Colin Loretz
@colinloretz.gg
Building, learning, and teaching: software & communities
👾 developer advocacy at discord
⚡️ third place at renocollective.com
🎤 dev talk over at buildandlearn.dev
👾 developer advocacy at discord
⚡️ third place at renocollective.com
🎤 dev talk over at buildandlearn.dev
claude christmas lights, hugops to the infra teams
July 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
claude christmas lights, hugops to the infra teams
If you're building a Discord Activity, there's an opportunity in the Best Discord Game category in this season of GDWC!
Calling #gamedevs & #IndieDevs
GDWC 2025 Summer Season is open!
Submit your game at thegdwc.com
Compete for
⭐️Best Discord Game presented w/ @discord.com
⭐️Proceduralism Award presented w/ @sidefx.bsky.social
⭐️Best Indie Game
⭐️Best Studio Game
⭐️Best Hobby Game
⭐️Best Mobile Game
⭐️Best Student Game
GDWC 2025 Summer Season is open!
Submit your game at thegdwc.com
Compete for
⭐️Best Discord Game presented w/ @discord.com
⭐️Proceduralism Award presented w/ @sidefx.bsky.social
⭐️Best Indie Game
⭐️Best Studio Game
⭐️Best Hobby Game
⭐️Best Mobile Game
⭐️Best Student Game
April 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
If you're building a Discord Activity, there's an opportunity in the Best Discord Game category in this season of GDWC!
Alright keeb fans. I seem to have worn out my current keyboard. Every 10 words or so, a letter gets skipped.
What keyboards do y'all these days?
What keyboards do y'all these days?
March 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Alright keeb fans. I seem to have worn out my current keyboard. Every 10 words or so, a letter gets skipped.
What keyboards do y'all these days?
What keyboards do y'all these days?
When did google analytics become impossible to use?
March 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
When did google analytics become impossible to use?
Just found a Markdown flavored Acura. #writethedocs
March 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Just found a Markdown flavored Acura. #writethedocs
Will be at GDC this week if you wanna chat games - especially if you're interested in our new Social SDK or building games Discord Activities.
Discord is plugging directly into games - https://www.theverge.com/news/630823/discord-social-directly-games-sdk
Discord is plugging directly into games
Thanks to a new SDK.
www.theverge.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Will be at GDC this week if you wanna chat games - especially if you're interested in our new Social SDK or building games Discord Activities.
HUUUGE
the Discord Social SDK is out, letting games integrate Discord much deeper than before! this was a huge effort, congrats to the team on shipping! discord.com/blog/announc...
Announcing Discord’s Social SDK, Helping Power Your Game’s Social Experiences
Today, we’re announcing our new Social SDK that empowers game developers of all sizes to implement Discord-powered features directly in their games, helping players easily talk, connect and enhance th...
discord.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
HUUUGE
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
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In town for GDC? Come to Day of the Devs on the Sunday before! We've got tons of great games, cool developers, food trucks, and music. It's all ages, and it's ALL FREE! www.doublefine.com/news/day-of-...
Day of the Devs: SF Edtion
Day of the Devs is returning to San Francisco this March for our big annual get together, and we're looking for cool games to show there too. Day of the…
www.doublefine.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
In town for GDC? Come to Day of the Devs on the Sunday before! We've got tons of great games, cool developers, food trucks, and music. It's all ages, and it's ALL FREE! www.doublefine.com/news/day-of-...
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To become a Senior engineer you need to develop an ego and autonomy.
To become a Principal engineer you need to abandon that ego.
To become a Principal engineer you need to abandon that ego.
February 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
To become a Senior engineer you need to develop an ego and autonomy.
To become a Principal engineer you need to abandon that ego.
To become a Principal engineer you need to abandon that ego.
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New Pebble blog post is up with project updates and how developers (you!) can help contribute to Pebble software. Also, here's a picture of open source PebbleOS (thank you Google!!!) running on some actual hardware!
ericmigi.com/blog/how-to-...
ericmigi.com/blog/how-to-...
February 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
New Pebble blog post is up with project updates and how developers (you!) can help contribute to Pebble software. Also, here's a picture of open source PebbleOS (thank you Google!!!) running on some actual hardware!
ericmigi.com/blog/how-to-...
ericmigi.com/blog/how-to-...
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We're excited to present the BEST DISCORD GAME AWARD category with @discord.com
Boost your game's #social and #multiplayer features to the next level with Discord Activities and Win the main prize of💰$5000👀
Details & submit:
thegdwc.com/categories/?...
#gamedev #discord
Boost your game's #social and #multiplayer features to the next level with Discord Activities and Win the main prize of💰$5000👀
Details & submit:
thegdwc.com/categories/?...
#gamedev #discord
January 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
We're excited to present the BEST DISCORD GAME AWARD category with @discord.com
Boost your game's #social and #multiplayer features to the next level with Discord Activities and Win the main prize of💰$5000👀
Details & submit:
thegdwc.com/categories/?...
#gamedev #discord
Boost your game's #social and #multiplayer features to the next level with Discord Activities and Win the main prize of💰$5000👀
Details & submit:
thegdwc.com/categories/?...
#gamedev #discord
Pebble coming back wasn't on my bingo card for 2025!
** It's happening!! **
We managed to convince Google to open source PebbleOS. Took a while, but they just did it today! github.com/google/pebble
With that, we're bringing Pebble back! I blogged about it - ericmigi.com/blog/why-wer...
We managed to convince Google to open source PebbleOS. Took a while, but they just did it today! github.com/google/pebble
With that, we're bringing Pebble back! I blogged about it - ericmigi.com/blog/why-wer...
Why We’re Bringing Pebble Back
Eight years later, you still can’t beat a Pebble
ericmigi.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Pebble coming back wasn't on my bingo card for 2025!
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Kenney Club members ($5+) now have early access to three upcoming #gameassets packs! Holiday Kit, Pirate Kit and Fantasy Town Kit!
December 10, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Kenney Club members ($5+) now have early access to three upcoming #gameassets packs! Holiday Kit, Pirate Kit and Fantasy Town Kit!
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DO YOU HAVE AN LLC YOU ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT?
doublecheck and be sure you file your BOI for everything. we almost missed one
deadline is jan 1. it takes 15 minutes to file.
👉 fincen.gov/boi
doublecheck and be sure you file your BOI for everything. we almost missed one
deadline is jan 1. it takes 15 minutes to file.
👉 fincen.gov/boi
December 5, 2024 at 8:15 PM
DO YOU HAVE AN LLC YOU ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT?
doublecheck and be sure you file your BOI for everything. we almost missed one
deadline is jan 1. it takes 15 minutes to file.
👉 fincen.gov/boi
doublecheck and be sure you file your BOI for everything. we almost missed one
deadline is jan 1. it takes 15 minutes to file.
👉 fincen.gov/boi
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Free People Read Freely.
When books are banned and ideas are silenced, freedom is at risk. Libraries are lifelines. Protect them. Read banned books. Defend open access.
I’m proud to support @molly.wiki's fight against censorship. Defend open access to info.
store.mollywhite.net/collections/...
When books are banned and ideas are silenced, freedom is at risk. Libraries are lifelines. Protect them. Read banned books. Defend open access.
I’m proud to support @molly.wiki's fight against censorship. Defend open access to info.
store.mollywhite.net/collections/...
December 3, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Free People Read Freely.
When books are banned and ideas are silenced, freedom is at risk. Libraries are lifelines. Protect them. Read banned books. Defend open access.
I’m proud to support @molly.wiki's fight against censorship. Defend open access to info.
store.mollywhite.net/collections/...
When books are banned and ideas are silenced, freedom is at risk. Libraries are lifelines. Protect them. Read banned books. Defend open access.
I’m proud to support @molly.wiki's fight against censorship. Defend open access to info.
store.mollywhite.net/collections/...
My #spotify discover weekly is usually all over the place but it really nailed programming / writing / deep focus music this week. looking forward to spotify unwrapped
kermit the frog is using a typewriter in a messy room .
ALT: kermit the frog is using a typewriter in a messy room .
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:45 AM
My #spotify discover weekly is usually all over the place but it really nailed programming / writing / deep focus music this week. looking forward to spotify unwrapped
I've completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
a man with glasses is sitting at a desk and says alright what 's the code
ALT: a man with glasses is sitting at a desk and says alright what 's the code
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:11 PM
I've completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
I love you bluesky. This is the kind of silliness that the internet deserves howtall.is/colinloretz.gg
How tall is Colin Loretz?
The internet is out guessing heights again
howtall.is
November 27, 2024 at 9:07 PM
I love you bluesky. This is the kind of silliness that the internet deserves howtall.is/colinloretz.gg
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these stickers were unexpectedly popular, so i had the pros print some of them (and the text-only versions) up for me. store.mollywhite.net/collections/...
November 27, 2024 at 9:03 PM
these stickers were unexpectedly popular, so i had the pros print some of them (and the text-only versions) up for me. store.mollywhite.net/collections/...
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You Aced it! Thank you for voting for @playbalatro.com
in the Golden Joystick Awards 2024!
Balatro is coming home with 2 awards!
Best Indie Game & Breakthrough Award 🏆
Time for us to shuffle off, and get ready the Game Awards next month...
in the Golden Joystick Awards 2024!
Balatro is coming home with 2 awards!
Best Indie Game & Breakthrough Award 🏆
Time for us to shuffle off, and get ready the Game Awards next month...
November 21, 2024 at 6:49 PM
You Aced it! Thank you for voting for @playbalatro.com
in the Golden Joystick Awards 2024!
Balatro is coming home with 2 awards!
Best Indie Game & Breakthrough Award 🏆
Time for us to shuffle off, and get ready the Game Awards next month...
in the Golden Joystick Awards 2024!
Balatro is coming home with 2 awards!
Best Indie Game & Breakthrough Award 🏆
Time for us to shuffle off, and get ready the Game Awards next month...
Reposted by Colin Loretz
Reposted by Colin Loretz
This place is quickly becoming the art community I hoped it would be. I hope it just continues to grow and grow.
November 18, 2024 at 12:17 PM
This place is quickly becoming the art community I hoped it would be. I hope it just continues to grow and grow.
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bluesky links have special embeds on discord now
(linked thread, which is cool: bsky.app/profile/rere...)
(linked thread, which is cool: bsky.app/profile/rere...)
November 19, 2024 at 6:00 PM
bluesky links have special embeds on discord now
(linked thread, which is cool: bsky.app/profile/rere...)
(linked thread, which is cool: bsky.app/profile/rere...)