import {SocialLinks} from "../../src/components/SocialLinks";

For a game engine, the first step isn’t rendering a scene or simulating complex physics - it’s laying the foundational bricks. This weekend, I eased dove headfirst into that foundation for my personal C++ engine project, Helios, and it was a fantastic journey through the nuances of modern C++ design.

My background is in the web world - I've spent years wrangling Java, JavaScript (and countless frameworks based on it), PHP (from Zend to Laravel over Symfony and self-written solution), and the closest I ever got to the metal was writing C, of which I thought it would give me a head start for a game engine project. In a way, it did: I wasn't scared of pointers. But it also gave me a false sense of security.

Hi everyone!

I've been working in software development for a long time now - mostly frontend architecture, large-scale web applications, that kind of thing. I care a lot about software craftsmanship and building systems that actually make sense.

But then Day 15 of Advent of Code 2024 happened.