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figuring out the bicycle version of a fully featured online multiplayer battle game is the reason I am seeking advice on HN :) I had not thought about the learning cost of the expe…

this is one path I have thought about. I do have enough learnings now that I could put together the milestones. In some sense the challenge here is the production value required on…

One of the reasons that has caused hesitation in deploying the idea early is the possibility that the mechanics might be instantly swallowed up by a publisher who could replicate i…

Over the last year I spent a sizable sum on a personal multiplayer game project. I designed the idea until it was ready, contracted an offshore dev team, spent several months itera…

same, I think there are a few folks who are starting to see the feasibility and the desirability in hosting their own solutions. I have been working on an idea to solve this, calle…

I was hoping that the current LLM/Agent/Vibecoding wave would lead to a revival of open source contributions, but I am not sure that is happening yet

I also started started experimenting with self-hosting in the last few years. Started with a simple Plex server, then gradually evolved my little setup into a handful of open-sourc…

In the recent years, I discovered the joys of self hosting. What started with a single Plex server for my movie collection became a growing suite of open source applications that b…

Honestly still a question worth investigating. I also dropped Unity for my latest project, spent a year with Godot and then realized.. it's just not quite there. So I had to go bac…

Why would HN be interested in deleting comments about this? Looks like there was a discussion previously, although not regarding the deal: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4114…

I have been using a little app called Rectangle[1] for years now, and it solves every possible window positioning need I have ever had. No ads, no cost. As far as the conversation …

Location: San Diego, CA Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Javascript / Typescript, React, C# .Net, Python, MongoDb, PostgreSQL, AWS services, many more Résum…

> Companies are like machines whose sole purpose is to make a profit. I think I understand that you mean to say "Corporations", whose governing body is made up of board members and…

Not that I agree with the move, but from a business perspective, perhaps it has to do with the expense of keeping up with issues and complaints that arise from allowing wine to run…

Looking at the interactive changelog on github [1] it looks like there was a lot more work merged in already, some 811 pull requests. And yet this results in only 4 bullet points o…

Congratulations on finishing your project and publishing, it's no small feat in itself. On Godot nonetheless, which is not the shining star for making it out of the prototype phase…

Recently I listened to David Goggins on Huberman. He talks a lot about confronting your traumas, and as far as I can tell, it really is the only solution. > Being molested shouldn'…

I read through this a couple months ago. Some investigation across reddit and other internet sources show a mixed bag of opinions about the author, but indeed his contributions to …

With regards to the point about health, I disagree. The culprit is not meat vs veggies, as processed foods and the ilk of hydrogenated fats and fructose based syrups and added suga…

> Context doesn't matter, they can't afford this being on the platform and being interpreted with different context I have to disagree. The idea that allowing human interaction to …

You can always start ramping up by doing side projects or prototypes with Godot while keeping your main on Unity. The day is coming when Godot will get its own AAA rendering implem…