New York 2024

• Eric McCarthy
• December 28, 2024
• 25 min watch

We saw lots of falling leaves and water.

The Rebound

• Eric McCarthy
• November 24, 2024
• 6 min read

I’m rebuilding limulus.net. It’s way past time to have a website again.

The Twist You Possibly Expected: Rust

• Eric McCarthy
• June 4, 2024
• 7 min read

Switching from JavaScript to Rust/WebAssembly has (unsurprisingly) significantly increased performance!

How I Am Using GitHub Copilot

• Eric McCarthy
• March 23, 2024
• 7 min watch

A six minute video I produced to show how I am using GitHub Copilot as I work on my ray tracer, Penumbra. Includes a preview of the upcoming switch to Rust/WebAssembly!

Chapter 5: Ray-Sphere Interactions

• Eric McCarthy
• December 29, 2023
• 4 min read

Finally! Ray casting! Plus an interactive demo of a sphere’s shadow.

Chapters 2–4: Canvas and Matrices

• Eric McCarthy
• December 9, 2023
• 7 min read

An overdue and long update covering 3 chapters! The site has moved to its permanent home and the demo for these chapters is a neat little animated clock.

Chapter 1: Tuples

• Eric McCarthy
• November 19, 2023
• 2 min read

An interactive web component already!

One More Yak to Shave

• Eric McCarthy
• November 11, 2023
• 1 min read

Just one more yak to shave before I can get started on the first test.

Getting Nerd Sniped

• Eric McCarthy
• October 31, 2023
• 4 min read

I just want to start this challenge, but there’s a bunch of things I need to figure out first.