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@scipio Sep 3, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC

Learn Zig Series (#158) - Circle and Ellipse Rasterization

# Learn Zig Series (#158) - Circle and Ellipse Rasterization ### What will I learn? - Why a circle fights the pixel grid even harder than a line does, and why the obvious y = sqrt(r*r - x*x) approach…

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scipio
@scipio Sep 3, 2026, 2:25 PM UTC

Learn Rust Series (#46) - Result Combinators: map, map_err, and_then, ok_or

# Learn Rust Series (#46) - Result Combinators: map, map_err, and_then, ok_or ### What will I learn - You will learn how to transform a Result without writing a match at every step; - how map and map…

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@scipio Sep 3, 2026, 7:46 AM UTC

Learn JS Series (#21) - Destructuring Parameters: Named Arguments the JS Way

# Learn JS Series (#21) - Destructuring Parameters: Named Arguments the JS Way ### What will I learn - You will learn array and object destructuring, and how to pull values out cleanly; - how to dest…

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scipio
@scipio Sep 2, 2026, 8:40 PM UTC

Learn Zig Series (#157) - Line Drawing: Bresenham

# Learn Zig Series (#157) - Line Drawing: Bresenham ### What will I learn? - Why drawing a straight line between two arbitrary points is a genuinely hard problem, and how the pixel grid quietly fight…

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@scipio Sep 2, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC

Learn Rust Series (#45) - Mini Project: A Doubly-Linked List, Safe then Unsafe

# Learn Rust Series (#45) - Mini Project: A Doubly-Linked List, Safe then Unsafe ### What will I learn - You will learn why a doubly-linked list is famously awkward to build in safe Rust; - how to bu…

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@scipio Sep 2, 2026, 6:17 AM UTC

Learn JS Series (#20) - Default, Rest, and Spread: Flexible Function Signatures

# Learn JS Series (#20) - Default, Rest, and Spread: Flexible Function Signatures ### What will I learn - You will learn default parameters in depth, including defaults computed from earlier paramete…

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@scipio Sep 1, 2026, 6:26 PM UTC

Learn Zig Series (#156) - Framebuffer Basics

# Learn Zig Series (#156) - Framebuffer Basics ### What will I learn? - What a framebuffer actually is -- why every pixel you have ever seen on a screen ultimately lives in a flat, one-dimensional sl…

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scipio
@scipio Sep 1, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC

Learn Rust Series (#44) - Higher-Ranked Trait Bounds & Lifetime Elision

# Learn Rust Series (#44) - Higher-Ranked Trait Bounds & Lifetime Elision ### What will I learn - You will learn what a higher-ranked trait bound is and how for<'a> expresses "for every lif…

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@scipio Sep 1, 2026, 8:49 AM UTC

Learn JS Series (#19) - Callbacks and the Callback Pattern (Before We Reach Promises)

# Learn JS Series (#19) - Callbacks and the Callback Pattern (Before We Reach Promises) ### What will I learn - You will learn what a callback actually is, and the two distinct jobs a callback can do…

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@scipio Aug 31, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC

Learn Zig Series (#155) - Mini Project: Regex Engine - Matching

# Learn Zig Series (#155) - Mini Project: Regex Engine - Matching Part of a multi-episode project ### What will I learn? - How to run the NFA we built last episode -- feeding it text and getting back…

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