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Michael McCartney
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Nov 22, 2021

Accept You Have Much To Learn

No matter how senior the title, we have to keep learning. Feeling Good As of this writing I hold a Sr. Software Developer position for a prominent company in the VFX/Animation industry. I have a great grasp of development fundamentals and there is a good swath of topics that I would consider…

Programming

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Accept You Have Much To Learn
Accept You Have Much To Learn
Programming

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Nov 11, 2021

Document Your Code

Comments shouldn’t really be optional* I’m a firm believer in: Only a fool deals in absolutes But when it comes to commenting, documenting, and otherwise statically relaying information to future maintainers — I have a very strong belief that they are almost always a good thing. We have all been…

Software Development

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Document Your Code
Document Your Code
Software Development

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Nov 10, 2021

Write the Last Line of Code First

How I approach software features. Let me know if this series of events sounds familiar: Start a project by writing some simple, abstract functionality Attempt to build up brick by brick Find out you didn’t account for everything you needed in the original plan Add duck tape and paper clips…

Software

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Write the Last Line of Code First
Write the Last Line of Code First
Software

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Jul 25, 2019

The VFX Color Pipeline

Color is, well, hard. Even when you know everything about color, you know nothing about color. Aside from a few masters of the subject, even those with years of VFX experience can find the color world and all it’s intricacies a bit daunting. The only way I learned any real…

Vfx

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The VFX Color Pipeline
The VFX Color Pipeline
Vfx

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Michael McCartney

Michael McCartney

9 Followers

Software blacksmith with an art degree

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