A recent thread on social media reminded me that some of the development tools I take for granted are not widely known. Veteran game developer Martin Linklater (@Fizzychicken@mastodon.gamedev.place) asked about profiling on Linux, which prompted me to mention my favourite Valgrind, which prompted a question about its use. I offered to write up a quick tutorial on it. But thinking about it a little more, quick, introductory tutorials to the tools we use makes for a useful addition to this sect...