Wow, 2018 was quite the year! From the passing of Handmade Network to the new team, to many new projects and members joining our community, to the new team's first stream, to today, where so many great things are brewing in our little corner of the Internet. I couldn't be more excited to kick off 2019; many exciting things await for software! I'll keep the ball rolling with some announcements, and some highlights from the community showcase!

Handmade Network Game Stream

Recently, I began a programming stream series with the rest of the team to help promote Handmade software development. We got started on a small game, which myself and the rest of the team will be working on live. Thus far, we have a nice little application setup on Windows, and the capability of cross-platform code to work within some memory and do software r

Hi, folks!

2018 is coming to an end! Over the past month, the community has been doing amazing work as always, and there are additionally some very exciting things happening for the software development community at large.

Community Showcase

Handmade software development is about making quality things from scratch, with minimal dependencies and maximal understanding of the real, physical problems found in software engineering. Handmade Network community members have the opportunity to share some of their own projects developed in this style in the Handmade Network Discord showcase channel. As I did last month, I'd like to show some of these posts, as they remain extremely impressive and interesting.

Community member Martin Cohen wrote a game with his own engine written in C for Ludum Dare 43!

Community member bach showed off a GIF fro

Hey, everyone!

I hope everyone's month has been wonderful thus far! Since the last news post, we welcomed a new project to the site, and we saw some really incredible work being done by members of the community (as always).

Community Showcase Posts

For those who are unaware (I'm looking at you, lurkers!), Handmade Network has a Discord server. In this server, there is a "showcase" channel, where community members can post videos, articles, pictures, or something else related to their personal projects. I went through and picked out a few awesome ones:

Community member Chen posted this snapshot of an image rendered with his raytracer, rendered in 2.7 minutes.

gingerBill, who is working on th

Hey folks!

Life has been busy, but as always, there has been so much exciting work happening throughout the network. This last month, it has mostly been work happening on many of Handmade Network's amazing projects. I want to focus in on a few of these.

Cdbg Build 0.0.0.7

I wanted to shed some light on Cdbg, a debugger being hosted on the network! I had the opportunity of trying it out for the first time recently, and it has been a joy to use.

Recently, Cdbg 0.0.0.7 was released.

4coder Alpha 4.0.29

Allen Webster has been making some extremely exciting progress in expanding 4coder's capabilities, some of which will be presented in its [url=https://

Hi there, everyone!

I hope you've been doing well! There was quite a bit of exciting activity happening in the Network in August.

Special Event Stream Recording

The special event stream was a blast! I certainly had a good time, and I hope that all those who attended did as well. If you weren't able to make it, then a recording has been uploaded for your convenience. Check it out!

New Project: GBEmu

We recently welcomed Handmade Network's newest project, GBEmu, to the site. This is a handmade Nintendo Gameboy emulator, featuring a ROM debugger! Try it out, or even better, make a ROM for it yourself!

One-Thing-A-Month

Community member paked is taking initiative to start a One-Thing-A-Month event, in wh

Hi, folks!

The vote results are in, and in accordance with them, I've made the decision to have the stream on August 19th at 6:00 PM PDT. Don't miss out; we'll be having a discussion about Handmade Network and a special appearance!

If you cannot make it, it's no problem; the stream will be recorded and uploaded later for your viewing leisure.

That being said, I'm so excited to see all of you there!

Stream Date/Time: August 19th at 6:00 PM PDT Stream Location: On the Handmade Network home page or here.

(Here's a web timezone converter, thanks to AsafGartner)

Ryan

Hey all - we just deployed some fixes and improvements to the network's BBCode system, and with them come a few new features that I hope you will enjoy.

Monospace Text

We've added the [​m] tag, which allows you to do monospace text inline. For example:

This text is monospace!

becomes:

This text is monospace!

We've also added a toolbar button for it next to B, I, and U, so you'll never forget which letter it is.

Custom Languages in Code Blocks

The [​code] block now lets you specify what language to use for syntax highlighting, in case it guesses incorrectly or doesn't guess at all. For example:

[code]

int main() {
    printf("Hello, world!");
    return 0;
}

becomes:

int main() {
    printf("Hello, world!");
    return 0;
}

You can use any language supported by [url=http://

Hey there, folks of Handmade Network!

I hope last month went well for you all! For this month's news, I have a few exciting updates and announcements.

Site Updates

The technical staff has been hard at work in their task of getting accustomed to the site's code-base. Before diving into anything massive, the team has made the responsible decision to tackle smaller issues first. Right now, this has mostly included cleaning up the rough edges of the site and making small quality of life improvements that, in theory, improve the overall experience of you all.

When the technical staff feels confident in the site's code-base and after they've cleaned up the site significantly, more significant work will begin on the site's project system (as mentioned in more detail last month).

New Project: DIWide

We recently welcomed Handmade Network's newest project, DIWide, to the site. This project is a modern, deep dive int

Hello, World!

Introduction

I'm Ryan Fleury, though some of you probably know me by my online alias "Delix". As Handmade Network founder Abner Coimbre had mentioned last month, the site's new technical staff and myself will be taking the reins of Handmade Network from here on out, which is an opportunity that I couldn't be more grateful to have. Handmade Network has had, and continues to have, a massive effect on me as a programmer, and I hope to do everything I can (alongside the rest of the team) to continue to allow this community to prosper to ensure that it continues to have the same effect on others.

For this monthly news post, I wanted to briefly summarize what the team and I have been discussing will be the direction of Handmade Network moving forward. Additionally, I have some other exciting news to share with you all.

The Network's Direction

The team has

Handmade Folks,

Many of you have come to know Ryan Fleury (aka Delix), of The Melodist fame, who hosts his project here.

After 3 years, Handmade Network has grown into a self-sustaining niche community, and I've been considering who I think is a likely candidate for taking a crack at running this ship. The team and I, as well as many veteran members, believe Ryan is the right fit.

Wait, you're leaving?

No. I'll remain as an original founder. However, for all practical purposes (financial, legal, setting goals, and so on), Ryan and his team will be at the forefront. So my role is symbolic, but it's my way of saying I don't intend to run off and create a competing community!

This is a personal decision.

Like I said, we are a decent community we should fe

Handmade Folks,

UPDATE (5/22/2018)

UPDATE (6/2/2018)

[li]Halarious recommends The Napkin Project. At the time of writing, the last sections present set theory pretty accessibly.

In lieu of providing monthly news (nothing's changed since April), I want to give a brief and high-level overview of discrete mathematics. I've felt alarmed by rumors of programming students this year questioning its value, or

Handmade Folks,

I actively dislike the online space during April Fool's, so I opted to write the monthly news the day after. Now you'll know these news are for real!

New Technical Staff

Please comment and thank the old team for their hard work!

The current staff is ready to move on to new ventures. Jeroen has a demanding full-time career at a UK startup, ChronalDragon will graduate from the University of Washington in a couple of months to enter the workforce right away, and Miblo has slowly been growing his annotation clientele with Handmade Dev Show, Handmade Hero, Riscy Business, and (most recently) Bitwise!

The

Quick news!

Per Vognsen announced a project that, in my estimation, could not be more handmade. It's called Bitwise, and you can check it out here.

To me, the beautiful thing about Bitwise is it will obviously complement Handmade Hero with additional depth. There will also be articles outside of the educational videos, so those who prefer to read might be in for a real treat.

-Abner

P.S. Thanks to eisbehr for bringing Bitwise to my attention.

Handmade folks,

On Wiki Feedback

After the wiki released at the start of this year, we've had contributions new besides the initial ones (notably from nakst and eisbehr! Looking good.), but a lot of feedback comes from people who would rather have established rules and guidelines before even writing anything. Not having any formal rules was intentional, but I think we've waited enough time and it's time to write them this month.

There have also been concerns about how to trace back to the initial contributor of an article. That can be found on the Revision History of every article. Even so, plagiarism could be an issue and we need to address it.

So our top priorities will be:

[li]

Handmade Folks,

The glitter of a new year should become steadfast determination to make the best out of 2018, and the network is no exception to that.

Focus for 2018

This year, Handmade Network will scale back development of brand new features to focus on improving what we already have. This will involve maintaining the regular stream of new software projects and encouraging the updates of established ones. It will also involve improving the Handmade Wiki and growing its contributions.

As boring as that may sound to some, this is precisely the set of activities we need to focus on. Slow and steady growth isn't as exciting as <brand_new_site_feature> but it must be top priority.

A Delay

Some upcoming projects are backlogged, and this is due to January being a travel month for yours truly, as well as some of the staff having extended their Holiday break (given the hard work performed last year in their professional lives).

If you have submitte

Handmade Folks,

The early Handmade Wiki is out. This is an exciting year because we have almost zero content, and we get to see a wikipedia grow from effectively nothing. I've never had that experience before. Also, project owners get a wiki of their own, configurable in their Project Settings. Handmade Network's roadmap for 2018 is to create a self-sustaining HMN Wikipedia. File bug reports here and join our Thursday stream at 5PM EST.

Andrew Chronister, the wiki's developer, has a few things to say: [quote="chronaldragon"]Handmade Network Wikis, like those on Wikipedia, MediaWiki, and other encyclopedic sites, are open to write and edit for anyone with an account. This is great for collaborative, community-driven work because nobody knows a tool, language, game, or project better than the people who use it and interact with it

Handmade Folks,

From Dec 23rd through Jan 1st we'll be taking a Holiday break from educational streams, Twitter updates, and news in general. Expect the network to return with vigor on January 2nd, where 2018 shall be our year to contribute to the Handmade Wiki. Can't wait to see how that journey goes! Thank you to those who have volunteered, provided splendid suggestions, or just shown overall support by regularly visiting our site.

Much obliged, Abner

P.S. Enjoy the eggnog and chocowine. In addition, a few days break from programming (maybe even the Internet) is a very healthy idea if you can afford to.

Handmade Folks,

If you are a patron of Handmade Hero, you likely saw Casey's post, Patreon Implosion, and his plans to jump ship along with others -- a fact reflected on our own dwindling pledges. Casey supports Handmade Network. We've already discussed. He plans to continue supporting, and I'm certain all of you will as well... when the time is right again.

We're closing down our Patreon effective imediately.

By the end of the year, the team and I will have completed our site goals with the wiki system, and from there on we are doing a feature freeze and moving on to maintenance mode. We had already discussed this long before Patreon's move. The team deserves a much needed break.

In the meantime, I am footing the bills in protest of Patreon's handling of their announcement, and I'm also pondering on waiting it out until a new service—potentially Drip—comes out. When I can provide a solid Patreo

Handmade Folks,

The news remain the same as the previous one -- and we're also streaming education staff meetings weekly (previous one here). So today I'd like to make a request:

Handmade Content

Each software project on the network will have a dedicated wiki for themselves. They will decide what goes in there -- usual common sense caveats apply (NSFW things, vicious attacks on any individual, etc.)

However, Handmade Network will display a sitewide wiki, and we'd like suggestions on what to have shortly after release. Here are some examples already given and mentioned on Patreon: (1) documenting API irregularities in MSDN, (2) central list of OpenGL bugs, (3) detailed schematics (think IP / TCP) and sample implementations of protocols, etc.

[u]You can make a comment here, start a dedicated [url=https://handmade.networ

Hello folks!

We're dangerously close to ending the month and I didn't want that to happen before making an educational stream!

Those following my Twitch account know I've been doing personal programming streams for the past couple of weeks -- which has helped in ironing out issues with my new Internet setup.

I want to try out a Thursday stream at 5PM EST with the education team, and I'm hoping that my dying laptop can handle OBS, multiple voice users, and Twitch! (I'll be getting my new machine soon, but virtue is a patience or something like that.)

Obliged, Abner

Hello folks,

This is a short one since we're essentially working on the two major things I announced last month:

(1) I'll be streaming the handmade education meetings. For the upcoming November dates, subscribe to the Handmade Network RSS Feed or follow the network's Twitter account.

(2) The Handmade Wiki is slated to release by the end of the year. The entire system is being developed as opposed to relying on some third-party site.

Confirmed -- Handmade Lessons and Wiki by Xmas!

We joked about this on Patreon. I hope that's the case! However, as I said over there, we always deliver and we try to deliver on time. Just please don't get too upset if we don't produce by Christmas -- and it takes us a week more or something ;)