The two hardest things about coding are deciding what to name methods and writing a good commit message. Today, we’re tackling the latter. Picture this: you’ve spent hours working late into the night on a difficult piece of code. When you finally finish, you feel an overwhelming sense of triumph—and maybe a bit of frustration. […]

Do you ever have those days where you read the same code five times in a day? Worse yet, do you ever find yourself reading the same code five times, but each time in a different class? There’s nothing quite like the frustration of tracking down a bug and realizing two hours in that you’ve […]

At its core, a Boolean is simple. It’s a variable that does one thing and does it well: it tells you if something is true or false. To some extent, Booleans represent the very foundation of computing—true or false, one or zero, an on-or-off binary option. Theoretically, a Boolean could be represented by a bit, […]

Imagine a bear. Bears are masters of focus: they hunt, they fish, they raise cubs, and they hibernate. But they do these tasks one at a time, dedicating their full attention to each. You’d never see a bear stop mid-hunt for a “power hibernation session” or try to fish while building a den. Yet, in […]

About 404: Pants Not Found Welcome to 404: Pants Not Found, where tech meets creativity and game dev meets reality checks. I’m Pants, your friendly (and fully clothed, I promise) guide through the world of software development and game design. My programming journey began in high school, where I was introduced to the magic of […]