Hi, I'm Philip.

I started programming as a kid in 1990 and never stopped. I've been working as a software developer since 2000, mostly building web applications.

I also make videos on YouTube, work on my pet projects, and share ideas, thoughts and opinions here.

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  I Cleaned Up the Code and Created a Canvas (Back to the Pascal, Ep. 4)
  I took a couple of days to untangle the mess from the past few weeks, reorganize the code, and maybe - just maybe - overengineer things a little ...
  November 17, 2025
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  Loading images, tiles, and maps (Back to the Pascal, Ep. 3)
  After an unexpected start to the week, I focused on loading game data and getting rid of all the hardcoded sprites, tiles, and maps...
  November 9, 2025
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  Making the Map Scroll (Back to the Pascal, Ep. 2)
  Time to make the map scroll... and to suffer the consequences. Off-by-one errors, scrambled blocks, weird glitches ...
  November 2, 2025
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  Pixels, Tiles, Sprites (Back to the Pascal, Ep. 1)
  It's the first week of my project, and I'm exploring the basics: drawing pixels, tiles, and eventually sprites.
  October 26, 2025
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  Finishing the Game I Started 35 Years Ago
  I'm gonna finish programming a game I started almost 35 years ago! Well, at least I'm gonna try.
  October 18, 2025
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  Raising the Bar
  I started my professional career with PHP in the year 2000. Professional in the sense that I got paid to program, not so much because of my knowledge of PHP.
  January 20, 2023