iw

iw, 1 month ago to bevy

This year, I have a goal of programming a software application every quarter (~13 weeks / 90 days).

My first completed application was a game in the #Bevy game engine written in #Rust that is a rogue like game displayed in an emulated terminal emulator.

I learned a lot about Entity Component Systems, the benefit of design docs, and became a more knowledgeable ("better"?) programmer as a result.

I wrote about the project and my experience here:

https://www.isaacwyatt.com/posts/2024-04-20/?utm_source=hachyderm.io&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=user_post&utm_content=%40iw

iw, 1 month ago to random

Updating my resume for the first time in forever.

I want to be transparent about the fact that I've developed software in order to solve problems even though I've never been a software developer professionally.

Would it be crazy to include a section like this in my resume?

#resume_review #softwareengineering #fedihire

skinnylatte, 2 months ago to random

Really enjoying the 'now' section on my blog

https://popagandhi.com/now/

i prefer it to the 'week done' idea, though i may also start doing that for fun

https://nownownow.com/

#Blogs #Now

iw, 2 months ago to CSharp

Early in my career as a marketing analyst I wrote a C# script, and then a desktop app, to compare and clean email lists from vendors using MD5 hashes - and I gave it away for free despite there being a small business opportunity.

https://www.isaacwyatt.com/posts/2024-03-30/?utm_source=hachyderm.io&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=user_post&utm_content=%40iw

#CSharp #MD5 #Email

benatti, 4 months ago to rust

Any #rust programmers around here?

iw, 4 months ago to rust

I made a Dungeon Crawler Roguelike that you can play in your web browser1.

It isn't original though: as part of learning the Rust programming language, I followed the tutorial project in Hands-on Rust by @herberticus . I posted a recap on my blog2.

I'm very much looking forward to Herbert Wolverson's next book!

#Roguelike #DungeonCrawler #Rust #WASM #WebAssembly

iw, 4 months ago to linuxmint

I've spent too much time trying to get Linux to work on a 14 year old laptop (Toshiba Satellite M645). I finally got it to work by using the acpi=off parameter in the Linux kernel boot command.

Now it is happily running Linux Mint XFCE and I've successfully repurposed the laptop and kept more e-waste from the dump, and more money in my pocket.

I wrote about my troubleshooting process here: https://www.isaacwyatt.com/posts/2024-01-12/

#ToshibaSatellite #m645 #LinuxMint

iw, 6 months ago to random

One of my RL friend groups on Discord has asked me to move coding conversations (which has ramped up due to the Advent of Code) to a Discord 'thread' which is where conversations go to die (in Discord).

They mostly prefer use Discord to post boomer memes anyway, so I should have known better.

I've chosen to do AoC in Rust, and without RegEx, and now I am wondering if I elected to do these in hard mode unnecessarily.

#AdventOfCode

simon, 6 months ago to random

Some notes on cloning my voice using ElevenLabs, which turned out to be shockingly quick and easy: a single 10 minute audio sample was all it needed https://til.simonwillison.net/misc/voice-cloning

iw, 8 months ago to Seattle

#Introduction

Hi! I'm a Dad, husband, and tech nerd in the greater #Seattle area and frequently visit San Francisco Bay Area.

I tend to post about:
🛠 Productivity (#GTD and #PKM),
👨‍💻 #Coding
👨‍✈️ #Aviation / #Cirrus
💻 #B2B tech
🎮 #videogames, #RPGs, & 🛩#flightsim
🏔 #Mountaineering & #Hiking
🔥 #FIRE
🏍 #Motorcyces
🏕 #Camping
🏙 The #PNW, and the #SanFrancisco Bay Area

Formerly #Google, #HashiCorp, #NewRelic, #BlueJeansNetwork, and #Citrix - now doing my own thing.

See: https://isaacwyatt.com/now/

spinning_bird, 9 months ago to random

Really playing Super Metroid for the first time, I'm surprised at how good it is. It doesn't feel like a 30 year old game.

It manages to guide the player so well through level design, but still always requires and rewards thorough exploration.

So you have to really engage with the world, and that in turn makes the atmosphere so much stronger. (+ the awesome music)

Such good design, it must have been mind-blowing for people who played it back in 94

#SuperMetroid #metroidvania