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mikro

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About mikro

Software engineer and entrepreneur. Worked at 7 startups.

https://twitter.com/hyperboloid

questingbeast at pm.me

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcraigwilson/

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    I've been waiting for someone to dig into this more deeply! Looking forward to Part 2! I use both Claude Code and Xcode with a local LLM (running with LM Studio) and I noticed they…

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    > Is tech really that uniquely sensitive to interest rates while the rest of the economy doesn’t care? This is likely due to IRS Section 174 which changed how tech salaries can be …

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    It is insane how much time is wasted in the interview process for an industry where the wages are so high. What a waste of talent. If AI can be used to improve the process on the c…

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    The last time I job searched in 2020, it took 7 months. For me, it was the adoption of the leetcode interview process, even at startups. I'm not especially good at leetcoding, and …

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    I enjoyed this book to practice game design: Challenges for Games Designers: Non-Digital Exercises for Video Game Designers - Brenda Romero / Ian Schreiber

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landauer%27s_principle The heat can be reduced by factor of a billion or so.

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    https://archive.ph/EwE5d

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    Maybe it was a question about Grand Central Dispatch? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/DISPATCH I also feel the same way about getting all but one question. I usually make…

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    https://archive.fo/ofsHH

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    I am a non-game developer, and I have been looking into this as well for 3D games. 1. It seems the major game engines are Unreal (C++, many AAA titles) and Unity (C#, widely used).…

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    I think the fake 'progressive voter guide' mailers may have contributed to the passage: https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Fake-progressive-mai... https://www.reddit.com/r/Sac…

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    There is this list of companies that don't use Leetcode questions as a filter: https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards I have also found that startups tend to be more …

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    They did put the engine business into a separate entity, a Swiss company called Epic Games International S.à r.l. Apple is threatening to cut off access for both entities. https://…

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    There is a tutorial from Feb 28th which contains a finished project. https://github.com/GodotVR/godot_openvr_fps/releases

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    I am learning game development in Godot, specifically with the intention of making an Oculus Quest VR game. I just finished the initial tutorial yesterday: https://docs.godotengine…

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    This is absolutely fantastic. Now I'm wondering if there are resources for doing spaced-repetition for other computer science topics. Has anyone seen anything like this?

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    https://picoctf.com/ has a good variety of challenges that are a bit more accessible than others.

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