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by bee_rider 827 days ago
Since I’m on my phone, I can only try the 2D js versions, but the quadtree version does seem to provide some really obvious and nice frame rate improvements. It seems like good work, although I don’t know much about this field.

Sidenote:

I’m often too self conscious to put anything technical online with my real name on it, probably a bit of imposter syndrome or something. I think based on

> For one of my programming classes this semester, my task was writing a program in Python. It was only an introductory course, so it didn’t have to be anything fancy.

the author is sort of early on in their career. I often suspect I’d be better off if I’d gotten over myself and thrown more early experiments online. I dunno, maybe this stuff just isn’t a big deal for some people, but I have to applaud the bravery.

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Give yourself to the embarrassment. Publish for your past self. Or publish for someone smarter to come along and correct you.

(Currently trying to take this advice as well)

Love this advice. I’ve always struggled with the same thing.

One friend started telling me to get over myself and publish, then he reworded it to:

“Get over being under yourself.”

For some reason that one stuck with me and gave me the strength to ship my first few pieces of writing.