Elfennol
Mathematician by training, developer by craft, and poodle killer by night.
Latest articles
Attack Rolls and THAC0 in Baldur's Gate 1 and 2
Understand attack rolls, THAC0, and Armor Class in Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 (BG1 and BG2). A reference guide breaking down combat logs and hit calculations.
Why Floating-Point Numbers Cause Rounding Errors
A step-by-step explanation of why 0.1 + 0.2 ≠ 0.3: how binary representation of floats works, where precision is lost, and what it means for your code.
Express Missing Values with Option Instead of Null in Rust
Rust's Option<T> catches missing values at compile time. A deep dive into why it is safer than null, its link to the borrow checker, and a PHP port.