Man, nobody has posted since last year...

[Duthomhas]

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Frist!

[zapshe]

Maybe this will be the year I start learning to program in C++

[Duthomhas]

It’s interesting how little C++ I’ve been using lately. Most of my programming time lately (which isn’t much) has been in Python (making add-ons for Blender).

Latest offering:
Shell script to identify .blend file version
https://blenderartists.org/t/shell-script-to-identify-blend-file-version/1625311

[zapshe]

I haven't been using C++ too much either. C# and some other languages, but my work generally doesn't benefit from C++ much anymore. No one is writing complex apps and such in C++.

I use Blender mainly for designing parts to 3D print and stuff, very low-power Blender user compared to many. Most complex things I've done was a chess board (Code Geass themed hehe) and a gearbox (which was surprisingly efficient).

[Duthomhas]

Don’t write it off — C++ is still widely used in a lot of very heavy applications and industries, showing up in places you would never imagine it to be, and not just for maintenance of old projects.

[zapshe]

Well, where ever C++ is, it's not in the AI training I'm doing much. Lately, training has been using AI via CLI to fix or add features to Github repos and see how they do.

They do really good. Claude's top model is absolutely great. ChatGPT's top model is astounding.

But yea, most repos are written in Python, Typescript, etc.. There's been a gross shift of creating GUI apps that are essentially just a browser. Slap a cross-platform GUI together with Typescript - seeing that a lot with these Github repos.

[Ganado]

Ddog wrote:

Latest offering:
Shell script to identify .blend file version
https://blenderartists.org/t/shell-script-to-identify-blend-file-version/1625311

Just wanted to say, that must be one of the most thorough installation instructions I've ever seen. I wish all GitHub readme's were that clear.

edit: s/throughout/thorough/

[Duthomhas]

Heh, I usually try to make things a whole lot more one-clickety... but I guess I just didn’t want to bother for that one. Didn’t stop me from writing a half-done blag, though...

Either way, thanks for the compliment. 😊


_{I should probably go back and make it easier.}