André Becker
@arestless.bsky.social
Lead Architect at Nitrado. Using my free time to tinker around with smart home things, renovating an old house, and DMing DnD.
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André Becker
@arestless.bsky.social
· Feb 16
Looking for mutuals, time to do a #promosky!
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🎮 VIDEO GAMES
👷 Home Renovation
🎲 TTRPGs
🏡 DIY Smart Home
👨💻 Software Architecture & Infrastructure
🔧 Overengineering Hobby Projects
📀 In-Home Streaming
Talk to me about
🎮 VIDEO GAMES
👷 Home Renovation
🎲 TTRPGs
🏡 DIY Smart Home
👨💻 Software Architecture & Infrastructure
🔧 Overengineering Hobby Projects
📀 In-Home Streaming
August 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Reposted by André Becker
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!
If you're interested in the topic, stay tuned, we have news that we think you'll like!
June 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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!
If you're interested in the topic, stay tuned, we have news that we think you'll like!
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.
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.
June 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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.
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've been working on this on the Nitrado side. Fun times!
We can finally share with you that rentable private servers will be available on June 5th when Dune: Awakening launches into head start!
We do, however, want to manage expectations about how private servers work. Read all the details in our blog: bit.ly/DuneAwakenin...
We do, however, want to manage expectations about how private servers work. Read all the details in our blog: bit.ly/DuneAwakenin...
June 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The Dune: Awakening launch sure is a wild ride but it's all worth it 💛
Reposted by André Becker
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
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
June 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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
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?
Do you wanna be an investor? Do you have the means to?
Question from a reader:
“Have you ever done any studies on the pros and cons of outsourcing literally all of your product development to a 3rd party?”
My answer:
Seen a few disasters like this.
What “pros?”
“Have you ever done any studies on the pros and cons of outsourcing literally all of your product development to a 3rd party?”
My answer:
Seen a few disasters like this.
What “pros?”
June 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If you outsource the core of your business you become an investor.
Do you wanna be an investor? Do you have the means to?
Do you wanna be an investor? Do you have the means to?
Had Dune: Awakening launch sushi.
Life is good 🍣
Life is good 🍣
June 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Had Dune: Awakening launch sushi.
Life is good 🍣
Life is good 🍣
Dune: Awakening Day
Switch 2 Day
Thursday
Switch 2 Day
Thursday
June 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Dune: Awakening Day
Switch 2 Day
Thursday
Switch 2 Day
Thursday
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
- The simplest tool that can do the job is the best tool for the job
- Bad craftsmen blame their tools
i’ve become the champion of tiny little boxes everyone hates, i fear
June 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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
- 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!
We can finally share with you that rentable private servers will be available on June 5th when Dune: Awakening launches into head start!
We do, however, want to manage expectations about how private servers work. Read all the details in our blog: bit.ly/DuneAwakenin...
We do, however, want to manage expectations about how private servers work. Read all the details in our blog: bit.ly/DuneAwakenin...
June 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I've been working on this on the Nitrado side. Fun times!
Reposted by André Becker
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.
June 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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.
You might think of yourself as a "rock star" or whatever but you sure as hell aren't a senior engineer.
Adding a "10x" programmer makes you slower.
What matters is the speed of the entire system, from idea to delivery. Speed cannot be improved by introducing one faster person. We're a group walking single file on a narrow cliff path.
1/6
What matters is the speed of the entire system, from idea to delivery. Speed cannot be improved by introducing one faster person. We're a group walking single file on a narrow cliff path.
1/6
June 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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.
You might think of yourself as a "rock star" or whatever but you sure as hell aren't a senior engineer.
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,
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,
guy operating lifeboat on the titanic: this is actually only meant for women who know how to debug the navigation system in unreal engine
me, climbing out of the lifeboat and back onto the deck: okay
guy, lowering the lifeboat: haven't you worked in this engine for like 10 years
me: look buddy,
me, climbing out of the lifeboat and back onto the deck: okay
guy, lowering the lifeboat: haven't you worked in this engine for like 10 years
me: look buddy,
May 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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,
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.
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.
I just
C'mon
The tool that gives you like 50-100 words when you're stuck is inside your skull!!!! Or maybe weed! Or a nice walk! Or literally anything else!
C'mon
The tool that gives you like 50-100 words when you're stuck is inside your skull!!!! Or maybe weed! Or a nice walk! Or literally anything else!
May 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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.
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.
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.
Amusing outcome of "vibe coding" wave with AI (by people who have not written software professionally before)
Seeing the speedrun of why software development REALLY is hard
(it was never about writing code - even though most non-dev folks assumed it must have been!)
Seeing the speedrun of why software development REALLY is hard
(it was never about writing code - even though most non-dev folks assumed it must have been!)
May 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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.
Today is jackhammer day.
May 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Today is jackhammer day.
Reposted by André Becker
Reposted by André Becker
🚨 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
HEY!
WE JUST DROPPED OUR DEMO FOR ROGUE ECLIPSE, GO PLAY IT NOW ON STEAM!
GOGOGOGOOOOOOOOooooo-
Reposts appreciated! 😅🙏
bit.ly/4bRLumD
HEY!
WE JUST DROPPED OUR DEMO FOR ROGUE ECLIPSE, GO PLAY IT NOW ON STEAM!
GOGOGOGOOOOOOOOooooo-
Reposts appreciated! 😅🙏
bit.ly/4bRLumD
May 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🚨 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
HEY!
WE JUST DROPPED OUR DEMO FOR ROGUE ECLIPSE, GO PLAY IT NOW ON STEAM!
GOGOGOGOOOOOOOOooooo-
Reposts appreciated! 😅🙏
bit.ly/4bRLumD
HEY!
WE JUST DROPPED OUR DEMO FOR ROGUE ECLIPSE, GO PLAY IT NOW ON STEAM!
GOGOGOGOOOOOOOOooooo-
Reposts appreciated! 😅🙏
bit.ly/4bRLumD
I think I'm gonna rewatch the last episode of Andor S2 today and then Rogue One. And then Episode IV.
May 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I think I'm gonna rewatch the last episode of Andor S2 today and then Rogue One. And then Episode IV.
I thoroughly love the costume design in Andor. They highlight that fashion is a result of societal and cultural norms and, objectively, does not make sense.
This here is as nonsensical as any real world tie.
This here is as nonsensical as any real world tie.
May 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I thoroughly love the costume design in Andor. They highlight that fashion is a result of societal and cultural norms and, objectively, does not make sense.
This here is as nonsensical as any real world tie.
This here is as nonsensical as any real world tie.
My house plants inspire me. If they can persevere under the most dire of circumstances, so can I.
I have whatever the opposite of a green thumb is, yet somehow this fragile, fractious orchid is thriving in my care
May 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
My house plants inspire me. If they can persevere under the most dire of circumstances, so can I.
In coding news, I've been using IntelliJ's "Full line code completion" plug-in for some prototypes and HOLY FUCK does it make me fast.
I am extremely skeptical of AI code assistance but this actually works for me - and it runs on the local machine.
www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/fu...
I am extremely skeptical of AI code assistance but this actually works for me - and it runs on the local machine.
www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/fu...
Full Line code completion | IntelliJ IDEA
www.jetbrains.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
In coding news, I've been using IntelliJ's "Full line code completion" plug-in for some prototypes and HOLY FUCK does it make me fast.
I am extremely skeptical of AI code assistance but this actually works for me - and it runs on the local machine.
www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/fu...
I am extremely skeptical of AI code assistance but this actually works for me - and it runs on the local machine.
www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/fu...
Of course I'll cut you some Slack.
That's 9$ a month we can spend on something else.
That's 9$ a month we can spend on something else.
May 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Of course I'll cut you some Slack.
That's 9$ a month we can spend on something else.
That's 9$ a month we can spend on something else.