2026-10-26T00:00:56Z https://nostr.now The Seven Voyages Of Steve https://nostr.now/npub1uya3lcwfn7ytrrk29deczxvth8523h38wn0z725qvclzv9cxm3pqyu3v3v https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/000/000/359/original/6a60c3203ff02293.png https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/000/000/359/original/6a60c3203ff02293.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2myaupdqpaazhljwefsflduq8g4secwzxzkrct79kr0n6eh9qedgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyj6geyv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstcut67wrzhl5wgkuev8xpk9h5nq6apnuqs6wa3vrspq3cwl29yscsfaf6j'>nevent1q…af6j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Imagine if real engineers said “we asked an AI because checking the integrity of the steel that went into that bridge was slow and boring”. Grow up and do your job, computer touchers 2026-11-01T10:59:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstcut67wrzhl5wgkuev8xpk9h5nq6apnuqs6wa3vrspq3cwl29ysczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyymcdezs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfagevnmgpagzdwr8ct3jnd0ea2j2jr9926dwvqv5tzj690z75kcgd9lvfk'>nevent1q…lvfk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s increasingly clear to me that our industry has been flooded with people who were only here for the money and kudos, and were always looking for the quick answer.<br/><br/>Before this we endured years of shite software justified by the “hardware is cheap, dev time is expensive, so anything which reduces dev time is worth it” shite? Aged badly, didn’t it?<br/><br/>AI is the answer to an industry that’s 80% checked out already 2026-11-01T10:58:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfagevnmgpagzdwr8ct3jnd0ea2j2jr9926dwvqv5tzj690z75kcgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy2n05r4 LOL @ the Proton AI manifesto. “Writing code sucks, we spent too much time on boilerplate, no-one likes writing documentation or tests”<br/><br/>Way to just flat out say you just didn’t like writing code anymore and couldn’t be arsed to do it properly. 2026-11-01T10:55:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstankd0mqufhfgv6yzachymzms0pfypcdqvu00grs4gm58nfjpnvszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyvfydw4 Games business advice ages like a fish milkshake<br/><br/>“Don’t make large games! Make lots of small prototypes and test them all publicly and ship the one that’s hooky”<br/><br/>“Oh no people are using AI to copy all the small hooky prototypes! Actually you should be making more complex, deeper games instead that can’t be copied as easily”<br/><br/>The only gamedev advice that has any longevity is “this industry is perma-f*cked, only do it if you have the sickness that makes you do it regardless” 2026-10-31T11:23:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf69zt573gfpww7svmy4f4929fc2sssp68w448d6t4kh2vqy854xczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy2pryn6 I always thought that holodecks, a system programmed with spoken vibes, always malfunctioned and trapped their users in some dire situation because of a plot device, but maybe it was realism 2026-10-30T16:00:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsphjptf8fkury92hzl0y5huw3xar9ud4dfxws9tstqj0hrlmnjrpqzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyylex857 All those years when Linus was being a dick to people, the excuse was that he was a brusque engineer with poor people skills but it was rooted in caring about technical merit, and that was the trade off for the attitude.<br/><br/>Didn’t age well that theory 2026-10-17T08:59:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg9zu9q6pqhartq3lw3mrejhxlk8a5rq7uhta7ej6tlghtv4rhhfczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyytm9kc3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmprcny7qyxwajj0gunfg4t3duxwwghsuxy2t62rmx9jehxu2kgss8zmx0'>nevent1q…zmx0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ll have a P please Bob 2026-10-05T08:25:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy284kdhe94wu7qgylm6gagmpafflx29wx75t4gsm0dfmy8cpw2tszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyynzf083 RE: <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/117313713101758213">https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/117313713101758213</a><br/><br/>I’ve been saying for years that the idea of a project being “dead” because it was stable and not getting weekly updates was idiotic. In the slop era, software that hasn’t had significant changes barring a few small careful fixes for 3 years is S-tier in my book<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1lnw2wppyk6ujpj24pqqez9v8qgl7aq6enup0vmd3xsd5hsd97evsgsnt73" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1lnw…nt73</a></span><br/> </div> Open Source hot take: A software project is allowed to be *done*. Not everything needs to add features or rewrite things. You can just be happy with functionality and focus on just maintainance. "Maintenance mode" is not always bad but can just show a mature product. </blockquote> 2026-09-22T08:30:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx4g7e72f7v64aexjjq8xh04ahkjt6j7jzs9vdgu6n06e9xl6ws4czyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy9eldew 2025/2026: What happens when you take your most engaged and talented industry contributors and make them hate the industry they’re in: a research project 2026-09-11T07:58:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfqvju6ajk7u43x3flezhz2znkqegch2ggr6ulkwcae697j0nwdjczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyctksfp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswh2tx6h4xtyjg0swjwjfrh07yrec2r8ukav84drqt43vm2hfzxdsg5phq4'>nevent1q…phq4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I like to make ethical choices but things in tech are changing so fast, with project after project becoming AI pilled or being revealed as being fine with hobnobbing with fascists or burning the planet to a crisp so they can go even faster…somewhere. How on earth can anyone be conscientious AND try to get their own work done?😕 2026-09-01T17:45:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswh2tx6h4xtyjg0swjwjfrh07yrec2r8ukav84drqt43vm2hfzxdszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyxhf55a Ffs it would be nice to go a week without some company whose software I use making a stupid decision that undermines my faith in them. Do you guys know how hard it is to make a video game? I have other shit to do than reconsider the tools I use because you’re being bellends. Do better, you get paid much better than me so fecking earn it by thinking once in a while eh? 2026-09-01T09:37:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfqs2kf03m83x00q08nesdx5rnzk20tnuvzgg4cy7y5sgpph7yz3gzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyya0swkh My “strategy” is to keep creating as if GenAI never happened because I do not respect the outputs, I do not respect the process, I do not like the externalities, and I do not like the concentration of power.<br/><br/>I know it will achieve nothing in the grand scheme of things except to maintain my self-respect, preserve the joy in what I do, and retain confidence in my ability to maintain the outputs of my work longer term. <br/><br/>But it will have to be enough. 2026-08-30T11:57:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsta5pxqcmz6sgvm29helx2q6swscx5uxfeu60mz4vw9e4fncqualczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyd57yt9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszjwsfv59x745uws924evx3yg5qdk08mxepjwan78qyan4r3zgdeqdd64m6'>nevent1q…64m6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Apple have made it very clear that they only want people dedicated to their platform to publish software for it. They regularly break compatibility and force you into busywork because they expect you to be as focussed on macOS as they are. But they’re a tiny fraction of the games market so it makes no practical sense for anyone who isn’t already Mac-first. I was Mac-first for a decade but it stopped making sense some time ago 2026-08-29T13:29:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdaawxfhls3uneqj2h58wzm56ltc0c6y2r65lzlpgal9x368vjlfqzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyywd9zl9 I missed this last month from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1urx3t48an3pv2vh37akfaks6ty5aujgslfccaa2g4egmam4c2czqg3v0z4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Christine Lemmer-Webber</span> (<span class="italic">npub1urx…v0z4</span>)</a></span>, it’s a good read about the state of software dev, and I share all the concerns contained. <a href="https://dustycloud.org/blog/faulty-towers-vibe-sickness-and-the-vibe-bobsled/">https://dustycloud.org/blog/faulty-towers-vibe-sickness-and-the-vibe-bobsled/</a><br/><br/>I don’t want to LLM my code for these kinds of reasons (and all the energy/stealing/tech bro dickhead ethical ones) but I’ll probably still have to “huff the vapourised lead” that everyone else is putting into the software ecosystem. 😕 2026-08-22T10:54:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv0nll9zsps7ndswygcwug7fxdrfmn2rlsnjx8ywp09mzwvyhyjhgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy8u8kzm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsylwmz6tfsyl2xvmfw9s9ec9y5kxmwr5wmjc4rszljn870s70azlqd7f3dw'>nevent1q…f3dw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the worst thing is I know previously good developers who now believe this. “I never cared about the assembler output from my compiler, and now I don’t have to care about the code either, I only have to validate the results”. Complete madness 2026-07-18T15:40:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0lxds45qfxyvyr90t5j6tfhjd7lh6ac53j8wa4kxa4kwvqr0d6sszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyhwx9eq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8r27qje9rqpuxg93v4znsv42wxavtm502pl2falfjlx9sm6mg43gwgayw2'>nevent1q…ayw2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Honestly corporate IT is completely screwed at this point. It had already gotten pretty bad but rather than actually fix any of it - own your systems, simplify everything so you can absolutely support it for years to come, ignore all the consultants who only want you to make systems so complex you have to hire them forever - they&#39;re doubling down on all the stupidest trends. If I was still in that sector I would be yanking the eject lever furiously 2026-07-03T12:21:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8r27qje9rqpuxg93v4znsv42wxavtm502pl2falfjlx9sm6mg43gzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyskxnvu Lol Microsoft wants to be Capita now? So with this setup, rather than just outsourcing all your understanding of your code to an LLM, you outsource the interaction with the LLM as well, putting you at 2 steps removed from actually owning your systems. A 2-layer outsourcing system where arguably no-one knows how anything works. Genius.<br/><br/>Honestly no-one learns anything anymore. We were supposed to learn the lessons of how outsourcing makes everything worse decades ago. <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-announces-2-5b-frontier-company-to-embed-ai-engineers-inside-customers/">https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-announces-2-5b-frontier-company-to-embed-ai-engineers-inside-customers/</a> 2026-07-03T12:18:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsruquz9952k5up3erjqefxss5969sy4y6fqnt77w82qd73nu3nhwgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyykf6qrj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszr2hwh3286fgw05hr8wtejp9j8z3epta9mj04gwlr48cgqw80xwqjxm8pz'>nevent1q…m8pz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>wow SO many players, that&#39;s either unhinged or the DM is really really good! 2026-06-12T10:36:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9sr0wv8hhckuy8g6xjjh3dd0mk2h9s9km0l6gy7pa60lmtl4m7aczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyrc7xtc I sometimes think about how if open source had never happened at scale, and all LLMs had to train on was proprietary code, how different things might look right now. Breaks my heart; sharing code openly has been a huge part of my life and belief system for so long, and I was so convinced that the good that it did outweighed the bad actors taking advantage. I never imagined that the bad actors would win by automating their behaviour 2026-06-08T11:09:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv5ew3ky9ajc53dscw8l2054fzrn30s7q7n9n67rjgqzt9a46pv3czyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyym02f2d One positive aspect of the normie tech industry going kookoo bananas about the plagiarism machine is that it has at least clarified my options. I *have* to make the indie life work until I retire now. The Plan B of maybe going back to normie tech for a bit is dead as a Midjourney Dodo. I never really wanted to do that anyway, but now I know I can’t, and that’s oddly affirming. <br/><br/>Plan B is now a barista or cafe job, I love making coffee and baked goods and you can’t interpolate those 2026-06-06T10:19:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg9yxjncu769c3fyhyp7jqqwwdcu4vglu9vrn8v9g7rc80sqlaqyqzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyjxd686 One of my clarifying thoughts in the slop age is: if someone didn’t have the patience to create something without the reconstitution machine doing most of it for them, they’re *definitely* not going to have the patience and diligence to maintain it properly afterwards. Maintenance is even more laborious and less dopamine rewarding than green field development. Run away 2026-05-31T09:47:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr20wca4g5r2pyr87x5pphvfhqdpz0dn7myrgqjgmmg4fxkwcctsgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyypt78rg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs08l7wjdszmn79zjng5dkquezzaa550ragvevd9uqlfawhz9kqrjcrxk9dy'>nevent1q…k9dy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Software development as a process is a mirror of the general trend in software itself to use more and more resources for no particular reason except developer laziness and that it increases velocity and feature churn (which software users hate). All incentivised because pointless complexity and thrashing around using 200 things you don&#39;t need gets you promotions / job security / tech talk slots 2026-04-29T12:22:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs08l7wjdszmn79zjng5dkquezzaa550ragvevd9uqlfawhz9kqrjczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyukrevn Lol @ Github hand-wringing about the rapidly scaling overhead of operations. My dudes, you actively promoted that shit. Some of us just wanna write code and only interact with you occasionally when we push/pull. You&#39;re part of the whole &#34;software development has to be incredibly complicated and require 12 cloud services, 638 dependencies and 6 code transformation stages now because...reasons&#34; 2026-04-29T12:19:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyxjdk9vf4vs2nsu3w7hzdrc0v0d2agqq7rsmyjpeddxzh9pewdzczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyynzqqsd I saw a young person ask ChatGPT how long their flight was today when they were literally holding the boarding pass with that information on it in the same hand that had the phone in it. ChatGPT spat out about 4 paragraphs on the subject when the answer was “40 minutes”. What a time to be alive 2026-03-16T17:02:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspvvf058kjz94rxuuj8wrfq7e6ksyhm7lgd3uf8wk0aspfvj5qnrszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy0xq7uy It amazes me how billionaires continuously fail the STFU challenge. People are already predisposed to dislike them, the absolute best case for their profile is simply to STFU and not draw attention. But they just can’t do it.<br/><br/>Smaug got it. Smaug didn’t go on social media, partly because he knew the result would be pointing a big arrow at his cave saying “look at this guy, not only does he hoard all the gold, he’s a massive tit about it as well”. 2026-01-11T17:29:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstdwh6vh5k9tw3hqy5kyp3tutsmynw0luzjtzxfqn63ysp0n4cdvgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyrq7d5a There’s this cachet about Apple folks that they’re somehow different, but seeing so many of their top talent leaving for Meta and OpenAI lately it just looks to me like typical valley bros following the money. I couldn’t for a second imagine even considering working for either of those companies no matter how much they paid me. But apparently all the shit they’ve done just doesn’t matter to these people 2025-12-08T10:51:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswuzflprlfk3x7l0scq6m0sc20dn3x4wq84ugkeh39y4ek9yl4qzqzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyx44mzr All human-authored art, regardless of quality, is vastly superior to soulless AI remixes. <br/><br/>Using AI art just sends a message that filling a space with *anything* is all that matters. How can you expect people to care about anything else you have to offer once they know that? 2025-11-26T10:43:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdhkunvdrg04fmyhkre0w8pn9ttq4f70edy2xr8h8m8m4qht2fnwczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyym0qw6v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9lgze0ffsq7d26hps20lgshxwznarcrw5kzklz4uy5q7vv4t2fuq8jnpzw'>nevent1q…npzw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was literally bitching about this just last week, finally 2025-11-03T18:20:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgazm62vh2drq3srxuqf86l7hsjv5yvde0getqceztg2huvq3t7dczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyk4ljk0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdcuc6k2vfgcgqxsakr9kzaw30s3lnd8un5synaffjtajz04eurqgacz24a'>nevent1q…z24a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sumatra is no-nonsense <a href="https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf">https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf</a> 2025-11-01T11:09:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsydnld896xjgf3wte5krp0gttfz3usfw7ej0m9atd4hx33wfe465szyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyz0jlws In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9e6jq2wr6adcp49lrn4a2l6ehuzkwwchj9cdmzkxz9md5r5eay8g2qreyx'>nevent1q…reyx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>here’s a crazy idea, what if we let software update itself based on its own release schedule 🤯 2025-10-20T15:04:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf72wx6ejtshwevmv8yy6x97ygaclays4j7d9ftygl64x48a7s8qqzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy8mntqk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd2arn08cxr3l026xjeurczmfa8s8jevx69cw59ag4h4l39lndj2cgj6m69'>nevent1q…6m69</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe it&#39;s better now, it must have been a year ago at least I last tried it. But people told me it was fine then as well ;) Just depends what you use, must be going through the same hidpi app update churn macOS and Windows went through some years ago 2025-10-20T13:52:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspnd3q78c9fz0e20w8hw72weyng9rdq2hdltlejeu8ey2jsdehp8qzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyg845da In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswyzkzfxnwt5cwnjzaxzd6y9yquavxt700v2dtwtjmw8lhgk0w0ws7ntqg7'>nevent1q…tqg7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m sure a lot of my problems are that I use hidpi because my eyes are terrible but I like hi-res monitors: smooth fonts, can test high res rendering etc. It&#39;s never worked right in Linux IME and rather than fix it they decided to write a whole new compositor with new bugs instead and I just can&#39;t 2025-10-20T10:37:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswyzkzfxnwt5cwnjzaxzd6y9yquavxt700v2dtwtjmw8lhgk0w0wszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyeztjc6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8p64tmzsm29yvwgfskzd8uafnn0fldvy7jwjnt2zlkqyzyc3yzscdvy2qu'>nevent1q…y2qu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you find something genuinely good, please let us know. Every time I try it, it&#39;s just slightly worse and I wish it wasn&#39;t. the response to the worse experience I have with it is usually &#34;well I don&#39;t use that&#34;. Meanwhile Win11 does actually work great day to day despite all the ickiness about it (vs Win10 it has better HDR support, better borderless window perf). Sigh 2025-10-20T10:33:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx2ww0w5885fadcxuqgdr2dtdw8me77qmpmsv54df3x3wvv700y0szyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyt7dfpx I always considered myself a bit of a philistine - no arts training, didn’t get a lot of modern art, enjoyed galleries on a fairly basic level etc. Generative art has at least done one positive thing for me - make me realise that I do in fact appreciate art, not just on the surface aesthetic level; that the effort and thought and intention that went into an art piece does in fact matter to me. Without that, it’s just empty, subtractive even. So maybe I do get it, a little. 🤔 2025-09-28T16:04:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqfn0f25s7en7vazkqv5exjmznxjg6enlejajnjmj0z4u6kssgvngzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy38mj34 The main advantage of being a small player has always been that you don&#39;t have to do what all the big companies are doing, because they have a desperate amount of FOMO about staying relevant / trendy / a hot stock. People like the personal touch, the developer they can talk to, the support service that actually takes the time to listen to them as individuals instead of only considering them a data point in a data set that they&#39;ll extract the worst conclusions from 2025-07-10T08:34:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ee9feyfgxc7ucjcylm23y9wrh3cm8l46jy47erkehs59e4hdv5qzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyvfdsxe It makes me laugh/cry that we spent decades trying to get the software industry to internalise that it takes far more effort to support &amp; maintain systems than it does to write them in the first place, and yet seemingly every trendy development in the last 5-10 years has been about making that initial stage faster &amp; sloppier at the expense of everything else 2025-07-09T19:34:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfcc0v9zaqewggfdhxk85ec95jh0drgemd087g6k0yecwgmc4gx7szyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyvkrxgr C++ compiler: *screaming &amp; sobbing* &#34;OMG everything is broken, I gave up at 2,000 errors OMGOMGOMG&#34; *runs around flailing*<br/>Me: *Deletes the &#34;1&#34; I typed by accident because I missed a cursor key on my packed keyboard*<br/>C++: OK is fine now ty 2025-07-03T15:40:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8mq2j3zpmcqtd6pn57t26l47406qttl3qg0yrpwdjw3mukg3pz4czyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyydwe5uj I know I&#39;m a grumpy old man but I get so annoyed at how the tech bros have turned everything good about the Internet on its head. <br/>1. Endless free source of information -&gt; mostly disinformation, automated en masse.<br/>2. A place to connect with others -&gt; a place to get enraged by or abused by others<br/><br/>All because the bad versions line their already stuffed pockets more. Any of them could choose to do better and never run out of money. But they don&#39;t, because they&#39;re awful people 2025-06-24T11:07:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfaepskh0x4uq0k4nsj80s9pszq7wvmed85lvgdrdud86vzt7uc9czyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyl5txzz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfvmfzgyhg0nryvvyjgujcaj7a3m8hexhpvqrq5hmtwtp3huuuxjsrlngdk'>nevent1q…ngdk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>no I don’t want a minimap 2025-06-05T08:15:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxpnp8l36chgxkwggg96vrewzhwjp3dtrfwurlzhm30uc47mpxwvczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy90ytuz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf5eappj4tpnk6kdzat40v8gfs2lnnhv47qudt272kpxf6z8uz7fgmeq5p9'>nevent1q…q5p9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I did consider a ring around the character but it would get in the way so would need to be activated or something. So I figured this is kind of a solved problem and not worth deviating from the norm for. You can never pivot the camera perfectly down so in 2D terms nothing much changes 2025-06-04T20:00:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ckakw08n3wn20gp7mqyrq28zuav5qz7wazxxr2ehp97pnlafyjgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyhtzd6e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx75phlnfpe09y4z0nfrwfpqwqhphnws5wzfqn4pq3qdaawqygxasknwdlm'>nevent1q…wdlm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I prefer the camera position as a basis. The trouble with using the character position is that even though it&#39;s technically accurate (and I always use that for the distance), it means when you walk past something the compass icon zips behind you even though you can still see it on screen.The camera position is not strictly the direction from the character, but it lines up better with the actual view and feels more natural. At least I think so 2025-06-04T17:21:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx75phlnfpe09y4z0nfrwfpqwqhphnws5wzfqn4pq3qdaawqygxaszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyejywc3 Today&#39;s job was implementing a compass in the game: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbIq2OmLZWI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbIq2OmLZWI</a><br/><br/>I discovered that determining the direction to a POI isn&#39;t as obvious as I thought, because I use a distant 3rd person camera. 2025-06-04T17:20:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd0w0c29u5svlpcfxyt9mstl63ynny0s0hg043nl9wj4cy6d90srgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy9vh33g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp0jzxdvsg0qhln357rqznqxv2ammxpankyz6nxaee303l83nhjgsl5t2ss'>nevent1q…t2ss</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bleh 2025-05-13T19:54:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsps33408lkmu7j4apxmlv3hk3nnm9dxdqj0cy44ycplamgzgk6cuczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyymsfk4v Vibe coding has killed the vibe of using the word “vibe” 2025-04-05T11:22:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd4ef6j62huz0t64wke3v04jnpl6n0ez7p8z5r4646fuhhhhwvshgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyydemul0 I’ve never felt so detached from the current software development landscape as when reading “give vibe coders a break, none of us knows what their libraries are doing anyway because everyone blindly uses automatic micro dependency management”. I’m like dude I’ve been flagging that shit for years and no/one listens 2025-04-01T18:15:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9fx0tmswzc0awzln7g2vm5pel6rwycthae62yjd5nlj4c6az6t0czyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyum924v I do think LLMs capture the zeitgeist in one way: that we’re all supposed to just accept that things are a bit shite all the time, in tech and otherwise. That it’s just how things are &amp; we shouldn’t expect better. Shut up, accept the slop, things getting worse, the enshittification. It’s just the way things are. <br/><br/>No, piss off. Things can be better, we’ve done it before. Just because some people can’t or won’t remember, doesn’t mean we all have to accept their low standards. 2025-03-29T19:51:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspfqcpyls92ght5m5djm0gdea5g4hgdvt4az5uset0cqzvsq3qdyszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy5skxl7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0hjmpsjdfwqk6rf9jzjlu2z6upr9d05kxpna5pe9xw8kyzq4fkysa63j4x'>nevent1q…3j4x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I keep telling people that writing documentation is often the best way to realise an API/tool you’ve designed makes no sense or could be significantly improved with small changes that you never realise until you describe it. Also best results are when you do this after not touching the project for a month 2025-03-11T18:51:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszh0zfs7e0l4z5a38vpfdwkmun632spw7sxs4vfp0el3tfz4r8h2szyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy9yajfv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2nngxj57svj5qk7vm394ery4se8e7r80h4enfrgehvv4rpn5n5sc6zzhar'>nevent1q…zhar</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah still love mine. Would definitely buy again but don’t think I’ll have to unless a tank drives over these 2025-03-11T18:49:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp4vtr385nglatru06fu50auy5syu9cemg4r6ussg779p4usempdszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy4pq65s Man, gamedev on some days can be like pulling teeth, everything takes too long and every task seems to turn into a never ending recursive task-spawning loop with nothing to show for it, you just have to hang on to a faint hope that eventually it’ll come together. But then some days you can bosh a bunch of stuff together and it somehow just works and everything is suddenly better. Those days are what keep you going 😌 2025-02-18T18:24:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0wf5lv4u9rj3xe6amv256jswtkgum8qvjern36u2uusl64hykekczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyycgc5wv Computers are a trap. You love computers right up to the point that you learn slightly too much about computers, and then you hate computers 2025-01-24T12:21:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstm9hvp8en28fumhrme89q5s0jq5t8qxnphhwk5nefvthxpqqashszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy8f5mh5 I’d been keeping my abandoned Xitter account live solely to protect against imposters stealing the username, but you know what, I don’t even care anymore. Anyone still using that place should know better, so who gives a toss? Deleted. 2025-01-22T16:05:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgkraxkhqv9fzjazlzyky5f8ng9fwr59dm37lach8gcgxdkxk3sjczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy048nm8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszexd6kexcnmhwn6tsxavzu90pdj0rtnkz3u53f8ap7v3wtagexcqlz2nvu'>nevent1q…2nvu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>nope, very much NOT human readable (they&#39;re like guids). In the editor they appear with their human readable names but it&#39;s almost impossible to link that with what you see on the disk (and therefore in other version control tools) 2025-01-13T17:15:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdjsr293h72w378a0m5jadyapsn4sspw3x4gvtwmrjpeq9x748p5szyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyvdxcez In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8mln9xrvzlqtn6660m8r42weyuw9xwpzr729a8tdtshfwftksacltzg9m'>nevent1q…zg9m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>UE’s “one file per actor” system is basically this, the main problem with it being lots of generated file names that really needs custom version control integration with the editor to make sense of (which means it only works nicely with Perforce right now). 2025-01-12T18:54:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2v4wzp53zn96tu3qx07kg2pqnjh3ezlst2wh5cvm7uc86zl5nk3czyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyhqzw9a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd2r6nx4yn94yhq262wtvs6gw3zsyg4xy2kntyxx75qqnwsrqvdxcf9ykmq'>nevent1q…ykmq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>People say you have to be cutthroat in business but I disagree. I think you only need to be cutthroat if you mostly deal with other people who are also like that. While the sharks are out tearing pieces off each other, I&#39;ve been able to make a decent living interacting with mostly nice folks through mutual understanding and fair dealing. I might just have been stupendously lucky, but I&#39;m not sure - I think fair dealing attracts fair dealers, and the opposite is also true. 2025-01-10T15:16:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd2r6nx4yn94yhq262wtvs6gw3zsyg4xy2kntyxx75qqnwsrqvdxczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyygu429g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrtv69wygpkh7e0jjjqcvmmjqfyx5vuezh98wnm0hqrpaphgljucc9e7d4d'>nevent1q…7d4d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I initially didn&#39;t add the Pro tier because I thought it might give people a headache, like I&#39;m indie now but what if I get funding later, that sort of thing. There&#39;s a kind of unwritten rule that I always say you can use one license of SUDS Pro even if you&#39;re on a small team, no per-seat faffing about, I don&#39;t want anyone to have to do that. But on reconsideration, for larger teams it&#39;s nice they can opt in to reflect that 2025-01-10T15:07:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrtv69wygpkh7e0jjjqcvmmjqfyx5vuezh98wnm0hqrpaphgljucczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy2e6wzc Oo, some honest angel actually bought the more expensive Professional license for SUDS Pro on Fab yesterday. I initially didn&#39;t add a Pro tier for the Fab launch (when it became an option), thinking it might over-complicate things, but after seeing everyone else doing it I quickly reconsidered. I wasn&#39;t sure anyone would pick it, but it does make sense to have a tier for a shared multi-person license for better funded folks.<br/><br/>That&#39;s a nice Friday bonus, thanks to whoever that was 😊 2025-01-10T15:02:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs96whpwg4yu2yckjdp8apvnld8tct80d49ksy6mzu5u9drhc7j2sgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyupa66x Does anyone know if there&#39;s a good way to bulk &#34;audit&#34; assets in Unreal, such as finding sounds that don&#39;t have any attenuation settings? This is such a common thing for us, suddenly realising that we can hear a sound from too far away and it&#39;s because the attenuation settings are blank. So easy to miss 2024-12-16T14:39:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2yy37z5z62f3ne4xsj6044n6lf077sepgnzamv3wptsmk7fqcazqzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyelerkj A new blog post, just sneaking in before the end of the year :)<br/>This one is my take on network prediction for projectiles, having needed to implement this for our game this week. A lot of the information is general, but it has a bunch of #unrealengine specific things in the latter half. <br/>I hope it&#39;s useful for someone! #indiegame #unreal <br/><a href="https://www.stevestreeting.com/2024/12/12/unreal-network-prediction-for-projectiles/">https://www.stevestreeting.com/2024/12/12/unreal-network-prediction-for-projectiles/</a> 2024-12-13T15:22:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv2un2atgyxh7pklzwslw7g26fvzzaa629sssvqsw94kd3aqa2c9qzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyymyjatj The boys aren’t that bothered by the wild weather outside #caturday<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/612/650/304/499/684/original/8b60f2298afe2875.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-07T17:11:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsptku9vyrhsvlwyspgsa2jajx8kdejt7jt2nt2hgxgfm85hl4gueczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyykp5nkm Refined my camera &#34;occlusion cutout&#34; shader a bit more, happier with the results now. This is surprisingly difficult to do well, there are all sorts of edge cases for every technique. I use an approximation of a projected capsule using screen space and depth, with some noise to make the edges more interesting #indiegame #unrealengine<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/589/349/266/708/348/original/ddc0b1c230d4f83a.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-12-03T14:25:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqzmx83pr5rlue9heqseejz7n3h24uu7mvy45j4l3w7pe6wvqsgvszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy20jla0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx3f6pp70rrfxa4mk3x3ud7j053mzasem6e6ut2qnnkmxnun7nu0gzuwym5'>nevent1q…wym5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I say this as someone who hated IDE VCS integration with such a passion that I wrote my own dedicated Git tools in protest. Rider is literally the first IDE where I like the VCS interface and use it for almost everything. So, good job 2024-11-07T18:42:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfn99fupjcm99fg427xust7d9lpu60p2jet3z6zumjt67ufts600szyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyydz4phm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8g8e8rxsv8lysszfu8kjuxwna2e7wfwar5e3rjfs904pntns8sfgdwxvn7'>nevent1q…xvn7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Rider’s Git support is unnecessarily good 2024-11-07T18:35:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsguhla06vvpc7ccy6lf9yde7czz03emuvtuxk7u67rcyy3m4ey6xszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyxfjkau 2024: Sony canned a $400m game after 2 weeks, Ubisoft is doing an NFT game despite everything, it’s hard not to think that at the top end the game biz might just be money laundering 2024-10-30T19:03:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdkqxcaus59jx7ql7qsz0ps5fsx9j53p6gh4mrnrsyx8sxu3myaagzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy4ng33c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswq29w8at8dquajh39uly6hhu9rz2fwday84gkjlknn82dlfckz3qvupre7'>nevent1q…pre7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m a bit nervous, I like Rider the way it is and sometimes these kinds of things are ominous… 2024-10-16T19:48:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp746yqsav90wlg9dmea0r7a5qnw8rxesvvraw63vkm6dkf6wrdtszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyt84h65 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0v2699hdc4lm7zdvmpe2dvcszxusdp0xtat4zqjddz8f8qwp2eqg98mwm4'>nevent1q…mwm4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that has some Zen of Graphics Programming vibes, a book which I will never get rid of 2024-10-10T18:57:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswh5fr6lczxsx0nuwtmckzkw6prcdr07c9zre3pwc6r26yscwlepgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyhyyy5v LB: Writing docs for your API is rubber ducking for API design. If you skip it, you not only write a badly documented API, you write a bad API full stop. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging</a> 2024-10-10T13:30:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsre4453jxlw46gk8tvafrm46njq9thtt2l3vmg0l7mhdh8sdpajrszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyypf9h4t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9053dscf59x784yat7y0slr0lqczs4e7rejyqmxz78k2e8s9vqsghcu4kh'>nevent1q…u4kh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks. The bug I reported about Rider building against older versions than the .uproject says is here: <a href="https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/RIDER-118192/Rider-quietly-builds-against-an-older-version-of-UE-than-the-.uproject-says">https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/RIDER-118192/Rider-quietly-builds-against-an-older-version-of-UE-than-the-.uproject-says</a><br/><br/>So this has happened in prior UE updates but I&#39;ve fixed it then by making sure that all the plugins referenced in the .uproject are up to date, or source versions with no EngineAssociation. I&#39;ve done that here but no dice. 2024-10-08T11:17:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgaalgt0zucuupeh0zd6daszcmd6p6m0nk4kx9t20dp4s3hslyxmgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy8ptpu3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszzmhgkatpq9s9amy5lle3jdnuwkjtrfs8yz4ax2lz6t3jyuaaqjgpjnque'>nevent1q…nque</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve tried this with another project with a smaller subset of plugins, especially one which doesn&#39;t reference marketplace plugins, and it does the exact same thing. Here&#39;s the source which reproduces it for me: <a href="https://github.com/sinbad/SUDSExample">https://github.com/sinbad/SUDSExample</a> (obvs you need to change the UE version to 5.5) 2024-10-08T10:20:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszzmhgkatpq9s9amy5lle3jdnuwkjtrfs8yz4ax2lz6t3jyuaaqjgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyydzup86 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv5gerkmpf2u4jcnyvt3jcxl4mspuds6wxfr6l9swggykgw85p0fg8ng43l'>nevent1q…g43l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hmm, so I&#39;ve tried Rider 2024.3 EAP and I&#39;m still having the same problem, it&#39;s building against 5.4 despite the .uproject setting. Build config seems confused, working dir is 5.5 but exe path is 5.4. Any ideas how I can fix this? This project has 2 source plugins but they&#39;re both associated with 5.5 as well. 2024-10-08T10:11:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqste9wlqt26hyf2kkexkye33n4h2x06nh7sv2kxn0usmtlyf6mfz9qzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyygcu0gm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswvhktzrw4qyj9t4mkeuh48ckfkpqz8fyrwmn2fdhk36jz8e0hcpc5m43p4'>nevent1q…43p4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But singletons are evil! What you have to do is write an extremely convoluted set of other classes that when used together behave exactly like a singleton but offer plausible deniability 😉 2024-10-03T19:37:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrz8k6juv20ryjrdz6gfdqy634chdayfamgxkmkxknvga0xphngkszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy6yttjv Hey, fellow developers! It&#39;s OK to calm down a bit with the updates. You don&#39;t need to be constantly pushing out radical changes to justify yourself. It&#39;s OK to just make something invisibly work a little better, maybe a little faster or with less memory, while still doing exactly the same job. the software is probably pretty cool already. Just don&#39;t make it worse, K? Take a little time and do it properly. Maybe even take a second to write some comments / docs? 👈😉👈 2024-10-02T16:24:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsznrf8xqueuy6kwrp3xa6tme3sk0g2npymj3tw0gf7j77zllwajpqzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy6jlvtt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs20rgy4dlvxgrjaet4qgm6q83vt3e4khwvqdawdvevsue4gm4ctkgw0nrt6'>nevent1q…nrt6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh some feedback: Rider does this weird thing where even if you&#39;ve switched the version of your UE project to a new version of the engine, it&#39;ll continue to silently use the old version if, for example, one of the plugins still has an old EngineVersion. Unless you spot it in either the build output or the UE splash screen you could think you&#39;re using a UE version that you&#39;re not (I just had that but this time it wasn&#39;t the plugin). Could Rider be more overt about this? 2024-10-02T15:18:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs20rgy4dlvxgrjaet4qgm6q83vt3e4khwvqdawdvevsue4gm4ctkgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyynmdwk8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv5gerkmpf2u4jcnyvt3jcxl4mspuds6wxfr6l9swggykgw85p0fg8ng43l'>nevent1q…g43l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah thanks, I&#39;m still on stable 2024.2.5, will consider installing the EAP when I get the chance 2024-10-02T15:14:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2p3vyetsx2z66fns98z4v5tkpa0x05dj9lpk90s5gwy2fuyurtkqzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyycmyce4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvr4hw2r3mdaedvp9zgtkvhazcnvr6k6qtewuvwa0ftus4ratnz7c0lwevr'>nevent1q…wevr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Computers were a mistake 2024-10-02T14:21:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvr4hw2r3mdaedvp9zgtkvhazcnvr6k6qtewuvwa0ftus4ratnz7czyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy23n03v Unreal: Your Visual Studio is too old<br/><br/>Me: *updates VS*<br/><br/>Unreal: Your Visual Studio is too new<br/><br/>🤦‍♂️ 2024-10-02T14:20:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0klx5sl56w7jfca5lqf46jrdhtla08lff8gg3tzvkegdy0n7jyegzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyytwudzc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs25aze6dnhglxnccjexmvc8e5gd8guu50j0pxmajkgm5jgta85udcxmhefy'>nevent1q…hefy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do you know if Rider supports the UE 5.5 preview yet? It usually works just by changing my UE version and making sure no plugins are missing, but I can&#39;t get it to run the 5.5 tools, The build configuration seems confused (see image)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/238/140/802/271/306/original/b0c8c7716831c0e1.png"> <br/> 2024-10-02T13:48:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs06kjgc2j2u5qxqp2tegz69p7yx7l2x8qff59l85drreh68awg56gzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy3pe36x Ugh to test with the UE 5.5 preview I&#39;ve got to update my Visual Studio version. I always avoid doing that because they seem to break things pretty regularly so I try to avoid dealing with it. Sigh 2024-10-02T13:24:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsry8ptp8m60c34jsm0hnazvd2se5vvd7wve9y90azxuae2h2qq6cszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy6mwxwf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs80c7ws56n5t4kd58d9u3c0wjgyqrezwff7wyyqu3m34y9mm9rdmgpydklr'>nevent1q…dklr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Actually I just checked and my Settings Sync was disabled. It used to sync to Github but seems that was removed in 2023.3 and I never realised until now 🤦‍♂️ I&#39;ve enabled the new sync 2024-09-26T13:30:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs97ashnh4x680t5krz6alhqmjq0ytnk2c5mc3dwpz6qr7ppd4zxpgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy4mtkfy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv2fd6tja9g905tx9yur4y5znl87lhnusmatkghw0y9emp4msgehqewvm44'>nevent1q…vm44</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah I have settings sync enabled to GH, will file a bug 2024-09-26T12:10:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2zzvssenkvcqn9klmk2n3stf0rrqaer8je3ycg07gpnwc0ztj7vszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyq4ulfj I really wish #jetbrainsrider would stop auto-enabling Reader Mode whenever I do an update. I hate the jarring font change in doc comments and the fact that it doesn&#39;t support syntax highlighting inside the comments for at-params etc. Stop it please, I don&#39;t want it.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/203/724/756/244/594/original/3bb0f66f5c518aa5.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/203/724/753/649/581/original/db3bcf3cc50a93a3.png"> <br/> 2024-09-26T11:55:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgjhjuwkx8ft80p3punckj2qu3a4c33sds38s2aph2a4me28gamfszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyymvdcjf DROP SHADOWS ARE BACK<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/20/24249735/microsoft-fluent-design-illustrations-3d-overhaul">https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/20/24249735/microsoft-fluent-design-illustrations-3d-overhaul</a> 2024-09-20T20:01:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8w3r2zy488aqwg3yfq4ukfh76ux2e5knfhj7k5qpknkvmuu293zszyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyu2r884 Just randomly thought about how weird the process of buying games was when I was in my tweens with an 8-bit computer, and maybe you young&#39;uns would get a kick out of hearing about it.<br/><br/>Sure, you COULD buy games in department stores (Boots, WHSmith) &amp; high street computer shops. But the best way for smart kids around here was to ride down the blustery coast on a push bike in the early evening, to a garage round the back of someone&#39;s house with a hand-designed sign that said &#34;Microgames&#34; 1/x 2024-09-06T16:32:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9mvjc2u09mlku2aygjd6anesjc60ztkad6th0dcv0kv49eax4neqzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy065szt I bought some new jeans today because mine had developed too many (probably fashionable) new holes. But my main takeaway is that…corduroy is back? Really?<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/075/444/567/230/178/original/90497ef79ed61aab.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-09-03T20:12:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9eqhxhat26h7lz64kl2fwus0nfphfy8n998txc4cdd9akpuaj0wgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyypr3x6t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp3fe3rn88jamatwr7ptgmzx94tfhq2gznak3zmft48kxsultknxcf2hks7'>nevent1q…hks7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>TBF we’ve been running Win11 on our gaming systems for a couple of years without a single BSOD, it’s been solid (one Intel, one AMD). Depending on the fault could be XMP timings or drivers 2024-08-26T11:14:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqskhzlpvqlpe0glgth4hnpwgws5yxcjrwm9yhdmz0fesfk040g6qzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy609uuw While I&#39;ve been farting about with map painting tools, Marie&#39;s been improving a bunch of our early rock materials. Some really nice visual upgrades, everything looks so much nicer than even a couple of weeks ago #gamedev #unrealengine #indiegame<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/012/365/300/327/356/original/f53f8a8ebf4d5f2f.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/012/365/560/048/286/original/1b5272bce45f9ca1.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/012/365/382/444/593/original/5561e1526afebaea.png"> <br/> 2024-08-23T16:50:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr7ke2fvdg5jp83dykn6rfms2a8ajw0ysny248f37y60g7a8ryvcgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyys2jh4r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx8507fgx2wfcnlprhgawjsvcp3e7szhfykdq9uqxsrhfvcy20z2qkne7h5'>nevent1q…e7h5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>while I hope you never do there’s a big unspoken “yet” in there 😉 2024-07-31T19:12:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgx5t5nztq259e3dz76q4n36sznn7vs8le34gmlx5jnj6rn757nnqzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyya0ufzt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyvnsjumjfjxfctetnf6atequcvpu0p0nj8rlclnnwwguavapx70s83z227'>nevent1q…z227</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve always found multiple monitors terrible for my neck / back, at least if you use them a lot. Ultrawides have the same issue. I&#39;d probably only actually use the middle of them ;)<br/><br/>I binned my multi-monitor setup years ago and went for a 4k 16:9, but even then I generally only use the 4:3 area in the middle 90% of the time. I&#39;d actually prefer a squarer monitor than a wider one, at least for coding. 2024-07-31T17:17:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs88wzt6r5dxrelw3zhf8vlgtuntwtswufv6azxfjmdl5lhvglyeqgzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy92tlkm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0pfsvq2y943y5v40knvrj76jg5278k7h0cngphtucgy78q28vd7smlylu6'>nevent1q…ylu6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have a friend with a daft screen who I run things past :) 2024-07-31T15:08:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx8tvncced7knhcc0qrrd29adxs5xjqdgwnw2dv0afgydt0yg3ayczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyh6zz2l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjleunt69chsqt3n9jkyhtqzryxjr0v4tvdxh0mymqpdu9453a7ggl5vxy'>nevent1q…5vxy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mostly I just centre stuff with a max width 2024-07-31T14:57:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqjug7efc0t08xf5gsrqypvqdug0gfnfefszd7mz2sqw4y6kr7w7gzyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyy7gx4zu Finally got the scene capture based icon renders for hats, robes and beards working correctly for the character customisation screen. The awkward points being:<br/><br/>1. Getting textures streamed in before the capture<br/>2. Fast-forwarding the mesh simulation a bit so that e.g. moustaches and hats that are simulated droop into their &#34;rest&#34; positions before capture - in the bind pose they&#39;re sticking straight out!<br/>3. Switching anim blueprints because not all hats / beards use the same dynamics setup<br/><br/>Phew<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/112/881/640/288/703/958/original/4dc1a9cf65660989.png"> <br/> 2024-07-31T14:45:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdckza3tmvy3sxh3q7d6uy2jmtl9wmk27ekja5a8achxjt88j5pgczyrsnk8lpex0c3vvweg4h8qge3wu732x7ya6dute2spnrufshqmwyyjeps6r I’ve heard there are people who can see a cat stretching and not say “biiig stretch” to said cat, and I do not understand these people 2023-08-16T09:32:12Z