Engineering on Quang Minh Dinh https://quangminhdinh.github.io/tags/engineering/ Recent content in Engineering on Quang Minh Dinh Hugo en-us Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Shared state is a tiny world model https://quangminhdinh.github.io/garden/shared-state-is-a-tiny-world-model/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://quangminhdinh.github.io/garden/shared-state-is-a-tiny-world-model/ A multiplayer game restated my research agenda in miniature: two agents can only coordinate when they agree on one authoritative model of the world. Build on the representation that already travels https://quangminhdinh.github.io/garden/build-on-the-representation-that-already-travels/ Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://quangminhdinh.github.io/garden/build-on-the-representation-that-already-travels/ PedroVerse stylized 3D assets by editing only their UV maps, because UV maps render everywhere. Choosing the substrate that is already universal buys portability for free. Cheap structure beats heavy machinery https://quangminhdinh.github.io/garden/cheap-structure-beats-heavy-machinery/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://quangminhdinh.github.io/garden/cheap-structure-beats-heavy-machinery/ The simplest mechanism that clears the bar keeps winning over the impressive one that doesn't. A pattern across a startup, a challenge entry, and a rendering project. The bottleneck is rarely the model https://quangminhdinh.github.io/garden/bottleneck-is-rarely-the-model/ Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://quangminhdinh.github.io/garden/bottleneck-is-rarely-the-model/ Across four very different projects, the thing that capped quality was almost never the network. It was a systems or representation cost hiding underneath.