Mat Hill

Puffins is my personal C99 coding framework 💕
It encodes how I like to work, and is designed for high-performance realtime tools & artworks. Like OpenFrameworks, Cinder, e.t.c.
I really enjoy learning about each domain in depth. Once I understand enough, I implement a minimal API, and thoroughly testing it!

Key features of its design are:

An API which favors an understanding of each problem domain, rather than compromising for simpler abstractions.
Parity across Linux, macOS, and Windows.
No reliance on stdlib.h or stdio.h. Only dependent on OS-provided libraries.
Single compilation unit building via shell scripts, with automation of Windows icons, macOS icons, and Apple notarisation.
Custom memory allocator. This reduces the overhead and risks of malloc(), encourages thoughtful design of a project's memory usage, and enables easy implementation of high-level functions.
Unicode support, with Harfbuzz or Uniscribe text shaping, and FreeType or Uniscribe font renderering.
Audio-visual oriented maths API including colour, DSP, linear algebra, e.t.c.
Sockets and serial ports, for projects that interface with hardware.
Simple, data-oriented, concurrency options.
Thoroughly tested, and written to high security and safety standards.
Custom data serialisation format, with tooling for various file format conversions.
Renderer-agnostic UI system.