Megan FoxApr 13

Ark VCS (think like an indie contender for the Perforce crown) just hit 1.0, and by the end of this video I was hooting and hollering

Yeah I doubt I'll use this on current Unreal project cus (Unreal has tight links to Perforce) but next project? Oh hot damn mebs yes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSnIw4siQ6U

EDIT: Wait shoulda finished the video, IT HAS AN UNREAL PLUGIN TOO

... help I am in danger...

Ark 1.0 - Version Control is about to change

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Show threadThe Seven Voyages Of Steve
@glassbottommeg I always found perforce horribly clunky so if this has learned from git while bringing the advantages of game-friendliness then great. I do worry about the proprietaryness though, we all know what happened to Plastic
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Show threadThe Seven Voyages Of SteveApr 13
@glassbottommeg If I were them I'd actually say who I was as well. I can find no trace of who makes this, not even a company name, never mind a real person, which is bit of a red flag for me for a closed source product.
Show threadKojack 🦎Apr 13

@sinbad @glassbottommeg I started taking a look at Ark, but stopped when I found out that it's implemented in Jonathan Blow's Jai language. I'm not quite ready to trust version control written in a language that's still an invite-only beta.

It did seem interesting though.

Show threadMegan FoxApr 13

@kojack @sinbad Also, this is who's behind it: https://github.com/HappyHourGamesLLC/Ark-VCS-Docker?tab=readme-ov-file

(scroll down, you'll find his Twitter account)

GitHub - HappyHourGamesLLC/Ark-VCS-Docker: Ark-VCS Docker

Ark-VCS Docker. Contribute to HappyHourGamesLLC/Ark-VCS-Docker development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadThe Seven Voyages Of SteveApr 13
@glassbottommeg @kojack Having burned my Twitter to the ground a while back I can’t even view his profile, is it not good? Still being on that place isn’t a great start
Show threadMegan FoxApr 13

@sinbad @kojack It's actually quite good. He's vocally anti/mocking AI, vocally coming out against Isreal doing a genocide (and the US's involvement in Iran), etc

Also he's Portuguese I believe

Show threadMegan FoxApr 13
@sinbad @kojack He even holds the right opinion about unit tests: that they're best served for low level internals like math libraries, and get increasingly less useful the further the code is from that due to how flimsy the mocking tends to be.
Show threadMegan FoxApr 13
@sinbad @kojack Basically, didn't have the red flags I was cringing to find. Thus far I didn't see any red flags. Not gonna dig into the dude's history or anything, but passes sniff test at least.
Show threadThe Seven Voyages Of SteveApr 13
@glassbottommeg @kojack That’s good to hear at least. But switching VCS is a huge deal and requires earning a lot of trust, they should probably open up a little more. Maybe it’s not wanting to admit it’s just one person or something because they want to be taken seriously, but that’s something you should just own up front. It’s worse to have people discover that later and wonder what else you might be obfuscating
Show threadMegan FoxApr 13
@sinbad @kojack yep! Already expressed it to him heh (I've been following him since way before the Twitter exodus)
Show threadTom ForsythApr 14
@glassbottommeg @sinbad @kojack He was not at all shy about that a few months ago - quite happy to say "hey it's just me" - I had a good chat with him, seemed smart & sane. I wonder if someone gave him the advice to "look bigger" to increase trust? Ah, advice...
Show threadMegan FoxApr 14
@TomF @sinbad @kojack he just said to me that he's just bad at marketing heh, normal small developer things
Show threadSimon CarterApr 14

@glassbottommeg @kojack @sinbad he was also recently on the Wookash podcast.

https://youtu.be/Te2gZc_mOMA?si=Op-lpISgUXlM8PLk

Version Control that doesn't suck | Nuno Afonso

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Show threadThe Seven Voyages Of SteveApr 13
@kojack @glassbottommeg Aaah I saw the jai files in the video which made me raise an eyebrow (I think you still have to be in the Blow friend group to use jai?). So yeah, warrants a bit of caution