Data-Oriented Design Enthusiast | Challenging OOP & Clean Code Dogmahttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3musi6i5pc22dsooo that was a lie 😅 I knew this, somehow forgot or lied to myself to try it again and now I'm right back to where I started It's a slippery slope "oh I'll use it to make me a small build script" and gets out of control from there I had to uninstall claude code outright https://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3lxldi2mbzs2y [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3musi6i5pc22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3lxldi2mbzs2yI've decided to stop using AI for my game engine, makes me feel like a fraud, it's a passion project! It feels like cheating, and I enjoy programming, why delegate the fun? There is drudge work, but it starts the same; let's use it the boring parts, but then my brain turns off making mentally lazy30 Aug 2025 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxldi2mbzs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3lr6dv2yjhk25I've been ejoyin @godotengine.org a lot sofar, sprites are still confusing, but I'm missing structs a lot, and no, dictionaries don't solve that, I might try C# just for that09 Jun 2025 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6dv2yjhk25https://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3lqu6kd3i522wmaking games is solving problems, and recently I was reminded that game feel is supreme, there is the "correct" solution and what feels good, conciously I know this from Mike's talk, however it's still the default, thanks @polygonswarm.bsky.social for the patience 🙏 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWJpI2adCcs05 Jun 2025 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqu6kd3i522whttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3lptfy4dhek2dstarted reading networking books and came across this gem, I got from context what deamon meant but this goes beyond, never heard of Unix Weenie https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm23 May 2025 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptfy4dhek2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3lpmoyz2dt22gI've noticed that since I switched from mac/windows back to linux I've felt more often inspired to tackle programming side projects having a system environment that I can truly personalize gets my creatives juices flowing and pushes me forward to write more code outside of work20 May 2025 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmoyz2dt22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3lpde2fzb4c22that's just websites, games are getting ludicrous, for software development 16gb is no longer feasible 32 its barely enough, slack, docker, an ide, and a web browser my laptop crawls, as a dev using software it's often infuriating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvDyQUpaFf417 May 2025 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpde2fzb4c22https://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3lm7zor7sm22cI'm tired of Spotify recommendations, It becomes a rut of the same artists every time, I miss the old YouTube that used to recommend "hidden gems"07 Apr 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm7zor7sm22chttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3ldj6gzfdqs2dI'll apply this for my projects, It's the first time I hear "optimize for finishing the project" personal projects require a different mindset https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jgTCayWlwc17 Dec 2024 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldj6gzfdqs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3ldewb6k6sk2z"If you understand something you should be able to write about it" reminds me of Feynman's method but feels more practical. I Realized I should blog to validate understanding, not to share unique views. Yet here I am searching for books about "how to write technical blogs" instead of starting 😅 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw3SkhB4dMk15 Dec 2024 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldewb6k6sk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3ldeanbtxjc2qI've always enjoyed reading about history in computer science my favorite books so far have been codersatwork.com and press.stripe.com/the-dream-machine the NSA release these talks from Grace Hopper from the 80s part one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si9iqF5uTFk part two https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW7ZHpKuqZg15 Dec 2024 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldeanbtxjc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3ldcozstg5s2mIt’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. – Fredric Jameson Any criticism of capitalism always comes with apologists or deflections to communism. But to fix something, we first have to accept that it’s broken.15 Dec 2024 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldcozstg5s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3ldcave26uc2cProject idea: Personal library software for managing my PDF book collection. Features: organizing, full-text search, bookmark tracking, and reading progress. Considering whether it should be online - could be useful for centralized storage, but offline desktop first might be simpler. 📚14 Dec 2024 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldcave26uc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3ldbjawr7tc2zTIL that with `sshfs-win` I can map a remote device to a network drive, I'm using it to edit files from my RaspberryPi in my windows PC https://github.com/winfsp/sshfs-win14 Dec 2024 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldbjawr7tc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3ld6vk4udcs27I came across this and now dungeon #5 will be in PS1 XD, I grew up with the play station that would be awesome https://pikuma.com/courses/ps1-programming-mips-assembly-language13 Dec 2024 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld6vk4udcs27https://bsky.app/profile/mechanicwizard.bsky.social/post/3ld4k2a5o5u2fI don’t know what I did but so many bot accounts started following me, is there something I can do to stop them? I’ve been blocking them12 Dec 2024 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:id4fzdr3zvc7fs3v63ebhdiy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld4k2a5o5u2f