Steven Veltema

@fishyswaz
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Software developer #iOS, #Android, #KMP #Swift #Kotlin
Co-owner of Fablab Oita, Japan.
🌏 #Japan, #Oita
githubhttps://github.com/sveltema
Fablab Oitahttps://www.faboita.org

"Five years ago, a mysterious disaster unleashed lethal, invisible storms across the world. Today, you've joined a scientific expedition to Edinburgh that hopes to put humanity back on its feet. You have three hours to deploy prototype spatial computers across a park and investigate the storms – but not everyone will get what they want, and no-one will emerge unscathed."

Strandfall is an orienteering larp for 20-30 people, inspired by Stalker and Death Stranding.

https://strandfall.com/2026/06/02/strandfall-is-now-open-for-sign-ups/

Strandfall is now open for sign ups

Sign up to our orienteering-style larp inspired by Stalker and Death Stranding.

Strandfall

Very happy to announce my book THE AGE OF IMMERSION is coming out Spring 2027 with Astra House!

“On the history and future of immersive art and experience, from medieval tournaments and passion parks to contemporary Van Gogh projection shows and the Las Vegas Sphere,” and much more…

"THE AGE OF IMMERSION asks thrilling questions about agency, embodiment, play, and performance, and historicizes the pursuit of "existential authenticity" over other forms of truth.”

They say I should bring back idiomatic design, but I’ve always been an idiot so 🤷

Strandfall will debut this autumn in Edinburgh for 20-30 players.

It's our first step in making new collective experiences that are exciting and enchanting enough to pull people away from their screens at home, while also being thoughtful and meaningful.

https://strandfall.com/2026/03/29/exploring-strandfall/

Exploring Strandfall

Why we’re making Strandfall and what questions we’re exploring.

Strandfall
Latest release, Kotlin 2.3.0 (finally?) removes support for Ant 🫡🐜 https://kotlinlang.org/docs/whatsnew23.html#breaking-changes-and-deprecations
What's new in Kotlin 2.3.0 | Kotlin

Kotlin Help
Coming to the end of the year and I’ve just gotten used to 令和7 and now I have to switch to 令和8 ?
The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow

YouTube
We are increasingly ruled over by a class of glorified used car salesmen who are convinced they’re Steve Jobs
In Our Time has been consistently one of the best podcasts going and Melvyn perspective has been the cornerstone of that. Much gratitude to him and the team for all of the fascinating topics that I would otherwise remain in ignorance of. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/melvyn-bragg-decides-to-step-down-from-presenting-in-our-time/
Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time

After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series

Eleanor Rigby
typing a prompt on her iPhone that no one can see
in ChatGPT

Look at it working,
flashing 3 dots before sending its saccharine reply—
boyfriend AI

All the lonely people,
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people,
Where do they all belong?