My Favorite Programming Resources

Last Updated: 2026-03-17

My personal favorites collected over the years. Most of the topics revolve around general computing, "low-level" or graphics programming, and game development; but not only. You might also want to take a look at build-your-own-x (external link).

General Computing

• From NAND to Tetris (external link) (Shimon Schocken & Noam Nisan)
• The Pattern on the Stone (external link) (W. Daniel Hillis)
• Build a 6502 Computer (external link) (Ben Eater)
• Handmade Hero (external link) (Youtube Playlist (external link)) (Casey Muratori)
• Computer, Enhance! (external link) (Casey Muratori)
• Write Your Own Virtual Machine (external link) (Justin Meiners & Ryan Pendleton)

C

• 21st Century C (external link) (Ben Klemens): The only C book I found helpful if you already know programming.
• nullprogram.com (external link) (Chris Wellons):
  • My favorite C compiler flags during development (external link)
  • My review of the C standard library in practice (external link)

Memory Management

• Memory Allocation (external link) (Sam Rose)
• Memory Allocation Strategies (external link) (Ginger Bill)
• A Fixed Block Memory Allocator in C (external link) (David Lafreniere)

Graphics Programming

• How OpenGL works: software rendering in 500 lines of code (external link) (Dmitry V. Sokolov)
• Understandable RayTracing in 256 lines of bare C++ (external link) (Dmitry V. Sokolov)
• Ray Tracing in One Weekend (external link) (Peter Shirley)
• 486 lines of C++: old-school FPS in a weekend (external link) (Dmitry V. Sokolov)
• KABOOM! in 180 lines of bare C++ (external link) (Dmitry V. Sokolov)
• The Book of Shaders (external link) (Patricio Gonzalez Vivo & Jen Lowe)
• SDL2 common mistakes and how to avoid them (external link) (Chris Wellons)