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Andrew Reece

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Andrew Reece

@azmreece

Technical arts & movement. Pro curiosity & epistemological humility. Automating cognitive drudgery & reifying abstract concepts. Developing @whitebox_sys

Joined January 2010

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Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Nov 9, 2019
I've been working on WhiteBox for a while now, this is the first public demonstration with commentary. There's also some info on whitebox.systems I'd really appreciate any feedback: - What would you like to see more of? - What features would you like WhiteBox to have?
WhiteBox
@whitebox_sys
Nov 9, 2019
The first devlog for WhiteBox is online! I give an intro to its core features: live reloading, compiling and running of code with automatic inspection of variables and return values. What info about your code would you like available as you write it? youtube.com/watch?v=4T11-B…
Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Jul 20, 2025
Replying to @NeoterismoiTaki and @BetterSoftwareC
That's because @LubaRaphael is a machine! He had it ready for the previous beta release but didn't want to put it out until he'd implemented a quicksort on Xars that was comparable in speed to a regular array
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Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Aug 18, 2025
Replying to @CharlieMQV @squelcher0808 and @cmuratori
(Nowgrep looks very cool! Looking forward to seeing more 😀) The Everything service is optional. As I understand it it's there as an alternative to running in Admin mode for access to system files
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Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Jan 12, 2025
I'm streaming some WhiteBox dev now! (@whitebox_sys) I'm going to add some new debugger features by JIT compiling into the user process. Jump in:
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Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Jul 21, 2025
Replying to @NyxXeres @valigo and 3 others
The chunks/buckets aren't linked, they're pointed to by a small array of pointers in the fixed header One of the neat things with this structure is that it uses O(log(n)) pointers (+1 pointer => *2 capacity)...
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Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Jul 21, 2025
Replying to @azmreece @NyxXeres and 4 others
This means that the array of chunk pointers is small enough to fix at compile time, so you can keep it alongside the `count_of_elements` member, and as a result you only need a single pointer indirection & math for random access anywhere in the virtual array.
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Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Nov 1, 2020
Last year's Handmade Seattle was my favourite programming event that I've attended. This year's looks like it will be even better!
WhiteBox
@whitebox_sys
Nov 1, 2020
Very excited to announce that WhiteBox will have a 5-minute slot at the online Handmade Seattle conference! There's a fantastic selection of speakers over the 14th/15th November. It's free to watch, but I highly recommend you buy a ticket to support it (and get Q&A/chat access).
Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Dec 11, 2023
x.com/whitebox_sys/s… x.com/whitebox_sys/s… I'd love to know whether @whitebox_sys - with this view of data changing over time & this interaction with source code - would have helped @ID_AA_Carmack and @romero during development. If not, what would make it more useful?
WhiteBox
@whitebox_sys
Dec 11, 2023
x.com/whitebox_sys/s… Another way to WhiteBox #DOOM30: inspect every line in the `A_FirePistol` function in detail, whenever I shoot. As I move the cursor around the code, WhiteBox highlights when that line ran. We can use this to check when `if` statements evaluated to true.
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Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Sep 29, 2023
More @handmade_net wheel reinvention with C, @whitebox_sys & @raylib in ~15 mins at twitch.tv/azmreece This time I'll work on: - an interactive timeline of the included logged time - aggregation for days, weeks etc - a simple visual query system (if we get that far)
Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Sep 27, 2023
Streaming some development with C, @whitebox_sys & @raylibtech for the @handmade_net Wheel Reinvention Jam. I'll be parsing and visualizing a novel text-based notetaking/RDF/org-like format that I've been experimenting with... Watch at twitch.tv/azmreece
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Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Sep 5, 2024
Bret Victor (@worrydream) was a major influence on me starting @whitebox_sys He's just put out a load more info @Dynamicland1, which is all about collaborative computing in physical space 🥳 Check out the website which is actually just a "hyperphoto": dynamicland.org
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Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Sep 27, 2023
Streaming some development with C, @whitebox_sys & @raylibtech for the @handmade_net Wheel Reinvention Jam. I'll be parsing and visualizing a novel text-based notetaking/RDF/org-like format that I've been experimenting with... Watch at
twitch.tv
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Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Apr 13, 2018
New Geometer blog up: "Designing, saving and loading a forward-compatible binary file format". @handmade_net geometer.handmade.network/blogs/p/3077-0…
Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Jul 21, 2025
Replying to @DanielcHooper @NeoterismoiTaki and 2 others
Yeah, this came up in Q&A. 2 differences, 1 minor, 1 major: - The total size isn't pow2 as they don't have duplicate size of the first block. - "To keep track of all these buffers we can store pointers to them in a separate std::vector". They miss the nice fixed pointer array.
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Andrew Reece
@azmreece
Jan 18, 2025
I'm going to finish painting a door frame, maybe have a bite to eat, then stream some cozy WhiteBox dev: fixing bugs, edge-cases & jank UI. aka "I push my TIMELINE DEBUGGER to its LIMITS! Can I stop it from BREAKING?! 💥🔨" Join either way in ~40 mins:
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