mmalex

mmalex.bsky.social

07 July 2026 01:25

my #1 grizzly beard protip for (game) dev is: if you have a bug that you dont understand the cause of immediately, dont try to fix it; add & iterate visualization / inspection tools until the cause is plain to see. the accumulation of 'observability' in your system's state will pay off many times

Andy Masley

andymasley.bsky.social

10 May 2026 13:12

This is a very common point of confusion. The vast majority of the way corporations harm the environment is by responding to consumer demand. People have built this fantasy world where the American middle class isn't at all responsible for the gas they buy or the water they use on their lawns.

Russ Cox

swtch.com

09 May 2026 02:40

The LLM bug hunter comes for us all. Here’s a truly terrible mistake I made seven years ago that somehow went unnoticed by multiple human reviews. Patch your systems! And my apologies. groups.google.com/g/golang-ann...

Freya Holmér

freya.bsky.social

03 May 2026 12:52

In these uncertain and divisive times, I am happy to announce that we're partnering with absolutely nothing! This enables us to keep building #half-edge independently, and to focus on better tools for artists and creators - Freya Holmér, CEO of self

Russ Cox

swtch.com

28 April 2026 21:51

Today I renamed a type in the exported API of one of my packages by writing this short diff. Then I ran “go fix”, and it updated my code. Of course, IDEs have rename. But with the type alias, all dependencies keep working. And users can run “go fix” to update their code too! go.dev/blog/gofix