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soapyfrog.bsky.social
Long time software dev (C, C++, Java mainly) currently into #SwiftLang and building new #SoapyBASIC language for #retrocomputing nostalgia Also: medium.com/@oldtechie soapyfrog.com Personal: @adrmil.bsky.social for stuff that isn’t dev related. No DMs
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I quite like the #Helix editor, but it would be so much better if it had action-object grammar like #vi. Its weird mix doesn’t quite work for me. I reckon a single plugin for #vim 8+ would do all the fancy popup pickers and be just right. #AtLeastItsNotEmacs #controversial #tech

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

share, for fellow folks with autism / pixel artists: this is about four days' worth of hyperfixation: a 512x512 document almost completely full of 16x16 pixel art.

submitted 74 days ago • 9 comments

Progress on #SoapyBASIC #compiler. To compile for a specific Instruction Set Architecture, you need to invent it first, and then build a synthetic CPU to run it. I've done 80% of this and pleased with performance (> 10x interpreted). More at www.soapyfrog.com/index.php/20... #RetroComputing

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Trawling through old photos and found this gem. Loved the Pebble. #PebbleWatch #Amiga #workbench #WatchFace #RetroComputing #RetroGaming

submitted 75 days ago • 2 comments

🚀 Big Announcement! 🎮 Excited to reveal Astroblocks, a puzzle fighting game - 2025! 🧩 Stack, clear & chain combos—rings, lines & chains—for powerful attacks! 📽️ youtu.be/yMcuHOPdphc 💙 Wishlist: 👉 store.steampowered.com/app/2747930 I'm a #SoloDev, every wishlist & share helps! 🙏✨ #GameDev #GameNews

submitted 76 days ago • 13 comments

This guy is extraordinary. #RetroComputing #c64 #SID Also makes some amazing instruments out of old computers. youtu.be/ly5BhGOt2vE?...

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

This has been an earworm for me for the last few days so I don’t see why I shouldn’t share. #CrazyComets #RobHubbard #C64 #SID #RetroGaming music.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uak...

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

Today I tried a bit of #retrocomputing repair/refurb. A nearly 24 year old Microsoft mouse that was very dirty and the wheel was stuck. It’s now very clean but doesn’t work. Lights up when plugged in but computers(various) don’t recognise it as a device. I’ll go back to software :-)

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment