i have my own personal website which i customized to my own liking (catppuccin theme, walking pet, music player [with animations and iOS-like blur effects], etc.) and even added a tiny blog section, where i usually post, well, anything i'd post on traditional, centralized social media.

i made it so, if something is relevant enough (i.e. it is something i'm actually proud of, or is something with enough quality), it is posted on my site first, and just then reposted to other platforms. i even added a rss feed if anyone wanted.

and last but not least, i optimized it so it loads within less than 512kb (333kb as of writing this, i might add or remove more stuff in the future that might change the total size), and it is fully functional on devices as old as Android 6 (i don't have anything older to test, sorry about that).

seeing games being showcased in Hacker News is both a rare and a nice thing.

they're usually included with some kind of blog/tech demo explaining how they were done, or including a link to the AI model used (if it applies), or some stuff like that; so it was pretty strange for me to see nothing like that.

all that said, the game is fairly simple, the UI and controls are pretty good, and it can be fun for a short time.

this reminds me of "i have no mouth and i must scream". it's incredible, but also very eerie.

i'm sure your react site is fine, but there's a difference between a static site and a site with a blog, music player, custom (lightweight) telemetry. i chose adding as much features as i could fit in that limited space.

I don't see the issue with this. tiktok DMs were made for sharing videos directly to someone, and reacting to those, not as a primary chatting method.

if you think otherwise, I'd like you to explain why is the experience optimized for video sharing, yet the text messages are unoptimized.

I was expecting to encounter the metro UI, so I got a pleasant surprise when I saw the 360's UI.

My friend would see this and scream "six seven!". It's funny seeing his reaction.

TCC is my go-to for keeping builds lean. on windows specifically, you get a functional C compiler in a few hundred KB, whereas the standard alternatives require gigabytes of disk space (that I don't have to spare) and complex environment setups

I really appreciate lightweight software, including websites. I don't need them, but I really, really like them. they have a certain feeling that I can't describe, but it's great.

what I do is: I join discord servers managed by tech/developer youtube content creators. on there you'll find many kinds of people, including experienced developers on basically any topic. and if you don't find anyone interesting, you can just look for and join a different server.