Eidolon
@eidolon.photon.institute
Software Engineer and hobby #GameDev currently working on #RingRacers ( https://kartkrew.org ) and Sonic Robo Blast 2 ( https://srb2.org )
Discord: @eidolon__
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Discord: @eidolon__
Banner and avatar illustration by @awryval.art
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The only legitimate software development methodology:
1. Think very hard about an implementation
2. Don't do anything
1. Think very hard about an implementation
2. Don't do anything
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The only legitimate software development methodology:
1. Think very hard about an implementation
2. Don't do anything
1. Think very hard about an implementation
2. Don't do anything
Hey guys remember that dude on here that repackaged ffmpeg in a proprietary frontend and tried to sell it for like $50 usd or whatever
In case the "devs" being pieces of shit (there's people deep into AI on it btw) wasn't enough, here's some more
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hey guys remember that dude on here that repackaged ffmpeg in a proprietary frontend and tried to sell it for like $50 usd or whatever
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this is canon to me.
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
this is canon to me.
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November 19, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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The Quake 1 axe sound is just the Metal Hit sound from Korg M1, and the signature grenade bounce is in fact the same sound nearly 2 octaves lower.
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Quake 1 axe sound is just the Metal Hit sound from Korg M1, and the signature grenade bounce is in fact the same sound nearly 2 octaves lower.
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as a software engineer, ai coding makes my life measurably worse by polluting the information environment and vastly increasing the scale of incorrect bullshit my peers can and do create that i then have to clean up, or worse, guard against and NOT clean up. it actively makes people around me dumber
I think that may be the core division here: if you are an author or an artist the cons of generative AI very likely outweigh the pros for you
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
as a software engineer, ai coding makes my life measurably worse by polluting the information environment and vastly increasing the scale of incorrect bullshit my peers can and do create that i then have to clean up, or worse, guard against and NOT clean up. it actively makes people around me dumber
unironically feel like this all the time
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
unironically feel like this all the time
I'd love to live in the world where the promise of AI in software dev is actually fulfilled but what we're really seeing is just pressure to increase profits using a technology in inappropriate ways to paper over a more fundamental problem in American business culture.
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I'd love to live in the world where the promise of AI in software dev is actually fulfilled but what we're really seeing is just pressure to increase profits using a technology in inappropriate ways to paper over a more fundamental problem in American business culture.
1. this is not an issue of pros-cons of personal use but active theft and colonizer behavior by LLM builders
2. as a working professional in legacy software, the things claimed to be bleeding edge research esp. agentic AI continue to cause more problems than they solve for me, so not really.
2. as a working professional in legacy software, the things claimed to be bleeding edge research esp. agentic AI continue to cause more problems than they solve for me, so not really.
I think that may be the core division here: if you are an author or an artist the cons of generative AI very likely outweigh the pros for you
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
1. this is not an issue of pros-cons of personal use but active theft and colonizer behavior by LLM builders
2. as a working professional in legacy software, the things claimed to be bleeding edge research esp. agentic AI continue to cause more problems than they solve for me, so not really.
2. as a working professional in legacy software, the things claimed to be bleeding edge research esp. agentic AI continue to cause more problems than they solve for me, so not really.
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www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mo...
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mo...
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
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It’s so cool to have hitched your wagon 20 years ago to an industry that was booming beyond anyone’s expectations and have it turn out to be stripmined and utterly hollowed out by Shareholder Value, and every other industry you could slot into has been, surprise, hollowed out by Shareholder Value
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s so cool to have hitched your wagon 20 years ago to an industry that was booming beyond anyone’s expectations and have it turn out to be stripmined and utterly hollowed out by Shareholder Value, and every other industry you could slot into has been, surprise, hollowed out by Shareholder Value
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
i have never seen a pc part shortage as bad as the current ram shortage good lord
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
i have never seen a pc part shortage as bad as the current ram shortage good lord
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Go a step further: Do not read the opinions of your community. It's creative poison.
Often as game designers we love to make people happy. But if you index too much on making the community, or people in the community, happy, then you're ceding too much of your judgment to them.
Often as game designers we love to make people happy. But if you index too much on making the community, or people in the community, happy, then you're ceding too much of your judgment to them.
One of the producers on Guilty Gear Strive said it was basically impossible to source player feedback on balance changes online because nobody had original opinions and would just parrot what the most popular content creators said and so they had to rely on data and I think about that every day.
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Go a step further: Do not read the opinions of your community. It's creative poison.
Often as game designers we love to make people happy. But if you index too much on making the community, or people in the community, happy, then you're ceding too much of your judgment to them.
Often as game designers we love to make people happy. But if you index too much on making the community, or people in the community, happy, then you're ceding too much of your judgment to them.
getting the pso2 hacking/jp proxy stuff upgraded to rust 2024 and whatnot. oh how I have missed having a sane, uniform toolchain to work in. cargo is a blessing
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
getting the pso2 hacking/jp proxy stuff upgraded to rust 2024 and whatnot. oh how I have missed having a sane, uniform toolchain to work in. cargo is a blessing
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Alright! Let's actually talk about this waterfall thing. It is an amazing showcase of many things that I adore from late 90s/early 2000s graphics.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Alright! Let's actually talk about this waterfall thing. It is an amazing showcase of many things that I adore from late 90s/early 2000s graphics.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
I am replicating this in Blender through mere observation, so some things might not be fully accurate to the mind-boggling effects of the PS1.
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Sonic CD US Metallic Madness is mostly just riffing on top of this sequence preset from Korg Wavestation
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sonic CD US Metallic Madness is mostly just riffing on top of this sequence preset from Korg Wavestation
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took an old tumbler mug full of pecan-flavor coffee to an appointment this morning and got scent-memory recall to driving into university campus late after a near-miss with a tornado and being told it would count against my attendance record
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
took an old tumbler mug full of pecan-flavor coffee to an appointment this morning and got scent-memory recall to driving into university campus late after a near-miss with a tornado and being told it would count against my attendance record
i spy with my little eye
The Back to Black 2026 Games List is OUT!!!
Which runs are you hyped to see??
gdq.gg/btb2026-gameslist
#blackspeedrunning #blackJoy #charity #livestreams
Which runs are you hyped to see??
gdq.gg/btb2026-gameslist
#blackspeedrunning #blackJoy #charity #livestreams
November 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
i spy with my little eye