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07/09/2026

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07/08/2026

I missed the ACM digital library going open access when I was horribly sick this past January.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve heard from many ACM members and others in the computing community about recent changes to the ACM Digital Library. I appreciate the engagement and care people bring to these discussions, which reflects how central the Digital Library is in our professional lives and r...

06/30/2026

Highlights reel of the Slughorn library effects
https://slughorn.io/demo-0-1-0.webm

06/29/2026

I've been teasing about it for a while, but I'm happy to announce the first release of our open source MIT-licensed Slug algorithm GPU vector/Bezier curve graphics rendering library with support for fonts, SVGs and hand-built Canvas layers, plus SO much more!

Slughorn: Applying Slug-Style GPU Curve Rendering Beyond Text On March 17th 2026, Eric Lengyel made his Slug technique completely patent-unencumbered ( https://terathon.com/blog/decade-slug.html ) . As long-time graphics programmers and open source contributors, especially around OpenSceneGraph, Vul...

06/29/2026

Somebody implemented the no_gfx_api from Sebastian Aaltonen's blog post.

Contribute to leotmp/no_gfx_api development by creating an account on GitHub.

06/13/2026

https://alphapixeldev.com/eric-grahams-1987-amiga-juggler-raytracer-part-2-porting-to-sdl/

Eric Graham's 1987 Amiga Juggler raytracer (Part 2): Porting to SDL In Part 1 of this blog series, we recovered the disk image, extracted the source files, and received permission to publish Eric Graham's 1987 Juggler raytracer source. At that point, we have a snapshot of history that can be viewed....

06/06/2026

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260401-00/?p=112180

What are we reading about here?

06/05/2026

https://www.404media.co/the-u-s-military-quietly-turned-gps-into-a-global-numbers-station-evidence-suggests/

A random sequence in an innocuous GPS message field is likely encrypted traffic from the U.S. military's system for remotely updating cryptographic keys around the world.

06/02/2026

https://alphapixeldev.com/recovering-eric-grahams-1987-amiga-juggler-raytracer-source-code/

Recovering Eric Graham's 1987 Juggler raytracer source code AlphaPixel often gets involved with modernizing and updating old performance and graphics code. Sometimes that means client work under NDA. But sometimes it means a fun side quest in the mystical realms of curiosity, preservation, and the p...

06/01/2026

https://alphapixeldev.com/how-alphapixel-uses-and-doesnt-use-ai-in-development/

How AlphaPixel uses AI coding tools: where they help, where they fail, and why human engineering judgment still matters.