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I think calling them a "con artist" is pretty over the top, no? To me, this seems like a clear case of a more junior game dev being very excited about a cool th
by mkaic 2y ago
I think calling them a "con artist" is pretty over the top, no? To me, this seems like a clear case of a more junior game dev being very excited about a cool thing they built and optimized. Sure, it may not really be the holy grail they think it is, but they aren't doing any harm by being excited of it and proud of themself!
- Pannoniae 2y agoif they are a junior gamedev they shouldn't go around making an educational video about shittalking everyone about how theirs is the "world's best algorithm" (not my words) and how everyone else sucks. :) the problem isn't with the excitement, the problem is being arrogant and being an asshole but not having the leet skillz to actually justify it.... edit: they are doing harm by creating unrealistic expectations towards new gamedevs and misleading them in what matters for performance. (spoiler alert the bit manipulation looks clever but that isn't the majority of performance optimisation now, this is not 1996)