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      "excerpt": "1. There's a fantastic book on game engine architecture that goes in to detail on platform dependent layers. TL;DR is that each platform has a different way to compile and has requirements for assets that are drastically different. 2. Compression only goes so far…",
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      "excerpt": "The way I specialized was to tell the engine lead that I wanted to help and he told me to start working on the 3D model exporter. Then, I kept at it for a couple decades.:p As for what I use: C++, Python, basic 3D math and linear algebra, an understanding of [CPU](",
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