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Coding Horrors

Coding Horrors

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My favorite essay

by MatsK Coding Horrors 2 replies 11.1k views Nov 29, 2019 NormanMerlo

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A genre changing bug

by Timeline Games Coding Horrors 0 replies 3.4k views Sep 2, 2019

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Hunting a bug for two weeks ...

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What happens when you forget to add a delay to an attack timer...

by jbarrios Coding Horrors 1 replies 4.8k views Mar 29, 2019 Brain

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unity errors will not build my game

by StarTrekCafe Coding Horrors 1 replies 5.1k views Dec 27, 2018 Septopus

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Manual syntax trees

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Writing subjects in present and past is hard

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Slowest AABB overlap test ever?

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When you finally get back into programming your game and then...

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When C++ makes you want to throw your monitor out of the window

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Visual Studio, pls

by Juliean Coding Horrors 1 replies 4.9k views Oct 23, 2017 matt77hias

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Windows driver kit 7 project in visual studio

by winnex RD Coding Horrors 0 replies 5.8k views Aug 23, 2017

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connverting a WDK 7 project WDK 10 project

by tope awolowo Coding Horrors 0 replies 4.9k views Aug 23, 2017

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How does this ever work.

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Windows Mouse Handling Sucks

by blueshogun96 Coding Horrors 2 replies 5.4k views Aug 1, 2017 blueshogun96

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The signal that destroys its owner

by Juliean Coding Horrors 5 replies 6.2k views Jun 22, 2017 Ryan_001

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Oh the union woes

by samoth Coding Horrors 4 replies 6.4k views Jun 19, 2017 samoth

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Spaghetti code

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Best comment ever

by alkisbkn Coding Horrors 106 replies 82.2k views May 30, 2017 Finalspace

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Alignment misunderstandings

by Finalspace Coding Horrors 3 replies 5.9k views Apr 22, 2017 Finalspace

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Bugs caused by stupidity are hard to find

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Split by spaces

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How to lose friends and alienate coworkers.

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