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Aug 25, 2026
SebAaltonen
Mar 28, 2025
Indoor scenes in HypeHype are starting to look acceptable.
Mar 08, 2025
Stupid hardware question: Why does AMD use several counters instead of one u64 bitmask for memory ops?
Dec 18, 2024
Fixed all our Vulkan bugs:
May 03, 2024
Why should one be able to code without autocomplete and without a good IDE? I want to click on a symbol to find where it's defined and click on include file to go there, etc.
Apr 04, 2024
This is how slow code feels like:
Mar 28, 2025
@SebAaltonen Any tips or existing solutions on achieving something similar in Unity? (in terms of indoor lighting)
Mar 08, 2025
@SebAaltonen Actually this is a super important question IMO.
May 05, 2024
@SebAaltonen It could be a good idea to start without intellisense.
May 05, 2024
@SebAaltonen It’s about leveraging the tools to be as productive as possible.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen I think people should be able to code without tools, but I'm not going to try to take the tools away.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen There is an argument where people build systems as complex and resource intensive as their tooling will allow.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen I guess this is just another expression of the "if I had to suffer, you should too.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen It’s gatekeeping really.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen Honestly a lot of the "framework" and "transpiler" idiocy is what makes you reliant on tooling you don't need.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen Sometimes we are limited by our environment, which may limit us to the tools available on the device we are working on.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen Its not like you should only code without Support, but its nice to be able to.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen Why do they teach arithmetic, we all have calculators
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen Not Notepad, but I have done a non-zero amount of programming in source control diff tools that have none of those features.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen People will justify programming C/C++ on Linux.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen If you can’t code TCL using VI through a bash terminal on a remote Unix box with CVS SC, you can’t code.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen I would say, you should code in a way that is readable even in notepad.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen The skill issue is strong with this one
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen I learn to code in C++ back in 2011 and my teacher advised us to work for the moment in Notepad++ just to LEARN,for example,I remember when a function receives a pointer to try to call it placing a lot of '*' or '&' and wait for intellisense not to complain about what i'd written
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen And when there is no tool for something, they develop it.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen You never know when a time machine will transport you back into the early 90s and you have to live there and earn a living as software developer.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen It's about gatekeeping and feeling superior, Sebastian.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen ctags and cscope.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen Why one would waste time & do things in more error prone ways, when good tools are available.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen Legends use nano or vim as well!
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen :-)
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen Using CodeBlocks instead of Visual Studio for some time taught me that we created IntelliSense for a reason.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen I know a lot of “professionals” who can’t code at all without an IDE, even on small projects.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen You should be able to program on paper!
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen Ah yes, high school memories where we all wrote HTML code in Notepad.
May 04, 2024
@SebAaltonen If you wouldn't be able to do your job without an IDE there's a problem
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Who cares? Do what makes you happiest and wealthiest.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen I wish visual studio had better code context colorization.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Static/globals/#defines were warm
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen The only good faith reply is if you’re a systems engineer and you have to work on remote servers with no ability to run an IDE/Desktop so you’re stuck with VIM (can’t reverse tunnel/mount)
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Nothing wrong with new tools, it's just that most people get used to them and can never go back.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Same reason some large corps demand that we have specific paths for random shit we all use autocomplete for.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen You should write your code on paper by hand 😤 totally
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Being able to code without assistant is a good thing, maybe?
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Still remember how my technical school assigned a literal psychopath to teach us do databases.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen because high arrogance + low intelligence
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Can't stand IDEs, honestly.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen I pretty much agree with you, but I started using nvim recently, and it doesn't have an LSP for the a language that I already know very well (gml) And I did learn stuff forgoing the autocomplete, I feel like my knowledge deepened, if that makes sense.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen To flex on others
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen I remember having an argument with one of the staffs of 42 about allowing the usage of debuggers in exams as he was totally against the idea leaving us with printf debugging in a 2h exam session.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen As a kid I thought coding seemed cool and wrote a 30 second program in basic in a text file I renamed to an .exe.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Gate keeping programming and thinking it makes you special is incredibly sad.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen There's a big difference between "being able to" and actually doing it.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen People have a superiority complex for working in the hardest way possible because “that’s how I had to do it”.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen You should be able to code in Notepad just so you can truly relish the joy of not having to.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen MAJOR DISAGREE
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen You shouldn’t have to code this way for serious projects.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen He's a boomer.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen I think the point is that you should be able to code well enough that IDE is a tool to help you and make you more efficient, not a tool that allows you to do it at all - you can still do it without an IDE, it's just slow and annoying.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen To assert dominance
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Nothing has more forever-a-junior-level-programmer energy than “You should spend more time and energy looking up API calls and typing console commands instead of using that time to iterate on your design and improve your code” takes
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen That is just another IT-twitter bait, just mute or block him, he is fuckwad.
May 03, 2024
I could write all my code in assembler too.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen chill bro it's an engagement bait
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Yeah if it's available use it.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Old guys trying to act like their depreciating skillset makes them more valuable...
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen It’s a showcase of the « I’m stronger than you » syndrome so many programmers have.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen For the first few months of my first web development job I was using notepad++.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen I was once interviewed where they asked me to write code and diagram databases in Notepad 🤦‍♂️
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen I start to consider to go back to a simple text editor, like when I was using emacs at school, juste because VS is getting worse.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen You shouldn't actually do it.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Some people feel scared to give up lower level tasks to automatization.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen blue check farming engagement
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen The key word is ABLE.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen It's a meme from a person who posts nothing but memes on Twitter.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen it's bait.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen it's just coder bravado to show off toy algorithms
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Because when you have to fix something on a customer system then usually notepad/vim/nano is literally the only option you have, that's why.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen "You should be able to code with punch cards directly in binary" same energy
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Debate is not about when you don't want to use notepad, but when you are not able to use it.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen The anti-tooling discourse in programming is quite tiring
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen You should be *able* to, it shows that you understand what you're writing, but you shouldn't *actually* do it because it's ridiculously inefficient
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Real programmers use a magnetized needle and a steady hand.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Tbf intelisense is just a faster way of finding the right code/method to do something instead of finding it online or in a book...
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen I started in notepad, now I use vim for all my programming needs
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen I had that at an interview once.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen I once was in an interview where they handed me a pen and paper and said "write this program"
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Honestly the meme works infinitely better if you sub IntelliSense out for Copilot.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen @SebAaltonen use whatever you want
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen The meme isn't saying you shouldn't use it, it's saying you should be *able* to still program without it.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Because that’s how we learned and you should too 😂
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen It's like telling a carpenter "You should be able to do all your work without power tools".
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen It makes old people feel cool, because they at some point were forced to code like that
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen "Should be able to" doesn't mean "prefer to." It's just a base line level of fluency that implies more experience and probably more competency.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen You are weak
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen I think there is some value in this.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen It's not about wanting, it's about being able to.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen No need to do that.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen they just gaslight themselves that their broken vim config is equivalent to a proper IDE
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Simple editors tend to lead to other bad choices to compensate.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen This?
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen The decel mind is perplexing 🤔
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Folks advocating for "notepad" coding is much like a grandfather boasting how he walked to school during a blizzard.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen To prove twitter they're good coders
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen i sort of agree, but i'm so often forced to code with no functional IDE when teaching students (cos they haven't set up correctly) that i can say it's a helpful skill to keep.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen It's obvious engagement farming / rage bait.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen It's a desire to appear extraordinarily competent without having worked enough for it.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Because I don’t want the distractions, I don’t want my hand held, I just want to type, typos and all.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen I would agree with the original poster.
May 03, 2024
@SebAaltonen Hell, I used notepad++ for my shitty terraria mods and the TML discord act like I sacrificed them all to Satan lmfao

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