I've been following Casey since his podcast with Jeff Roberts. He had the most influence on me as a programmer. I loved the Handmade Hero series, and I reread his blogs occasionally.<p>That being said the whole network idea, and the fetishisation of his particular coding philosophy was always cringe. I've never seen anybody in the network approach Casey critically, or try to explore beyond what he said. I've only seen emulation. Same with Jonathan Blow fans. It took him and his team 8 years of dedicated work to make The Witness, and it's just not a very technically impressive game. Casey couldn't even finish Handmade Hero, and I haven't heard of him creating anything else recently.<p>There's clearly flaws in making software this way.<p>This whole drama seems like fanboys becoming community managers and arguing with other fanboys. No original thought in sight.
So Handmade Hero turned into a whole network of projects?<p>I remember the announcement and waiting for the first episode. I had asked Casey whether he'd be using what is considered "modern" C++ (he doesn't), and whether he'd be developing in a test driven development style (he doesn't). His response was practical and honest. Like his programming. Highly recommend watching one of his videos.
There’s a bit more colour on the content of the argument from the other side: <a href="https://handmade.network/blog/p/8989-separating_from_handmade_cities#30378" rel="nofollow">https://handmade.network/blog/p/8989-separating_from_handmad...</a>