Jonathan Romano
@luxaritas.com
Software development and creative endeavors. Currently working at the crossroads of biotech, games, and crowdsourcing @frameshifter.org @eternagame.org
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Jonathan Romano
@luxaritas.com
· Nov 22
Oh hi bunch of new followers who found me somehow 😄 Quiet for the moment due to life, but hopefully soon you can expect some thoughts here on software, art, music, design, community, collaborative and hybrid intelligence, games and game development, open source, citizen science, etc!
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It’s only networking if it comes from the LinkedIn region of France, otherwise it’s just sparkling friendship
December 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It’s only networking if it comes from the LinkedIn region of France, otherwise it’s just sparkling friendship
Man, what a fun way to spend Christmas, curled up doing a score study of John Powell’s score for HTTYD with a fresh copy of the book from Omni and the deluxe soundtrack on play. Really gives me a deeper appreciation for this fantastic score
December 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Man, what a fun way to spend Christmas, curled up doing a score study of John Powell’s score for HTTYD with a fresh copy of the book from Omni and the deluxe soundtrack on play. Really gives me a deeper appreciation for this fantastic score
Huh! This is neat
Made some progress in my hobby project 🎄
Moving single executable application building into Node.js core for better UX/DX, currently works on macOS and Linux and open for feedback!
(No Windows yet because I don't take another laptop with me on vacation 😅) github.com/nodejs/node/...
Moving single executable application building into Node.js core for better UX/DX, currently works on macOS and Linux and open for feedback!
(No Windows yet because I don't take another laptop with me on vacation 😅) github.com/nodejs/node/...
[WIP] sea: generate single executable directly with Node.js binary by joyeecheung · Pull Request #61167 · nodejs/node
This is not yet ready for full review, as it lacks more documentation and tests. I've only tested this on macOS and Linux. For now, consider this as a POC for more feedback, especially the name...
github.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Huh! This is neat
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I wrote an article about dialogue choice as part of a narrative designer’s toolkit *aside* from branching, instead considering how choice can invite us to *perform* a character.
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
We're just over the moon to be sharing this with you: the one and only @hannahnicklin.bsky.social on South of the Circle and how developers use in-game choices to give players space in which to perform the story.
www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/per...
www.gamerswithglasses.com/features/per...
Performing Peter: South of the Circle and Fuzzy Choice — Gamers with Glasses
How do game designers make player choices feel meaningful? Hannah Nicklin, author of Writing for Games: Theory and Practice , describes here how the act of choosing allows players to perform a charac...
www.gamerswithglasses.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I wrote an article about dialogue choice as part of a narrative designer’s toolkit *aside* from branching, instead considering how choice can invite us to *perform* a character.
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!
I learned about Brian Eno’s “airport music” when I was in college. Just came across this cool overview by @arbitersofsound.bsky.social of a different but related device in Japan for train arrivals and departures: youtu.be/-KxQIEhsFQk?...
The fascinating world of Japanese train melodies
YouTube video by Mixed Signals
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I learned about Brian Eno’s “airport music” when I was in college. Just came across this cool overview by @arbitersofsound.bsky.social of a different but related device in Japan for train arrivals and departures: youtu.be/-KxQIEhsFQk?...
This is huge. I’ve tried doing type performance analysis before, and it was pretty arcane. This is a big step forward and will be super helpful for improving DX. Also, it’s just straight up cool.
⚔️introducing TypeSlayer⚔️ A #typescript type performance benchmarking and analysis tool. A summation of everything learned from the benchmarking required to make the Doom project happen.
It's got MCP support, Perfetto, Speedscope, Treemap, duplicate package detection, and more.
It's got MCP support, Perfetto, Speedscope, Treemap, duplicate package detection, and more.
December 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is huge. I’ve tried doing type performance analysis before, and it was pretty arcane. This is a big step forward and will be super helpful for improving DX. Also, it’s just straight up cool.
Look I know this is old but this is too funny not to share now that I’ve seen it. I love this.
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Look I know this is old but this is too funny not to share now that I’ve seen it. I love this.
Huge news for accelerated graphics and compute in the browser!
Mozilla, Microsoft, Google, Intel, Apple all came together to celebrate this great milestone:
WebGPU is now supported in major browsers!
Check out our post.
WebGPU is now supported in major browsers!
Check out our post.
WebGPU is now supported in major browsers | Blog | web.dev
Read about the biggest web graphics launch since WebGL. WebGPU is supported across major browsers, bringing unparalleled performance to the web.
web.dev
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Huge news for accelerated graphics and compute in the browser!
!!! Steinberg open sourced VST3, under MIT. This is very good and exciting news forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-3-8-0-...
VST 3.8.0 SDK Released
VST 3.8 SDK Released Dear VST Developers, Steinberg Media Technologies today releases the VST SDK 3.8 Here’s a brief overview of changes: Version 3.8.0 (2025/10/20) New licensing model for VST ...
forums.steinberg.net
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
!!! Steinberg open sourced VST3, under MIT. This is very good and exciting news forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-3-8-0-...
This is awesome. Every time I touch a regular expression I’ve thought of how nice this would be😄
📢Introducing ArkRegex📢
a drop in replacement for new RegExp() with types ⬇️
a drop in replacement for new RegExp() with types ⬇️
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This is awesome. Every time I touch a regular expression I’ve thought of how nice this would be😄
This idea of trying to simulate a thematic concept rather than just treating it as aesthetics closely mirrors a comment I’ve heard and made multiple times in serious games: make the thing you’re applying games/play to *the game itself*.
Take that game idea in the back of your head -- how could it communicate its core idea through mechanics and systems, before aesthetics and narrative?
@raphkoster.bsky.social on the difference between thematic experimentation vs mechanical experimentation.
@raphkoster.bsky.social on the difference between thematic experimentation vs mechanical experimentation.
October 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This idea of trying to simulate a thematic concept rather than just treating it as aesthetics closely mirrors a comment I’ve heard and made multiple times in serious games: make the thing you’re applying games/play to *the game itself*.
@protopro.blue Having fun poking at the app since being approved. :) Couple suggestions:
* Newlines in description fields
* Social icon for ORCID
* Sections for projects, awards, volunteering, and publications
Looking forward to seeing y'all develop!
* Newlines in description fields
* Social icon for ORCID
* Sections for projects, awards, volunteering, and publications
Looking forward to seeing y'all develop!
October 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
@protopro.blue Having fun poking at the app since being approved. :) Couple suggestions:
* Newlines in description fields
* Social icon for ORCID
* Sections for projects, awards, volunteering, and publications
Looking forward to seeing y'all develop!
* Newlines in description fields
* Social icon for ORCID
* Sections for projects, awards, volunteering, and publications
Looking forward to seeing y'all develop!
Finally got to watch this last night, and I was so impressed. Big congrats to @djaxx.bsky.social and the others who contributed. This was a joy and a privilege to view.
September 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Finally got to watch this last night, and I was so impressed. Big congrats to @djaxx.bsky.social and the others who contributed. This was a joy and a privilege to view.
Seeing Sonic Pi pop up in a come of posts has me thinking about multi-modal interfaces again. What if a DAW let you seamlessly switch to a text-based editing paradigm (akin to changing between staff and piano roll)? Are there edits that would be easier to make/represent?
August 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Seeing Sonic Pi pop up in a come of posts has me thinking about multi-modal interfaces again. What if a DAW let you seamlessly switch to a text-based editing paradigm (akin to changing between staff and piano roll)? Are there edits that would be easier to make/represent?
I take this and raise you: Sid Meier’s Introduction to Algorithms, 4th edition
Ruin any book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title
Tom Clancy's Introduction to Algorithms, 4th edition
Tom Clancy's Introduction to Algorithms, 4th edition
Ruin any book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title
Tom Clancy's Necronomicon
Tom Clancy's Necronomicon
August 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I take this and raise you: Sid Meier’s Introduction to Algorithms, 4th edition
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I was surprised by how good this feed is. Moving right to the top of my feed list
Welcome to the ✨For You✨ feed!
It finds people who liked the same posts as you, and shows you what else they've liked recently.
📌 Pin to add it to your top bar
❤️ Like the feed and repost to spread the goodness
It finds people who liked the same posts as you, and shows you what else they've liked recently.
📌 Pin to add it to your top bar
❤️ Like the feed and repost to spread the goodness
August 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I was surprised by how good this feed is. Moving right to the top of my feed list
Barbara Chamberlin on developing VR experiences for Diatetic training #seriousplay25
HoloLens experience was great for perceptorships during the pandemic when medical students couldn’t be in person with patients
Developing a taxonomy of action for VR
HoloLens experience was great for perceptorships during the pandemic when medical students couldn’t be in person with patients
Developing a taxonomy of action for VR
August 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Barbara Chamberlin on developing VR experiences for Diatetic training #seriousplay25
HoloLens experience was great for perceptorships during the pandemic when medical students couldn’t be in person with patients
Developing a taxonomy of action for VR
HoloLens experience was great for perceptorships during the pandemic when medical students couldn’t be in person with patients
Developing a taxonomy of action for VR
A compelling project presented by Shaun Foster of a VR experience allowing you to try out usage of a 19th century printing press. Love how this allows for experiencing something normally out of reach (unlikely you’d have access to try out a tool like this in depth IRL!). #seriousplay25
August 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A compelling project presented by Shaun Foster of a VR experience allowing you to try out usage of a 19th century printing press. Love how this allows for experiencing something normally out of reach (unlikely you’d have access to try out a tool like this in depth IRL!). #seriousplay25
#seriousplay25 day 2 keynote with @stephenreidedu.bsky.social - “Play Matters”. Lovely, funny, inspiring talk - assuming the recording gets posted, definitely give it a watch. Won’t do it justice here
Listing all the roles he’s taken in games - “I have not done any of those things - but I have”
Listing all the roles he’s taken in games - “I have not done any of those things - but I have”
August 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#seriousplay25 day 2 keynote with @stephenreidedu.bsky.social - “Play Matters”. Lovely, funny, inspiring talk - assuming the recording gets posted, definitely give it a watch. Won’t do it justice here
Listing all the roles he’s taken in games - “I have not done any of those things - but I have”
Listing all the roles he’s taken in games - “I have not done any of those things - but I have”
Discussion after Drew Davidson’s #seriousplay25 talk on collected stories in the field of play: In difficult times, play is hard, but powerful in how it helps us survive, connect, and see a path forward.
August 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Discussion after Drew Davidson’s #seriousplay25 talk on collected stories in the field of play: In difficult times, play is hard, but powerful in how it helps us survive, connect, and see a path forward.
#seriousplay25 day 1 keynote from Michelle King. Many wonderful thoughts, just a few of which:
- How words and language are powerful tools for sensemaking and connection
- How context and location affect our understanding and perspectives
- How words and language are powerful tools for sensemaking and connection
- How context and location affect our understanding and perspectives
August 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#seriousplay25 day 1 keynote from Michelle King. Many wonderful thoughts, just a few of which:
- How words and language are powerful tools for sensemaking and connection
- How context and location affect our understanding and perspectives
- How words and language are powerful tools for sensemaking and connection
- How context and location affect our understanding and perspectives
Recently discovered MySQL 9.4 supports WASM libraries. WASM everywhere, yes pleeeease! Performance + interop is awesome.
August 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Recently discovered MySQL 9.4 supports WASM libraries. WASM everywhere, yes pleeeease! Performance + interop is awesome.
Looking forward to speaking at the Serious Play Conference in just a couple weeks!
Coming fresh off the tails of announcing @frameshifter.org and grounded in what we've done @eternagame.org, I'll be discussing why #play and scientific discovery games are a powerful tool in the current moment (1/2)
Coming fresh off the tails of announcing @frameshifter.org and grounded in what we've done @eternagame.org, I'll be discussing why #play and scientific discovery games are a powerful tool in the current moment (1/2)
July 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Looking forward to speaking at the Serious Play Conference in just a couple weeks!
Coming fresh off the tails of announcing @frameshifter.org and grounded in what we've done @eternagame.org, I'll be discussing why #play and scientific discovery games are a powerful tool in the current moment (1/2)
Coming fresh off the tails of announcing @frameshifter.org and grounded in what we've done @eternagame.org, I'll be discussing why #play and scientific discovery games are a powerful tool in the current moment (1/2)
Today I get to formally announce that I have co-founded and will act as founding director of a new nonprofit organization, @frameshifter.org.
Introducing: Frameshifter, a new nonprofit program (fiscally sponsored by @superbloom.design ) accelerating discoveries and inclusion in science through public engagement in research.
July 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Today I get to formally announce that I have co-founded and will act as founding director of a new nonprofit organization, @frameshifter.org.