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ABUSING DUCKDB-WASM BY MAKING SQL DRAW 3D GRAPHICS (SORT OF)

This developer created a text-based 3D Doom clone in the browser using DuckDB-WASM to handle game state and rendering with SQL queries. The core of the rendering engine is a SQL VIEW that performs raycasting via recursive CTEs, with JavaScript handling orchestration, sprite rendering, and Z-buffering. There were some challenges along the way with WASM initialization, SQL dialect differences, query planner limitations, and race conditions, all of which the dev overcame with some creativity.

SCALE YOUR PROJECT WITH LAYERED REACT STRUCTURE

Layered React Structure (LRS) is a method for organizing React projects for better clarity, modularity, and scalability. Unlike Angular's opinionated structure, React doesn't have a formal style guide, which often leads to inconsistent project layouts. LRS solves this by separating concerns into clearly defined layers: “smart” components (business logic) and “dumb” components (UI only), along with organized folders for views, components, hooks, services, utils, and types.

THE 13 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LAWS

This post goes over 13 software engineering laws relevant to engineers and managers using comics and explanations. Each law is presented with its potential impact on engineering management. The laws range from well-known principles like Parkinson's Law (work expands to fill the time available for its completion) to lesser-known ones such as Zawinski's Law (every program attempts to expand until it can read mail - those programs which cannot expand are replaced by ones which can).

CLICKHOUSE GETS LAZIER (AND FASTER): INTRODUCING LAZY MATERIALIZATION

ClickHouse, a fast analytical database, has introduced a new optimization called "lazy materialization" to improve query performance. This technique delays reading column data until it's absolutely necessary, especially benefiting Top N queries with large datasets and LIMIT clauses. An example of lazy materialization showed a query being sped up from 219 seconds to 139 milliseconds without SQL changes.

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