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This post is brought to you by me researching 2D lighting algorithms for JavaScript because I dislike every virtual table top solution out...

This post is brought to you by me researching 2D lighting algorithms for JavaScript because I dislike every virtual table top solution out there.

Most people will encounter situations in which they realise that all available software for a given purpose is bad. These people will be...

Most people will encounter situations in which they realise that all available software for a given purpose is bad. These people will be frustrated, but there's nothing they can do about it. So in the end, the only option is acceptance, and with that, peace.

But as a Software Engineer...

Why do I keep seeing videos of Americans PAINTING THEIR LAWN?!Please tell me that's not actually a real thing.

Why do I keep seeing videos of Americans PAINTING THEIR LAWN?!

Please tell me that's not actually a real thing.

I've been doing a lot of project/product management and architecture work the last 1-2 years, and it's almost scary how rusty my...

I've been doing a lot of project/product management and architecture work the last 1-2 years, and it's almost scary how rusty my programming skills have gotten.

Programming requires a certain state of mind and focus to be effective. It's easy to underestimate how quickly additional responsibilities can dilute that focus.

I can finally mention that my team and I have been supporting the launch of Last Epoch!The crew at Eleventh Hour Games are a blast to work...

I can finally mention that my team and I have been supporting the launch of Last Epoch!

The crew at Eleventh Hour Games are a blast to work with, and I'm incredibly proud of what we've built for them over the last year.

Who made the rule that every Infrastructure-as-Code technology has to be this bad?Wasted 3 or 4 days to learn that cloud-init has a bug...

Who made the rule that every Infrastructure-as-Code technology has to be this bad?

Wasted 3 or 4 days to learn that cloud-init has a bug first reported in 2017(!) that straight up prevents network from functioning on a Ubuntu machine.

Closed in 2023 as "Not Planned".

cloud-init is the "industry standard". Apparently our standards aren't very high.

Terraform is one of those fun technologies that everybody uses because it's the best available tool, but at the same time everybody just...

Terraform is one of those fun technologies that everybody uses because it's the best available tool, but at the same time everybody just absolutely hates it.

Cool: Answering interview questionsNot cool: Getting an article preview that's obviously written with an LLM[sigh] 😔

Cool: Answering interview questions

Not cool: Getting an article preview that's obviously written with an LLM

[sigh] 😔

Game dev layoff news *again*.If LiveOps and game hosting infrastructure are your area, Nitrado is always looking for people on the tech and...

Game dev layoff news *again*.

If LiveOps and game hosting infrastructure are your area, Nitrado is always looking for people on the tech and product fronts. Hit me up!

I hate Sword Art Online for regularly introducing cool female characters just to reduce their personality to simping for the main character...

I hate Sword Art Online for regularly introducing cool female characters just to reduce their personality to simping for the main character after a few episodes.

How do you think Palworld will impact the sales of the next Pokémon game?Because Palworld released, the next Pokémon game will have...more...

How do you think Palworld will impact the sales of the next Pokémon game?

Because Palworld released, the next Pokémon game will have...

more sales
less sales
the same sales

I guess there is some fair criticism that can be directed at Palworld but "it's not as hopeful/upbeat as Pokémon-likes are...

I guess there is some fair criticism that can be directed at Palworld but "it's not as hopeful/upbeat as Pokémon-likes are supposed to be" strikes me as... odd?

Thinking the premise of Pokémon to its absurd conclusion is what Palworld is all about. That's what's original about it.

Palworld has a meme marketing hook that allows it to go viral but on top of that it's actually a really good game.

Palworld has a meme marketing hook that allows it to go viral but on top of that it's actually a really good game.

Because the German train conductors are on strike, I will be sitting in a bus for over seven hours, starting at 1:40am #yay

Because the German train conductors are on strike, I will be sitting in a bus for over seven hours, starting at 1:40am #yay

The best single thing I've done for my #smarthome is to buy a bunch of cheap wifi power sockets ("Gosund") and flash them with...

The best single thing I've done for my #smarthome is to buy a bunch of cheap wifi power sockets ("Gosund") and flash them with the Tasmota open source firmware (https://tasmota.github.io/).

This allows me to monitor power consumption and toggle the sockets remotely. No cloud, no app, no privacy nightmare. And of course neat Grafana dashboards.

I've played through #TotK and #bg3, and these two games remain completely unfathomable to me. The sheer scope of the systems and the...

I've played through #TotK and #bg3, and these two games remain completely unfathomable to me. The sheer scope of the systems and the resulting player agency are beyond anything I've ever played - and then two of those in one year!

The wife and I finished #TotK today.

The wife and I finished #TotK today.

Slack Nebula is really cool.It's an overlay network, so essentially a Peer-to-Peer VPN, meaning you don't need a central VPN server...

Slack Nebula is really cool.

It's an overlay network, so essentially a Peer-to-Peer VPN, meaning you don't need a central VPN server that all traffic goes through. It's highly portable with pretty much no dependencies.

Here I have it running on a Raspberry Pi on an absolutely minimal setup (only kernel + busybox, 52.4MB total, all in RAM). And it just works.

GitHub: https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

One new thing that I'm learning this New Year's Eve is that each of our neighbours is living in a different time zone.

One new thing that I'm learning this New Year's Eve is that each of our neighbours is living in a different time zone.

I hate to admit it, but Windows would be much better for this - just a shame that it uses too much resources.

I hate to admit it, but Windows would be much better for this - just a shame that it uses too much resources.