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Funge every fungible. iOS dev since the days before GCD. Into weird programming languages and rogueli[kt]es.
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Almost there! Performance tip of the day: use Float32 instead of Float. Turned this from unusable into almost usable. 😅 #playdate #EmbeddedSwift #mandelbrot #fractals

Introduction to WebAssembly for Swift Developers youtu.be/mfrGe4e_fSs #ios #iosdevelopment #swift #swiftui #swiftlang #WebAssembly #Wasm

Interesting article on the stumbling blocks for passkeys: arstechnica.com/security/202...

Well I sure made Part 2 a lot more complicated than it needed to be. I just completed "Print Queue" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/5

The big idea behind passkeys is that passwords are _fundamentally broken_ and that solution to the problem is not to layer on top of them, but to replace them. Offering “passkeys” as a second factor confuses people and puts a false ceiling on the potential benefits.

Hats off to the ad targeting team at Hulu. I was more engaged by the Sonic 3 ad in Spanish. Well played

JESUS LE TITS NOW

In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising. I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping. If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.

how do you all remember every UUID? I find it really hard. so I wrote them all down on every uuid dot com the list has fast search across all 2^122 values (so you can find your favorites) - hoping to add some social features like "trending UUIDs" soon!

#screenshotsaturday Roguecraft is a Lovecraftian roguelike made for the retro Amiga computers <3 #retrogame #amiga #gamedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #retrogamedev #roguelike

I’ve been writing reviews for PC gamer for a long time now. Today I gave out a 94 to Caves of Qud—the highest score I’ve ever given by far. I’m very proud of this review and I hope you’ll read it. www.pcgamer.com/games/roguel...

Seven years ago, I wrote my first feature for PC Gamer. A showcase of roguelikes that are reinventing the genre. One of those three was Caves of Qud. It just left early access after many, MANY years in development. I loved it 7 years ago. I adore it now. store.steampowered.com/app/333640/C...

Caves of Qud, a ridiculously big roguelike RPG, leaves early access after 15 years

I already own it but the rest of y’all should get in on this

It's 1.0 eve! We wrote a letter to our fans www.patreon.com/posts/117308...

Two sleeps til Caves of Qud 1.0!

Speedrunning my puzzle mining game's small cave challenge: Attempt #2. #indiedev #puzzlegame #roguelike #mininggame Looks interesting? Wishlist #DigDigBoom on Steam and try the demo! ⛏️ store.steampowered.com/app/2026040/...

i am making an open world roguelike. i have been imagining this world for years, and i want to make this game so people can go there and live many lives in it! the game features whole-cloth, accessible design, deep mysteries, and a meticulous generated living world.

all i want for christmas is passkeys on bluesky 🙏🙏

Do you have experience implementing passkeys on your org’s website or network? Have you supported passkey use for end users? Have you tested how passkeys sync/work across platforms or on different sites? If so, I’m eager to speak with you. Please DM me on Signal (DanArs.82) or here. Please boost.

If you do the Advent of Code in Swift you’ll definitely want a parsing library, and this one’s solid. I wish i could use it in Swift Playgrounds on iPad, but they don’t support building macros yet.

a sneak peak at merch 👀

I need to pick this game back up

you ever think about how for an entire decade they thought D&D made you murder your friends in the secret tunnels under the high school and now its 80% of podcasts

I once wrote then sold 27 copies of this Atari 2600 game. Made a whopping $25 in profit.

Found in our local Walmart. Everyday we stray further from god.

This is what you followed me for, right?

On this day in 2024, Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester City 4-0 at The Etihad! #COYS

As a Tottenham Hotspur fan, watching Spurs end Man City’s 52 match home unbeaten streak was a great way to start a vacation week. The away stand singing “You’ll be sacked in the morning” to Pep was 😂 #COYS

If anyone is looking for help on an iOS/macOS or Ruby on Rails project, I have some immediate part-time availability and would be happy to jump in. #iOS #macOS #iOSDev #RubyOnRails

Hang on now, what? 😮

Had no idea Apple released something to help with Room Scanning. Very cool. Works surprisingly well. Sample project - developer.apple.com/documentatio...

A list of bands in order of efficacy: 3. Placebo 2. The Cure 1. Prevention

Fun fact: we have set of fairly advanced depth tools in Halide, including the ability to export depth maps but also to project a photo’s depth in AR:

I'm trying to bring together a starter pack of women in tech but they are much tougher to find and the ones I followed on X are not all there yet 👀 Who should I add in? 👋 go.bsky.app/KhpT4TM

Glow in the Dark Slime 🦠✨ Liquid experiment made with SpriteKit & SwiftUI (<100 lines of code)!

Bing bong!

The iOS dev community in this place seems to really be building up steam. I’m in danger of reaching double-digit followers!