Entanglement

The Traffic Marshal

Here’s why the “realism” of modern traffic simulations can be so frustrating

14 hrs ago • Kathryn Lovell

Some Conditions of Macroeconomic Instability

Tynan Sylvester points out in his O’Reilly book Designing Games that designers must be vigilant for the “degenerate strategy.” It's what exploit-hunting…

Jul 7 • Kathryn Lovell

June 2026

What do you call a 141x Algorithmic Improvement?

There’s an ancient computing proverb that goes something like this: “If you improve something 1.2x, you probably just did something smart.

Jun 3 • Kathryn Lovell

May 2026

It's too bad Valve isn't publicly traded, because they might eat Microsoft's lunch

The Year of the Linux Desktop

May 20 • Kathryn Lovell

April 2026

Finding the Musical Cutting Edge, Topologically

We’re going to have to talk about genre.

Apr 29 • Kathryn Lovell

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Agentic Coding Enables Real Software Engineering

The most interesting problem in software is communicating precisely and efficiently

Apr 21 • Kathryn Lovell

Ads, Subscriptions, and the Internet Without Either

The internet has a glaring monetization gap.

Apr 13 • Kathryn Lovell

March 2026

Like shooting Barrels in a Fish

Use cases for the Fisheye Lens

Mar 24 • Kathryn Lovell

Cubemaps

I know we talked about mimicking the real-life physics to achieve the fisheye lens effect. I suppose to that affect I could say there’s no rule that…

Mar 10 • Kathryn Lovell

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When 2D Projections Become Unviable

Nyquist Sampling Theorem!

Mar 3 • Kathryn Lovell

February 2026

Lens Distortion and Fragment Shaders

Using VR Correction Techniques for a Fisheye Lens

Feb 24 • Kathryn Lovell

Vibe Engineering Graphics Pipelines

The Fish Eye Lens in Vulkan

Feb 9 • Kathryn Lovell