Why this game UI is rebuilt every frame
For his Odin game, ThePrimeagen moves from retained UI to rebuilding a small interface every frame. The complexity does not vanish. It moves into places he finds easier to reason about.
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His server is now an Android phone
A CMF Phone 1 replaced seg6's personal VPS. The useful detail is that the project got better when Android kept responsibility for the hardware and Linux moved on top.
A Logitech mouse can keep its settings without an account or cloud
OpenLogi talks HID++ directly, keeps settings in a TOML file and works without an account. A small open-source replacement that makes local-first unusually concrete.
The memory squeeze is already reshaping affordable computers
The €699 MacBook Neo arrives during a sharp rise in DRAM prices. The interesting part is less the laptop itself than how vertical integration changes the available tradeoffs.
His father's wheelchair now has four legs and wheels
Jake Laser mounted a seat on an industrial quadruped for his father. The prototype is shaky, spectacular and useful mainly for what it makes newly hackable.
Codeberg does not want to become vibe coding's landfill
Codeberg is not banning AI. The forge is asking a more practical question: who pays for masses of generated code that nobody plans to maintain?
He designed a home around the actions that stay simple
To support his mother with early-onset Alzheimer’s, Benjamin Code pushes complexity away from her interfaces: keep the front simple and absorb failure behind it.