I experimented with my JavaScript Game Engine. Instead of my own build setup (using esbuild) I decided to give Vite a go.
It worked pretty well. Game code can stay the same, but the compile step is off the engine's plate now.
Here, my Jump&Run demo as a desktop app (using electron).
Found the "no gen AI" seal, today.
https://www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal
Following the discussions on bsky I saw that some people say it's okay to use gen-ai for code but it's not for art.
Isn't that the same thing? I mean, in both cases we cut the human short. Instead of learning or paying someone we use gen-ai.
Am I missing something?
I'm moving away from using ORMs to interact with databases in my projects
As soon as you try to do anything even slightly complicated or outside of the most common patterns, you're stuck fighting against it and the ORM becomes an active detriment rather than a convenience
I know this is isn't necessarily a hot take, but it's something I'm reminded of over and over
It's the most leaky abstraction I can think of and causes other problems like making poor-performing queries very hard to identify
Started to work on a new tool for my game dev: sound effect explorer, editor and player.
I love having mastodon on my phone. the web app is so well done.
also no creepy suggestion engine that constantly brings up the worst of the most.
Kenney
Yann Le Gall
Casey Primozic / ameo
Brian Ambrozy