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research log · est. 2019

Notes on research and other projects.

I'm Rahul Nair: researching neural rendering and building custom game engines.

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SIGGRAPH 2026: Volunteering, Neural Shading, and a Teapot 26 Jul 2026 · 5 min pinned Porting Chief of the Valley to iOS 10 Jun 2026 · 7 min ·#gamedev #devlog #chief-of-the-valley Chief of the Valley: Devlog 2, v1.0 06 Jun 2026 · 6 min ·#gamedev #devlog #chief-of-the-valley Chief of the Valley: The First Devlog 25 May 2026 · 9 min ·#gamedev #devlog #chief-of-the-valley Porting the Render Lab to Linux: What Actually Broke 30 Apr 2026 · 7 min ·#linux #opengl Moving to Linux: How I Ended Up on Fedora 29 Apr 2026 · 6 min ·#linux #personal Summer 2026: What Actually Needs to Happen 27 Apr 2026 · 5 min ·#personal #gamedev Gitnook: Local-Only Version Control Inside Any Git Repo 29 Mar 2026 · 5 min ·#tools GDC 2026: Talks, Roundtables, and No Small Talk 18 Mar 2026 · 7 min ·#gamedev Developing Snake on GBDK-2020 13 Nov 2025 · 8 min ·#gamedev
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