Karthik VJ
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I make games and cool shit!
http://labrat.mobi
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I made a 10kb game for
#js13k
gamejam, last year. Go play it! Cat-apult!
#gamedev
#indiegames
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Cat-apult
Cat-apult is a wild and wacky puzzle-platformer where you don’t just play as a cat - you launch one! Fling your fearless feline at breakneck speeds, ricocheting across tricky levels to snatch up shiny...
https://labrat.mobi/games/catapult/
4 months ago
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Pixel-boy
2 days ago
VFX asset pack available:
pixel-boy.itch.io/vfxmix-asset...
#gamedev
#indiedev
#pixelart
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Christina C.
21 days ago
not surprised, just disappointed * continues making human-only made things with
#godotEngine
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Myzreal
20 days ago
Why did no one tell me math can be fun
#gamedev
#indiedev
#godot
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Swift Language
2 months ago
Swift 6.3 has landed! 🚀 This release brings community-driven Android support into the official toolchain, along with major improvements to C interoperability, the build system, and embedded Swift. Read more:
www.swift.org/blog/swift-6...
#AndroidDev
#iOSDev
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Molly Roberts
2 months ago
Good afternoon! The hearing for a preliminary injunction in Anthropic v. Department of War (that's the name of the case, don't blame me!) starts on the half hour. You can follow my live coverage here.
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TypeScript
2 months ago
TypeScript 6.0 is now available! This release brings better type-checking for methods, new standard library features, new module features for Node.js, and more! But most important, this release brings us one step closer to the upcoming native-speed 7.0!
devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a...
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Announcing TypeScript 6.0 - TypeScript
TypeScript 6.0 is now available! TypeScript 6 is a stepping-stone release, aligning with the upcoming native-speed 7.0 release.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-6-0/
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Seba
2 months ago
Experimenting with hover physics in godot.
#godot
#gamedev
#indiedev
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Тsфdiиg
3 months ago
What I discovered by letting my normie relatives use my laptop is that if you use Linux with i3 window manager you don't need a screen locker at all.
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enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...
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A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ
3 months ago
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thanks
@webdevs.firefox.com
3 months ago
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Ratatui
3 months ago
The rise of Ratatui 🐁👑
#rustlang
#ratatui
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I miss web designs like this,
3 months ago
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Firefox for Web Developers
3 months ago
Here's a quick rundown of what we delivered as part of Interop 2025, and what's planned for Interop 2026!
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#microslop
, when 30% of the code is written by AI
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3 months ago
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Tom Warren
3 months ago
Notepad was once a lightweight text editor in Windows, but Microsoft has increasingly been adding features to it in recent years. The new Markdown support has led to a Remote Code Execution flaw 😬
msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide...
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TypeScript
3 months ago
TypeScript 6.0 beta is now published! This release brings - inference improvements for functions - updates to package.json 'imports' - the Temporal APIs - alignments for the upcoming TypeScript 7.0 - & more! Try it today!
devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a...
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Announcing TypeScript 6.0 Beta - TypeScript
Today we are announcing the beta release of TypeScript 6.0! To get started using the beta, you can get it through npm with the following command: npm install -D typescript@beta TypeScript 6.0 is a uni...
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-6-0-beta/
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TypeScript 6.0 beta
devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a...
3 months ago
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daniel:// stenberg://
3 months ago
I now spend my days talking AI slop and the end of bug-bounties on podcasts and in media interviews. One day I may end up writing code again. 😎
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castpixel ⚧️⚢
4 months ago
I kept seeing something in japanese shmups: bullets are equidistant. So moving up doesn't create clumps of bullets, and moving down doesn't make the bullet stream seem more sparse. So I mocked it up. Feels very right. It's not for anything, just a proof of concept.
#indiedev
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Flash pro 8 works in linux (with wine), so fast and stable.
#adobeanimate
#flash
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4 months ago
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#flash
4 months ago
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Firefox for Web Developers
4 months ago
AI Controls (formally 'kill switch') are landing in today's Firefox Nightly, and will land with Firefox 148 later this month.
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Mara Bos
4 months ago
If you want a Rust button and a discount code for RustWeek, come find me at FOSDEM this weekend! I now have bright pink hair, so should be easy to find :)
#rustlang
#rustweek
#fosdem
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It's always pleasant to hear "Demis Hassabis". Feels like he is the only adult in the AI space,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbIa...
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Hassabis on an AI Shift Bigger Than Industrial Age
YouTube video by Bloomberg Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbIaYFHxW3Y
4 months ago
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Kelsey Hightower
4 months ago
The
@swift.org
team is demonstrating a level of consistency that makes me believe they really want to see the Swift programming language thrive outside of the Apple ecosystem.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Godot Engine
4 months ago
#Godot
4.6 is out, and all about your flow! This release puts you and your workflow first with a new theme, flexible docks, and dozens of UX improvements. And Jolt Physics by default, revamped IK, better reflections, and more. Less wrestling with UI. More making games.
godotengine.org/releases/4.6
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Godot 4.6 Release: It's all about your flow
With the stability gained over the past five releases, it's time for polish and quality of life improvements for everyday development.
https://godotengine.org/releases/4.6/
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LK
4 months ago
Daily sketch 🎍🥷🐈⬛️ Can you spot the cat ? First time using this green
#art
#artsky
#ink
#sketch
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I made a 10kb game for
#js13k
gamejam, last year. Go play it! Cat-apult!
#gamedev
#indiegames
labrat.mobi/games/catapu...
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Cat-apult
Cat-apult is a wild and wacky puzzle-platformer where you don’t just play as a cat - you launch one! Fling your fearless feline at breakneck speeds, ricocheting across tricky levels to snatch up shiny...
https://labrat.mobi/games/catapult/
4 months ago
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The internet has lost it's magic
YouTube video by Tom Delalande
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-plHtKJ4d0
4 months ago
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Queen's Domain⚔️ - DEMO OUT NOW
4 months ago
We dropped the demo for our new fantasy RPG ⚔️ - Brutal combat - Rich exploration - 90’s retro aesthetic Try the first few hours of gameplay now⬇️
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ざきち
4 months ago
VARYZNEX is a 2D shooter that's been out for exactly one year and is currently on sale. There's also a bundle containing all three games, which is an even better deal.
store.steampowered.com/bundle/49618...
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Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure “intact mental health”
arstechnica.com/security/202...
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Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health"
The onslaught includes LLMs finding bogus vulnerabilities and code that won't compile.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/overrun-with-ai-slop-curl-scraps-bug-bounties-to-ensure-intact-mental-health/
4 months ago
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AstraKernel 💫
about 1 year ago
Buttplug io website: "implemented in Rust" 🫣
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A quote from Dune, "Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
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Wrote a small util, that converts TypeScript types to Swift and Kotlin types
github.com/goldenratio/...
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GitHub - goldenratio/type-transform: Convert TypeScript types to Swift and Kotlin types
Convert TypeScript types to Swift and Kotlin types - goldenratio/type-transform
https://github.com/goldenratio/type-transform
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