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> "The sense of accomplishment you get when your SQL query runs just right is nothing compared to what you feel the first time you get ray traced reflections ri
by Threeve303 6y ago
> "The sense of accomplishment you get when your SQL query runs just right is nothing compared to what you feel the first time you get ray traced reflections right."
This line is very motivating to someone who works with data frequently.
- FartyMcFarter 6y agoMany versions of SQL are Turing complete, so one can probably do both at the same time!
- imhoguy 6y agoHere it goes - MySQL raytracer https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=83222 https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=83222
- User23 6y agoEveryone in my age group that started programming did so because they wanted to do computer graphics. Every single one. It's definitely a great hook to inspire learning.
- enriquto 6y ago> the first time you get ray traced reflections right. This guy graphics! I remember my highest pleasure in programming was attained when I first drew a rasterized triangle. Of uniform color.
- arduinomancer 6y agoTotally agree. Especially if you write a ray-tracer from scratch. To go from fiddling with some lines of code to suddenly moving around in a room with some objects in 3D is insane.
- meekrohprocess 6y agoIt is one of the fun things about graphics programming. Bugs can also sometimes be funny enough to dispel the frustration. But when you've been futzing around with quaternions all day, and your camera finally stops acting like a hyperactive husky who hasn't had a walk in days...well, I imagine that's close to what it felt like when they got the internal combustion engine to stop being an external combustion engine.