I write code and make games. When I'm not holding my cat that is. UI engineer at Sledgehammer Games. Queer, trans masc, non-binary, AuDHD and more. Lover of Obsidian, cats, pathfinding and wfc. They/Them Opinions are my own #GameDevhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mk4vsvzf2c2hOn my way to the hospital to trial an infusion of medication for my chronic headaches. I'm only slightly anxious about it!23 Apr 2026 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4vsvzf2c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mj53blqwi22gHad an incredibly nerdy evening setting up my project environment to try my hand at some OpenGL programming. On Linux cause I'm using Pop!_OS instead of windows these days...10 Apr 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj53blqwi22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mj2jyj7eqk2gGuinny is sinking further into my laundry basket and I think he may now be falling asleep in there under a towel 😂09 Apr 2026 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2jyj7eqk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mipdnwgglc2sI am struggling to even start reading a book recommended to me by a friend and yet I will sit here reading the rust book - what is my brain04 Apr 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mipdnwgglc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mifyalblms2qAsking Guinny "what are we doing" when he's up to no good, as if I too am on the kitchen bench trying to find food01 Apr 2026 05:42 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifyalblms2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mi6exeiii22jI'm writing a static site generator as a bit of fun, and it's kinda the inverse of when I took my mental health blog (in HTML) and turned it into game content. This time I'm turning markdown into HTML. Yes, this is my idea of fun 😂29 Mar 2026 05:08 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi6exeiii22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mi4ffsij3k2cI am so tired, on so many fronts. As a trans person especially right now.28 Mar 2026 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4ffsij3k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mhzaz7zrec2bSometimes Guinny will lead me to his food bowl so I can stand with him while he eats. Love this fuzzy little guy.27 Mar 2026 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzaz7zrec2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mhka6ddu322kWent to the pharmacy to pickup meds and they also gave me a fig. I don't think I'd ever actually seen a fig before? Certainly not eaten one. Anyway I like my pharmacy a lot.21 Mar 2026 04:49 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhka6ddu322khttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mhabtpuwt226Today marks 10 years on testosterone!!!! I am so stoked to have reached this milestone, even with less hair than I started with. It's migrated to my face apparently! There's a lot I could say about the state of *gestures* everything but I think it's important I celebrate this milestone nonetheless.17 Mar 2026 05:53 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhabtpuwt226https://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mgm6ghlk3s2lHow good is it when a cat decides they need to be in a new location with great urgency. Like they've got some very important business to attend to in the bedroom window that cannot wait.09 Mar 2026 05:58 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgm6ghlk3s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mghjfe6qu22vGuinny likes stealing my desk chair, which means I am prompted to stand for a bit. Except then he'll decide to nap peacefully there for like 5hrs...07 Mar 2026 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mghjfe6qu22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mgh2eicdlk2gGot pop_os dual booting on my main PC this arvo 👀 now to set everything up and start trying it out as my primary OS07 Mar 2026 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgh2eicdlk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mg5gxgiqfs2jGonna stay up to watch the lunar eclipse, I have a fond memory of staying up to watch and film the same thing with my sister many many years ago.03 Mar 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5gxgiqfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mfo3lrxrcc25Whoops, did a little sit. And Guinny is also doing a sit. Who will get me up from my sit now?!25 Feb 2026 06:48 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfo3lrxrcc25https://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mfj6zutk522rI am incredibly stressed and overwhelmed right now as amongst moving I've gotten some really bad health news about a close family member. So I'm dealing with that on top of the final move wrap up and let me tell you, it's not a great time.23 Feb 2026 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfj6zutk522rhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mfj6tmjkyk2rIn things I can now laugh about, I recently moved and got myself a new mattress just before and a new bed that I put together at the new place. However, I did not realise until I had built said bed, that I'd gotten a double not a queen... Finally sold that bed today. How frustrating though haha.23 Feb 2026 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfj6tmjkyk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mfihfcxmxc2oHappy three year gotcha day Guinny!! Love you and your chaos.23 Feb 2026 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfihfcxmxc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3me42ov7z622sI keep finding Allen keys around the apartment like a person might find collectibles in a game...05 Feb 2026 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3me42ov7z622shttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mdjuoxdzis2fMy left knee is progressively less and less happy about functioning. Off to the physio to see what's up I guess, it had better not be that I've walked too much again or something...29 Jan 2026 03:43 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdjuoxdzis2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mcqswisejc2rBack to work today and Guinny is not so pleased my attention is not on him. He's still supportive though and helps out by sitting on my chair or standing mat.19 Jan 2026 04:35 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcqswisejc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mcocdvlclc2wMe: I should do something fun now that I've done the thing I wanted to get done Also me: *sits and stares into space cause I can't decide which thing is the right fun thing to do*18 Jan 2026 04:33 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcocdvlclc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mco44h7qik2kMeal prepped some burritos to freeze for lunches, future me is gonna love past me. Maybe one day I'll also meal prep some dinners.18 Jan 2026 02:42 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mco44h7qik2khttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mc2hfqtaqc2sI'm doing it y'all. My current hyperfocus is very much my game library vault but I will get to writing up about my general vault Soon with templates and code snippets10 Jan 2026 07:10 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc2hfqtaqc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mbln35d2ys2fYes I did spend today setting up an Obsidian vault for keeping track of my game library across various platforms and what not. Day well spent tbh. I might make a blog post about my setup and scripts in future...04 Jan 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbln35d2ys2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mbgg2w7t522fThinking more and more about getting a 3d printer... What's good these days 👀02 Jan 2026 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbgg2w7t522fhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mawlt4pg422uBlue Prince is great and yes I did make an Obsidian vault to keep track of things in... Complete with hand drawn diagrams using excalidraw 👀27 Dec 2025 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mawlt4pg422uhttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3mar7x3fuys2iMerry Christmas from me and Guinny!!! He's already almost fallen in the sink. What chaos shall today bring 😂24 Dec 2025 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mar7x3fuys2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/charliethegoldfish.bsky.social/post/3madad3jha22xFinished work for the year and am looking at four weeks off ahead of me. Excited for the games I'll play, friends I'll hang out with and maybe a cheeky project.19 Dec 2025 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:lsbels5shl5ynyopgcybmpne/app.bsky.feed.post/3madad3jha22x