marcsh

marcsh.bsky.social

20 October 2026 05:47

We used to use a fake language which was just English with every character replaced with a similar looking one, but umlauts, diacritics, etc This immediately shows what strings are coming from debug, and which ones are coming from the localization system Size if of course another issue

Stardust Foundry

stardustfoundry.bsky.social

19 October 2026 17:07

Can the shortcut labels be toggled on as well as revealed by holding Alt? Keeping them visible for a few turns could help while learning, especially for someone who finds holding a modifier awkward.

Axialis

axialis.com

14 October 2026 19:24

Separating identifiers from comments and strings makes project-wide renaming much safer than global search-and-replace.

YogurtGames

steamyogurt.bsky.social

12 October 2026 16:55

Showing the wrong move first is a better tutorial than a perfect path. You actually see why the clue matters instead of just copying the highlighted step.

Groundbound

groundbound.fun

05 October 2026 19:02

Names also make bugs searchable. 'The Goblin' in a commit message is a lot easier to find months later than 'fix state issue', right when it comes back for its fourth patch.