Marquis Kurt 

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[mar.kɪs kɚrt] He/him. Indie game and iOS/macOS app un-developer. Opinions written are my own and are not representative of the entities I work with.

Tech “anti-enthusiast”.

Currently working on @fedigardens and @Indexingyourheart.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

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This certainly wasn't the blog post I was planning to ever publish, but it's become apparent that the feeling I've been having aren't going to subside anytime soon.

My love of developing for Apple's platforms is dying. I need a break:
https://marquiskurt.net/post/740589491919749120/my-love-of-developing-for-apples-platforms-is

My love of developing for Apple’s platforms is dying. I need a break.

There; I’ve said it. For some friends and colleagues of mine, this comes as no surprise to them. But for those that have stuck with me for Fedigardens or took a peek into Indexing Your Heart, this...

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Look at the birdie go; run, run, run! This was accomplished on our livestream today as we animated a sprite and moved it with the crank.

Recap here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1SoZjKzCbYc

#gamedev #PlaydateSDK #PackageResolved #port

Playdate Game Dev | Package Resolved - Drawing Sprites

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Sundays at 9:30am Pacific, 17:30 UTC: Join me as I live-code (on Twitch) for roughly 1 hour on "Xcode App Setup." This time, let's keep working on Continuous Delivery using Github Actions.
Follow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/qcoding
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Jon Reid is the author of iOS Unit Testing by Example. He has been practicing test-driven development (TDD) on Apple platforms for over 20 years. His blog Quality Coding focuses on unit testing, TDD, and refactoring.

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In January I call this a heat wave 🙌

Join me tomorrow at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) as we look at rendering sprite sheets and moving images on the @playdate in our #PackageResolved port!

https://www.youtube.com/live/1SoZjKzCbYc

#gamedev #PlaydateSDK #port #livestream

Playdate Game Dev | Package Resolved - Drawing Sprites

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Ok, I know there is zero change of a mastodon pool being statistically significant, but that's all I have.

Two Questions: Where do you live, and do you feel a strong sense of community with the people who live around you?

USA, strong sense of community
18.5%
USA, no sense of community
37%
Elsewhere, strong sense of community
18.5%
Elsewhere, no sense of community
25.9%
Poll ended at .

Swift and Tips Podcast is thrilled to welcome our first-ever special guest, @mikaelacaron 🦄


Don't miss out on this insightful episode. The video drops in just a few days.

Stay tuned and get ready for this amazing conversation! 😉 #iosdev

So many organizations believe in "Keep everyone busy" and approach work as "Everything Everywhere All At Once."

This is a perfect way to maximize WIP, generate waste, and create hindrances in your flow.

…But everyone is working hard, so it must be right. Right? #Lean

Catalog Drop is back with 5 new games to play! Head on over to http://play.date/games to check them out 👀
Playdate Catalog Games: Catalog

Our curated selection of amazing Playdate games

Prompt v3 from Panic is out now 👀

https://panic.com/prompt/

Prompt 3

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