24, she/her (transfem) software dev with too much time on her hands roughly interested in games, game modding, (old) malware deeply stuck in Idol Hell fka "what", "ironlake", probably other past lives in there I'd like to forget abouthttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mwogkngwpc2ki really don't think it should be quite as shocking as it is to have a general feeling that the slop machine sucks regardless of what it is doing ... but the gaslighting is apparently working. it's gotten to the point where i almost want to stop doing the things i have enjoyed for over a decade.29 Sep 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwogkngwpc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mttmp6ddik24anyways. new thing. idk if i'll finish it but i'd like to finally figured out the arcane ways of the midi macros. impulse syntax kind of blows but i cant be bothered to switch to mptm for this because it's not unusably bad or anything24 Aug 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttmp6ddik24https://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mtssc2ycq22fI'm honestly at the point where I'm highly considering releasing any emulator projects if I bother to do them under a very permissive license that doesn't permit either a libretro fork or a fork to make it a libretro core. sure it wouldn't be "libre" or "open source" anymore but I can't stand this24 Aug 2026 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtssc2ycq22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mt5y35ku5c2vhey guys i made a shitty decomp that claude completely fucked into pieces LETS GO!!!!!!!!! ONLY FOR ASISTANCE!!!! !!!! YAY!!!!16 Aug 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5y35ku5c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3msiol63qad27what makes this somewhat funny, to me at least, is that most of the big usages of electron i know end up introducing system-dependent native code that has to be ported per-platform anyways, so it ended up not even managing to solve that acceptably, apparently [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiol63qad27https://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3msiofvvnoc27saying native applications are dead is probably the biggest fucking ragebait i've seen in a while like "w-well it too hawd to port across operating systems" then don't. use qt or whatever, hell I'll even accept wxwidgets. theres a reason these libraries exist, because they solve the porting problem07 Aug 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiofvvnoc27https://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3ms7rzd6zmk2wsomeone switching up from being the biggest anti-ai advocate to begging for slop because claude opus "made" a havok mopp exporter and converter (probably sourcing several no-no sdk leaks in the process) is like ??? make it make sense lol04 Aug 2026 00:47 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7rzd6zmk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mrgbadrwc22ca slopbro "content creator" youtuber whos other projects are the most obvious gpt slop "content creation" minecraft mods and a website that is so gpt its not even fucking funny obviously stealing shit from me does not help this take if anything it proves it [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgbadrwc22chttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mqiagxjtb22x"ai can be a useful tool if used correctly" so can this amazing thing you're born with called the cerebral cortex too bad social media has rotted everyones brains beyond repair llm psychosis is simply the finishing blow :)))))))12 Jul 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqiagxjtb22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mpzhqqc5mk26i'm never letting slopulism bros live this one down [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzhqqc5mk26https://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mprylkgkrs2yi sometimes forget about my own shitposts04 Jul 2026 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprylkgkrs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mpeanaaeyc2lWhat layer of irony are we on when the biggest anti-AI-crawler PoW proxy (anubis) is pretty clearly vibecoded28 Jun 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpeanaaeyc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3moempyznrk2ethinking about how for most of my life i've had to be pushed into some of the better moments kind of feels like a double edged sword for almost all of these moments i'm extremely grateful i got the push out of my comfort bubble, but for some of them i feel quite conflicted about it16 Jun 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3moempyznrk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mnbuq6otvs23audacity 4 is a premium master class in how you take a extremely good, very respected, piece of software and fuck it up irrepairably with tons of garbage that it didn't need. and also plant spyware and dark patterns into it, as if it really needed that either (it really didn't)02 Jun 2026 05:35 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnbuq6otvs23https://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mn6os5dq7c23craziest thing i have read on fedi in a while: post author posts comment citing casey musatori (a chud) going on yet another stupid rant about oop. someone replies. post author states that "right wingers" are proponents of "clean code". whilist citing casey musatori wish i could make this shit up31 May 2026 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn6os5dq7c23https://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mmvazogvsc23beginning to really feel like addressing incompatibilities with people or groups is a shortcoming of mine that's driven primarily by my upbringing i can identify these things, i can put together the reasons as to why i feel that incompatibility exists but i can't directly bring myself to say it28 May 2026 05:10 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmvazogvsc23https://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mlkoqqw45k22well that was fun. nvme ssd my pc came with decided to start dying, so as an emergency, took one from another thing i had (which was used previously, but i know it was good) and i'm using that one now from that experience not buying that fucking brand again lol11 May 2026 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkoqqw45k22https://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mkq4zbsvr22bif you seriously think that janet mills was just going to be "susan collins with a D next to her name" then you are beyond high on your own supply oh well. fauxgressives got what they wanted, a nazi in.. well, it can't be sheep's clothing because the nazi shit has already shown itself..30 Apr 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq4zbsvr22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mkhb4fgesc2iwayland is a great example of why compromise in software engineering is something you should strive for. in the goal of trying to make a better display system there's now dozens of duplicate protocols to do things which ideally should be common, solely because a compositor dev had some disagreement27 Apr 2026 04:44 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhb4fgesc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mkerp6kxz22dhonestly i only see myself moving off linux if freedesktop people manage to completely fuck it up and i'm sure as fuck not going to macos or windows over it don't love linux but it's the least in my way and most distros aren't walking security holes by default like most *BSDs are26 Apr 2026 05:03 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkerp6kxz22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mkc5hzpins27why do i do this to myself? oh right, to feel something25 Apr 2026 03:55 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkc5hzpins27https://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mjizyhtcb22kapparently it's a hot take now to think that MTG being stopped clock doesn't mean she's magically turned a new leaf it's pretty God damn obvious its just another grift because trumpism is a dying cause. the second the gop finds someone more paletable she'll start grifting for the GOP all over again15 Apr 2026 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjizyhtcb22khttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mieduvpl5u2yif there's ever any salient advice i can offer, it's that you should always do what YOU wanna do don't let someone else decide for you. wanna be a weird geek interested in ancient computers and making tracker music in the big '26? fuck it, ball. gain the elite ball knowledge YOU wanna know31 Mar 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mieduvpl5u2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mhs3bioxk22hpro tip: if you "do not have the mental energy for drama", perhaps you could just not attempt to subpost dunk after a conversation with someone swear, some people just use that as an excuse to be shitheads on the internet with no repercussions24 Mar 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhs3bioxk22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mhonsfibp22yi don't even like wordle, but seeing people i call my friends bitch and whine about the discord activity and outright try to ban it is like just let people have their fun dude seriously. like i said, i don't see the enjoyment in it much, but I'm not going to go full stalin and go NO! U CANT WODLE22 Mar 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhonsfibp22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mhjre77gk22iI knew Planter was bad news, but Jesus fucking shit christ the fact people are willing to brush everything off just because "Oh it was a decade ago surely he's reformed right?" doesn't sit well with me at all a extremely thinly veiled apology for the Nazi tat which later was rescinded isn't change [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Mar 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhjre77gk22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mhezupkg7s2qpeople put the node ecosystem on a pedestal and shit on the python ecosystem calling it a "toy" but honestly I've felt the opposite for a while no real vetting until VERY recently has turned the ecosystem into basically a trashpile of decade+ old libraries which are silently completely fucked up19 Mar 2026 03:13 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhezupkg7s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mgrlhioo5223yeah ngl not feeling too hot that bsky devs are bragging about their inexperience and basically pushing vibecode slop the Wedsite Moving Circle Of Life begins yet another revolution i guess kind of making me want to do lublog2 like I wanted to a while ago....11 Mar 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrlhioo5223https://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mgmjicc6ak23it feels so weird to compose in a tracker than finish in like audition but i kind of enjoy the workflow also tbh it's mainly just messing around to get a feel for things, i'll keep this "remix" around but the finals of all my modules will always sound at least decent on impulse tracker09 Mar 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmjicc6ak23https://bsky.app/profile/aedenacycle.bsky.social/post/3mg7lqx6ybk2swhosampled is a fun place to discover a correctly identified bass sample in one of your favorite songs, watch it go missing for no discernible reason, and then you yourself figure out the sample was used as a riff too No i'm not describing something I personally did what are you on about04 Mar 2026 05:52 +0000at://did:plc:7gvr36dhith4snc6sgt5d264/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg7lqx6ybk2s