Open Learning

I very much enjoy the act of auto-didactic learning. This is a collection of resources I have found useful in my own learning journey that at times I have felt compelled to add to a list. It is by no means exhaustive, but I hope it helps you find something interesting to read or watch.

Software

Youtube

• General

  • Stablity Patterns & Antipatterns - Once you hit Release 1.0, your system will be living in the real world…
  • TDD, Where did it all go wrong? - One of many great Ian Cooper talks
  • How to Become a Great Software Architect • Eberhard Wolff • GOTO 2019 - Great Software Architecture talk by Eberhard Wolff

• Graphics

  • Atmosphere - One of many great videos by Sebastian Lague
  • Procedural Moons and Planets - Another great video by Sebastian Lague on procedural planets/moons
  • Interactive Computer Graphics - All of Cem Yuksel’s videos are great!
  • Computer Graphics (CMU 14-462/662) - As are Keenan Crane’s! Both have great papers to read as well.
  • Capcom RE:2023 Graphics/Rendering Conference

• C++

  • Greg Law on GDB - 15 minutes on GDB-fu
  • Design Patterns: Facts and Misconceptions - Klaus Iglberger - CppCon 2021 - Good talk on design patterns in C++
  • Composable C++: Principles and Patterns - Ben Deane - CppCon 2021 - Great talk on composability in C++

• Golang

  • Go Anti-Patterns - Talk on anti-patterns by Edward Muller
  • The Scheduler Saga - Great dive into the hchan scheduler
  • Understanding Channels - Another great talk by Kavya Joshi, this time on golang channels
  • Functional Programming in Go - GopherCon 2017: Aaron Schlesinger - Functional Programming in Go

• Deep Learning

  • Introduction to DL with Python - Presentation by Alec Radford giving an overview of Deep Learning with Theano

• Hardware / Physical Architecture

  • Device Tree: hardware description for everybody! -

• Random Other

  • DynamoDB Under the Hood - Great deep dive into AWS DyanmoDB

Podcasts

• ACM Bytecast
• Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs
• CppCast
• Dev Game Club
• Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering
• Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman
• Programming Throwdown
• Rustacean Station
• Software Engineering Daily
• Software Engineering Radio
• Talk Python to Me
• The Bike Shed
• The Changelog

Blogs/Sites

• General

  • tech-blogs - Giant list of user submitted blogs with tags. Some good ones here.
  • Hacker News - Can’t go without posting this one
  • Why Tech Interviews are a Waste of Time
  • For those asking if a degree is worth it for software, I agree with the Mozart vs Salieri debate
  • The looming demise of the 10x developer

• Game Dev

  • Procedurally Generated 3D Dungeons
    • Code from this video
  • Wave Function Collapse with Fuzzy Edging in Unity