Dan Herbert

Good habits die hard

Don't know anything about blitzmax, but generally speaking gc cleanup can have an impact - the less it needs to do, the better!

On holiday in my partner's home country (Brazil), trying very hard to disconnect from game/SaaS dev.

Brain just won't let go - I think I've finally honed in on a core game loop that might be fun. Lots of notes and sketches to iterate on when back home.

Send help 😂

YouTube video by Modern Software Engineering Has This Report EXPOSED THE TRUTH About AI Assisted Software Development?

Bit of a sensational title, but this is a solid video.

youtu.be/CoGO6s7bS3A?...

Forums were the best. I miss them.

Please tell me about the error related to the List I found a temporary fix to this problem. It has to do with the Inter Font that the editor is using. I have no idea why but when you change the editor font in the unity settings from Inter to System Fo...

For anyone with `GameObject[]` in their #Unity inspectors and getting "GetName" errors + broken, change the editor font.

No joke - getting back into #gamedev and been frustrated by this for a couple weeks. Shocked that just changing the font fixed it.

Credit: discussions.unity.com/t/please-tel...

Depending on your reasons, it's worth it I think. After adjustment period I use my phone way less (Olauncher here), and (more importantly) reach for it less too.

Daniel H. is selling tickets | Tixel Daniel H. is selling tickets using Tixel

Selling my 2x tickets to Good Things Festival in Melb in Dec - tixel.com/u/3366417

Tool, Weezer, Garbage, Refused, many more great bands in the lineup.

Been under the weather the last couple days, haven't been able to work. So much thinking and planning while idle though.

Have a core game loop and progression in mind (hybrid genres), and a direction for aesthetics.

Remains to be seen if these are "sick (good) ideas" or "sick (not good) ideas".

Prototyping is rewarding, your ideas come to life!

One of the dev things I enjoy the most (esp in gamedev) is the transition from extremely rough prototype to actual build.

Been working on a headless simulation framework the last couple weeks (w a Unity frontend), and formalising/cleaning that up has been oh so satisfying.

Laravel's LazyCollections + PHP's first class callables and generators is **chefs kiss**

It's an interesting thing to consider, thanks!

I love the development process of games itself, never released anything however.

Currently trying to materialise (bootstrapping one/more SaaS...) a scenario where I can develop games without having to worry too much, but it's very hard to get to that.

Realistically speaking, would you opt to deter someone keen to get into it from a "sustainable business" point of view? (not the indie hit wonders which folks go for)

Do you think that time has passed?

Recently I've been prototyping #gamedev mechanics for something akin to Settlers 2.

For years I've wanted to create a minimal/zen settlers game, but I'm curious what sort of theme players might be interested in...

Brutally minimal - shapes and chill sounds? Cartoon? Hand drawn?

Good find! I used to get really frustrated with how dialog in games and movies always seemed too quiet until I discovered this one, pretty annoying!

Great photos! The contrast of old buildings and nature on top of each other is such a look.

It has auth, profile settings, baseline tests, and core site elements (nav, header, etc) to get cracking with.

Time permitting, I hope to have another one in the future which is closer in aesthetics to the official Laravel kits.

Yesterday I released a very minimal starter kit for Laravel + my Elide/HTMX package. It scaffolds a simple and lean project which is close to no build and has a dynamic front-end.

github.com/danherbert-i...

A photo of a barbell with a 5kg plate, set in a squat rack

First day back on the bar in 10+ years. Didn't realise how much I missed it...

Really love minimal solutions like this. Very cool!

GitHub - danherbert-io/elide-for-laravel: A package for Laravel and HTMX - streamline your Laravel+HTMX project with intuitive handling of Blade components for HTMX responses. A package for Laravel and HTMX - streamline your Laravel+HTMX project with intuitive handling of Blade components for HTMX responses. - danherbert-io/elide-for-laravel

Just released v1.0.9 of Elide, my package for #Laravel + #HTMX.

github.com/danherbert-i...

Small addition - can now specify callback(s) to filter partials returned to the frontend.

Sounds delicious! Haven't tried any of theirs before. Haven't had much in a while tbh, might be time to get some more!

Great colour on it - how's the flavour?

Why does *everything* have to have AI or AI related stuff bundled in? Where are the opt in/out options so folks can choose?

Absolutely. It's super useful, but I really struggle to see where it works as well as people say it does.

There's so much hype and fear mongering going about that it's a good reality check to dig into it too 😂

Dan Herbert Development and production relating to: web, games, and music

New blog post: "I tried AI coding - I still don't get it..."

Gave "full AI coding" a solid go. I was disappointed (again).

danherbert.io/blog/2025081...

Hold on tight... last night's @phpxadl.bsky.social talk is ready for you.

Starting with a clean @statamic.com install and a site design in Figma, I put 40 minutes on the clock to see how much of a maintainable site we can build live.

youtu.be/iFNRqy1xuZk

`display: contents` is my new favourite CSS thing. So very handy.

"ok, got it. Oh, can we also keep the text visible on smaller screens when it's cropped? Thanks!"