Jon Macey

more #opencode fun, write me a PySide 6 gui for this already existing program. Quite impressed, wrote some nice code and program works well. #webgpu #pyside6 #computergraphics #python

Been playing with OpenCode, had the basic point pipeline working and a simple abstract base class, got open code to re-factor it all, then add many more based on my previous design and code. It's actually scary good! github.com/.../pipeline... #webgpu, #opencode #computergraphics #python

PCF Shadows in WebGPU just need to sort the lighting.

Quick proof of concept WebGPU in a marimo notebook. Going to dump some of my lecture notes into them now. #WebGPU #Graphicsprogramming #Marimo

Feeling lazy, Gemini please re-write my entire C++ library in python and ensure all the unit test I wrote (originally in C++) are also ported and tested. Seems to be doing ok so far (will most likely run out of free credits soon!) but am liking the @zed.dev Gemini integrations

Adventures in Vibe Coding.
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Yay autodesk fixed the commandPort in 2025 (been busted for a while in our lab build), just got @zed.dev editor to send python to maya via a task (and some python scripts) as well. Next step to get python hints etc working. Think I will move all teaching to Zed next year.

Wow what a game Felt like the Storming of the Bastille for most of it, However Allison had the game of his life, then Nunez and Elliot managed to pull out one of the most amazing goals. Think this is the toughest game Liverpool have played this season amazing stuff.

Billboarding working with circle or square billboards set via unifroms. #webgpu #python #ncca #graphicsprogramming

Started to do some instanced billboarding now need to get the camera position into the shader. #webgpu #ncca #python #computergraphics

This took way longer than I thought, converted one of my Lab C++ Particle Systems to #WebGPU, need work. #GraphicsProgramming #NCCA #Python

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

Yay give the script kiddies full control! What could go wrong? America, you are so fucked. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

sure that's been done already, also in a pdf!

Web GPU rendering to the terminal using ASCII escape code, because you can :-) #WebGPU #GraphicsProgramming #Python #NCCA #wgpu-py

Part 2 of my WebGPU blog, writing my initial investigation into the python demos supplied with wgpu-py as an OpenGL developer. #wgpu-py #WebGPU #OpenGL #ComputerGraphics #Python #NCCA
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Artificial intelligence: Vatican fears the creation of a new idol A lengthy note by two Vatican dicasteries aims to prevent the line between humans and machines from becoming “blurred.” Following several recent interventions by Pope Francis on artificial intelligence, the Holy See’s position is synthesized in an unprecedented manner.

That would be an ecumenical matter, :-) afraid of the ghosts in the machines? international.la-croix.com/religion/art...

Thought I would start writing up my latest project (it's work, really :-) ) writing up the design of my new unit and the code I will use. #WebGPU #GraphicsProgramming #NCCA #Python
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Co-pilot is so good for docstrings and type hints :-) saves loads of time, just need to proof read.

Copilot on the wine already :-)

Been Busy marking, but managed to do some more of my WebGPU demo. Re-factor the Qt Widget, Text Rendering and sorted the lights a bit. #WebGPU #GraphicsProgramming #Python #NCCA

Meta denies forcing accounts to follow Donald Trump, claims hiding Democrat hashtags is a bug Meta's communication director, Andy Stone, responded to the reports on Threads and X. He wrote that people were not made to automatically follow any of the official...

FAANG developers making buggy code :-) www.techspot.com/news/106464-...

A very square and compass picture.

34 assignments marked, 35 to go (and my college has the same amount). The joys of marking.

PySide / PyQt are great. I use qtpy as a transition lay so I can use both. As I also teach a lot of VFX software (Maya / Houdini) Qt is our main GUI toolkit.

No it's using PySide for the main app / canvas my nccapy module for the Math side of things numpy for buffers and wgpu for the WebGPU stuff.

Replicating some of the functionality I have in my C++ NGL library in #WebGPU and #Python Need to take a step back and make some big design decisions on how to make a flexible library for students to use easily. This is very ad-hoc at present. #GraphicsProgramming

Taken a day to figure out how to set and render multiple objects in the same pipeline using an MVP matrix for each transform. So used to OpenGL having to re-design what I do with this, going to be hard to teach! #WebGPU #GraphicsProgramming #Python

Two of the best sides in the prem, this game is mental. Come on Liverpool #LFC

Moon over Brownsea Island. Love my early morning cycle commute.