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> Graphics programming terrified me for the longest time because people acted like it was dark magic and hard Now that I am becoming old, I have started to rea
by thehardsphere 9y ago
> Graphics programming terrified me for the longest time because people acted like it was dark magic and hard
Now that I am becoming old, I have started to realize that anyone who creates a feeling of dark magic around almost any programming subject probably doesn't understand the subject very well themselves and has some sort of self-confidence issue that makes them portray whatever it is that way to people who know less than they do.
- pfranz 9y agoI think "dark magic" in a lot of these cases is just a lot of domain specific knowledge to get a general understanding of the topic. I think the Internet has really helped. With a "dark magic" topic like graphics, you can get started with a little bit of domain knowledge and the right template code (which wasn't as easily available before the Internet). Without the right template code, you're doing a lot of yak shaving and having to learn a whole lot at once just to get a triangle on the screen.