Post #2518561

2026-04-22 09:42 UTC

The extent to which slop has permeated everything tech-related has made a domain that is both my profession and hobby pretty unbearable for a while now. I felt like I was reclaiming some space for myself by figuring out effective ways to detect, ban, or poison scrapers that requested resources from my server, but that too became unrewarding after a while. I still believe that it's important to resist these technologies, but I'd prefer to direct my energy towards rather than against something. So, a few weeks ago I started playing with the godot game engine, experimenting with small projects and gradually progressing towards some more ambitious game ideas that I've had in my head for many years. I don't have too much to show for it just yet, but the whole process has greatly improved my mental health, which is something.

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@tante@tldr.nettime.org 2026-04-22 09:46

@ansuz@gts.cryptography.dog I love that you share this. Because I think one important antidote is to motivate people to actually do things for fun again. With their own hands and brains and hearts. And talk about how rewarding that is.

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@bovaz@misskey.social 2026-04-22 09:49

@ansuz@gts.cryptography.dog I've been in a similar headspace lately. I'm looking a either love2d or defold, because my previous forays into godot left me feeling like I was fighting against its assumptions to get my ideas out.

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@torb@hachyderm.io 2026-04-22 11:27

@ansuz@gts.cryptography.dog Cool project. So happy to see peope having fun with coding (esp. these days). I’m doing something similar ish by creating a bespoke static site generator in Swift by hand. It’s a lot of fun, lot’s of opportunities to make it juust the way you want and make interesting technical choices (and since it’s a personal bespoke project they can be very subjective!). So making a bespoke static site generator in a language you like or are curious about can also be a fun kind of project.

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@luxas@social.gnieh.org 2026-04-22 16:01

@ansuz@gts.cryptography.dog I can relate so much to that. I am going through a similar process of redirecting energy to building something, also in the video game area, but with the #bevy game engine! And that's helping me a lot as well. Looking forward seeing what comes out of your ideas!

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