A-Painter performance optimizations

As demonstrated, the optimizations implemented have a major impact on A-Painter performance without adding too much complexity to the code. VR mode benefits the most. You can now paint for a long time without getting motion sickness: That’s a pretty good usability enhancement. Source: A-Painter performance optimizations

Chain of Fools – Allen Pike

The smart contracts of today are notoriously hard to write, often expensive to execute, and in many ways are a multi-billion-dollar science experiment. But that’s what makes them kind of interesting: they open up so many potential applications that people are going to have to actually try some of them in order to suss out […]

The Ren’Py Visual Novel Engine

Ren’Py is a visual novel engine – used by thousands of creators from around the world – that helps you use words, images, and sounds to tell interactive stories that run on computers and mobile devices. These can be both visual novels and life simulation games. The easy to learn script language allows anyone to […]

Fundamental challenges with public blockchains – Preethi Kasireddy – Medium

Some of these technical barriers include: Limited scalability Limited privacy Lack of formal contract verification Storage constraints Unsustainable consensus mechanisms Lack of governance and standards Inadequate tooling Quantum computing threat … and more. Source: Fundamental challenges with public blockchains – Preethi Kasireddy – Medium