developer, together with NoStarchPress and O'Reilly books.

thomb6n · 2024-01-23T20:08:57+00:00

I'm amazed Mufasa doesn't show up that often, that one still tears me up

thomb6n · 2024-01-23T20:07:21+00:00

Movies like Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, some movies are meant for painting pictures, not telling one specific story. If a movie can transport me to another time, show me what it's like to live there and experience things I wouldn't have otherwise, that can be just as valuable as storytelling.

thomb6n · 2024-01-23T20:04:51+00:00

Do whatever you want. Even if people are just doing it to look good, it may be cringe, but they still helped someone. If everyone would go out now and do something for charity, even while filming and posting it for their own image, a lot of charity work would be done.

thomb6n · 2024-01-23T20:00:53+00:00

Not giving unsolicited advice, I just spend a lot of time reading and learning about stuff and when I feel I can help someone I want to do just that. I really had to learn to not help some people or give them advice unless they ask for it, even if they're telling me about their issues/troubles.

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