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In this post, I’m going to explain how I wrote a blog generator from scratch using Elixir and the standard Erlang library. My motivation? To learn more. What’s the problem with building an HTTP server and a Markdown to HTML transpiler from scratch? It’s divided into two parts, and in this first part, we’ll explore the HTTP server. What we’ll see in this series of posts Create our HTTP server Read requests and display results Respond concurrently Transpile Markdown to HTML How to create templates to include CSS and other elements What is a static site generator? Writing blogs directly in HTML and CSS can be very costly, especially when the site structure is complex. If you inspect this very website, you’ll see it’s written in extremely simple HTML (partly my decision), but imagine we have a much more complex blog with links, tags, multi-level menus, etc. Then things start to get complicated. ...

The other day while at work someone commented on Slack about the 1BRC, where you are supposed to read 1 billion rows from a single file and run some simple operations 1BRC After reading a bit, I became really interested because I was seeing some langs like Java doing 6 seconds, C doing about 1.2 seconds and so on. And Elixir being a functional language and knowing that it likes to copy everything for inmutability, it got me wondering what’s the limit? ...

It’s been a while since my last post, but I’ve made significant progress in understanding and rendering Argentum Online’s maps. The journey has been challenging, involving a lot of digging through old code and some complex problem-solving. In the old days, because we did not have 999GB of RAM we needed to divide in this case the map in chunks in order to just load enough to offer a good playable experience. ...

Argentum Online is an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) developed in Argentina. It was first released in 1999 and is considered one of the first MMORPGs developed in Latin America. The game is open-source and free to play, which has led to the creation of numerous private servers and modifications by the community. Argentum Online is set in a medieval fantasy world, and the game features 2D isometric graphics. Players can choose from various character classes, such as knights, mages, and assassins, and embark on adventures, complete quests, and battle monsters. The game also features a player-driven economy, with crafting, trading, and resource gathering playing a significant role. ...