Zach
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Zach
@determinism.dev
Software engineer @eleventhhour.games, metalhead, Padres fan, generative AI hater.

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With fear of sparking *that* discussion again, it can't be ignored that we're creating more code than we can reasonably review and feel confident in. The modern use of "software engineer" is an affront to actual engineering and the pursuit of quality.

(from cvedb.github.io/years.html)
January 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Some hasty projections: with 100 machines (each hosting a single game server process, I'm assuming 6 players/game server) + 200 machines for services (authentication, matchmaking, etc) + 100 TB MySQL database, I'm getting $35k month
July 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I would've made a different line of argumentation personally but ok
June 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Is there a named law for when a layperson makes an assertion about law, and a court inevitably rules against that assertion within a week? I feel like this happens to me every time I dare to interpret legal writings
June 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
my current squad (not pictured: broav)
June 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Pet 2, baby chinchompa (my favorite pet!) #osrs
June 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Probably my favorite exchange with ChatGPT, for an article I'm writing disparaging ChatGPT and other generative AI.
June 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
March 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Made some good strides in the "believability" of a match...except now the sport based on dodgeball has it's combatants more interested in hand-to-hand combatant than throwing the very cool exploding dodgeballs. #gamedev
February 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
First full day with Ubuntu as my OS (coming from Windows) and I'm really loving the @warp.dev + neovim workflow. Excited to get things customized further in the coming weeks. #gamedev
November 22, 2024 at 2:38 AM