André Becker

Selfie of myself smiling, wearing a black polo shirt and Nitrado merch.

Luggage lost, luggage retrieved, now on my way to #devcom #ddc2025.

Give me a ping if you're around!

Sleepers, we've been reading your feedback following the AMA on endgame and PvP. We will share a message from our Creative Director tomorrow to clarify our intentions and our vision.
If you're interested in the topic, stay tuned, we have news that we think you'll like!

Industry standard.

Told ya.

Software is always just a means to an end.

Software isn't worth anything if it doesn't solve an actual problem.

Know your users. Know your product. And then build something that really matters.

The Dune: Awakening launch sure is a wild ride but it's all worth it 💛

I wouldn't ever dream of tempting anybody. I'm just stating facts here.

For example: DevCom has become a lot better in the new venue and there are still tickets available.

Just facts.

We have a guest room!

Oh hey, #PitchYaGame

So this is a game about staring down thousands of rats in shining armor—but you're just a little bird with stolen swords you can barely use. Dynasty Warriors x DMC, with some EDF thrown in for spice.

Not announced yet, but if you wanna hear first: glassbottommeg.myflodesk.com

If you outsource the core of your business you become an investor.

Do you wanna be an investor? Do you have the means to?

Had Dune: Awakening launch sushi.

Life is good 🍣

Dune: Awakening Day
Switch 2 Day
Thursday

ship it

Having witnessed network outages because of vendor-confirmed firmware bugs that had no fix available I appreciate every simple, little device that has a functioning MAC table and nothing else.

Lots of universal truth in here:

- The simplest tool that can do the job is the best tool for the job
- Bad craftsmen blame their tools

I've been working on this on the Nitrado side. Fun times!

On vibe coding:

Working on SSH host certificates via Hashicorp Vault, authenticated through SPIRE/SPIFFE workload attestation. This is definitely the large scale automation setup I need for my [checks notes] three Raspberry Pis.

If you're being considered a "10x engineer" that simply means you've failed at elevating your peers above even 10% of your own efficiency.

You might think of yourself as a "rock star" or whatever but you sure as hell aren't a senior engineer.

Removed the old chimney from my kitchen this weekend and the house didn't collapse.

I'm a software architect. Never thought I'd do (and enjoy!) shit like this.

bsky.app/profile/ares...

I knew the state of console game dev was bad with all its secrecy and closed SDKs but EVEN YOU not knowing if YOUR OWN GAME will run on a console releasing in a few days puts a cherry on top.

Also brought to you by typing "ls -lisah" all the time and only *really* being sure about the -h.

guy operating lifeboat on the titanic: this is actually only meant for people who know what all the flags in the Linux command "netstat -tulpen" do

me, climbing out of the lifeboat and back onto the deck: okay

guy, lowering the lifeboat: aren't you using that several times a day?

me: look buddy,

Here's a fun observation:

The actual challenge in writing is similar to software development. It's about developing a mental model, an *intent*, and that often has to simmer for a bit.

Jotting down the words, or the code, is trivial in comparison.

An AI can't develop your mental model for you.

An emptied out kitchen with a chimney in the corner 3/4th removed. The jackhammer and some tools rest on a counter on the side. Rubble on the floor, hole in the ceiling where the chimney once stood.

Update

My credo when mentoring engineers is "good software is the software that fulfills the requirements" and it takes most software engineers *years* to truly embrace what that means.

Your project, your rules. And if it's just internal stuff there's nothing wrong with something like that.

I've had to deal with (parsing, generating) countless non-standard game config formats so... I have my scars.

I feel like I'm running into a trap but

are you sure you don't want to use a YAML parser instead? YAML is a superset of JSON and if your goal is to write "JSON but with less strict syntax" you probably end up with valid YAML

A blue jackhammer leaned against a rack of tools and random equipment.

Today is jackhammer day.

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