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Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Here is a list of tings I read/watched/played/etc. this week that you might find interesting or enjoyable:

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A Deep Dive into C++26 std::hive: The Ultimate Container for Active Data — Some details about the internals of C++ 26’s new data structure.
How fast is C++26’s std::hive? — Pretty self-explanatory and useful numbers to keep in mind.
A Spectral BSSRDF for Shading Human Skin — A spectral shading model that can be used to render different skin tones.
On the Accuracy of Surface Scattering Theories — Another reason why our rendering models are not quite good enough.
A Texture Lookup Approach to Bézier Curve Evaluation on the GPU — A clever use of GPU textures units to render Bézier curves efficiently.
Haikyu!! — I’ve been re-reading this manga. The anime is also worth it, for the animation itself.
Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8000-meter Peak — Maurice Herzog’s account of the first successful ascent of Annapurna. Read the French original if you can. And you might want to read True Summit afterwards.

Benchmarking - It’s About Time — Benchmarking is hard, but Matt Godbolt makes it fun and interesting.
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie — I watched it without knowing what it was really about. You should do the same, it takes an unexpected turn.

Wasmo — An Open Source “cloud computer”.
delaunay32 — Fast, parallel 2D Delaunay triangulation using exact integer predicates.