PikaDude
@pikadude.bsky.social
he/him software developer, PikaDude01 on Twitter
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PikaDude
@pikadude.bsky.social
· Oct 19
manually going through all 1,100 people i follow on twitter to find them on here, a lot of them seem to just post a screenshot of their bluesky profile which means that this is the only way for me to do it 🙃
apparently I was 1 click away from enabling sponsors on GitHub
I know I haven't done anything notable recently, but if you like my work or still use my stuff, supporting me will help keep my projects online ❤️ it *may* also motivate new updates lol
github.com/sponsors/Pik...
I know I haven't done anything notable recently, but if you like my work or still use my stuff, supporting me will help keep my projects online ❤️ it *may* also motivate new updates lol
github.com/sponsors/Pik...
Sponsor @PikaDude on GitHub Sponsors
Support PikaDude's work
github.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
apparently I was 1 click away from enabling sponsors on GitHub
I know I haven't done anything notable recently, but if you like my work or still use my stuff, supporting me will help keep my projects online ❤️ it *may* also motivate new updates lol
github.com/sponsors/Pik...
I know I haven't done anything notable recently, but if you like my work or still use my stuff, supporting me will help keep my projects online ❤️ it *may* also motivate new updates lol
github.com/sponsors/Pik...
"FFmpeg was configured in Preferences and successfully loaded before, but this time Audacity failed to load it at startup."
October 25, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"FFmpeg was configured in Preferences and successfully loaded before, but this time Audacity failed to load it at startup."
normalize having log files that don't log anything useful
October 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
normalize having log files that don't log anything useful
if you're a dev who builds software, please don't totally disregard Windows support, especially when building it in CI means "it works"
I shouldn't need to explain that Windows dominating 70% of PCs should outweigh your bias - some of us want to make software that's usable by the larger market
I shouldn't need to explain that Windows dominating 70% of PCs should outweigh your bias - some of us want to make software that's usable by the larger market
September 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
if you're a dev who builds software, please don't totally disregard Windows support, especially when building it in CI means "it works"
I shouldn't need to explain that Windows dominating 70% of PCs should outweigh your bias - some of us want to make software that's usable by the larger market
I shouldn't need to explain that Windows dominating 70% of PCs should outweigh your bias - some of us want to make software that's usable by the larger market
been using Kagi for like a month now. maybe there's a chance
we live in an era where I have mould on the back of my desk and the entire internet can't agree on how to effectively remove it.
I fucking hate ai and I fucking hate google
I fucking hate ai and I fucking hate google
August 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
been using Kagi for like a month now. maybe there's a chance
we live in an era where I have mould on the back of my desk and the entire internet can't agree on how to effectively remove it.
I fucking hate ai and I fucking hate google
I fucking hate ai and I fucking hate google
June 17, 2025 at 5:38 AM
we live in an era where I have mould on the back of my desk and the entire internet can't agree on how to effectively remove it.
I fucking hate ai and I fucking hate google
I fucking hate ai and I fucking hate google
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It can be frustrating when you give them a name as simple as "David", but they still misspell it.
May 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It can be frustrating when you give them a name as simple as "David", but they still misspell it.
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Bluetooth troubleshooting
May 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Bluetooth troubleshooting
anyone know of a good alternative to VLC media player? it's been getting worse and worse to use and i'm honestly kind of sick of it
May 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
anyone know of a good alternative to VLC media player? it's been getting worse and worse to use and i'm honestly kind of sick of it
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
today's shoutout goes to nuxt content which has the capability to send an entire wasm copy of sqlite3 (nearly 1mb) to clients in order to display a markdown file.
April 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
today's shoutout goes to nuxt content which has the capability to send an entire wasm copy of sqlite3 (nearly 1mb) to clients in order to display a markdown file.
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We're listening to your feedback and updating the character count for posts on Bluesky.
Posts can now be 299 characters long!
Posts can now be 299 characters long!
New Character Limit Now Available! - Bluesky
You asked, we listened.
bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We're listening to your feedback and updating the character count for posts on Bluesky.
Posts can now be 299 characters long!
Posts can now be 299 characters long!
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Here is a blog post describing what I had to go through to port Discord Messenger to Windows NT 3.1!
iprogramincpp.com/blog/posts/2...
iprogramincpp.com/blog/posts/2...
Using Discord on Windows NT 3.1
This article talks about Discord Messenger and how it was ported to Windows NT 3.1. This took a lot more time and effort than I expected.
iprogramincpp.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Here is a blog post describing what I had to go through to port Discord Messenger to Windows NT 3.1!
iprogramincpp.com/blog/posts/2...
iprogramincpp.com/blog/posts/2...
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Around the block again in Chicago.
March 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Around the block again in Chicago.
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Remember what I said about how Twitter is useless for self-promotion even if you have a big following there?
There's data showing BlueSky, even with smaller user numbers, generates way more referrals than Twitter purely because it doesn't suppress links.
Stop saying you need Twitter for promotion.
There's data showing BlueSky, even with smaller user numbers, generates way more referrals than Twitter purely because it doesn't suppress links.
Stop saying you need Twitter for promotion.
Bluesky makes it easier for publishers to track referrals
Bluesky makes it easier for publishers to track referrals
Social network Bluesky, an open source X rival, has made a change that will allow publishers to better track the referral traffic originating from posts on its platform. According to a comment from Bluesky employee Emily Liu, the company is now sending…
tcrn.ch
March 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Remember what I said about how Twitter is useless for self-promotion even if you have a big following there?
There's data showing BlueSky, even with smaller user numbers, generates way more referrals than Twitter purely because it doesn't suppress links.
Stop saying you need Twitter for promotion.
There's data showing BlueSky, even with smaller user numbers, generates way more referrals than Twitter purely because it doesn't suppress links.
Stop saying you need Twitter for promotion.
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“Similarweb noted that Bluesky generated 38.6 million outgoing visits in November 2024, spread across a variety of news websites, while Threads generated 24.5 million referrals. However, the firm pointed out that 42% of Threads’ traffic was directing users to Instagram, not publishers’ websites.”
Bluesky makes it easier for publishers to track referrals
Bluesky makes it easier for publishers to track referrals
Social network Bluesky, an open source X rival, has made a change that will allow publishers to better track the referral traffic originating from posts on its platform. According to a comment from Bluesky employee Emily Liu, the company is now sending…
tcrn.ch
March 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“Similarweb noted that Bluesky generated 38.6 million outgoing visits in November 2024, spread across a variety of news websites, while Threads generated 24.5 million referrals. However, the firm pointed out that 42% of Threads’ traffic was directing users to Instagram, not publishers’ websites.”
"how do computers work?"
average user: "it's magic"
level 50 developer: "registers, assembly/machine code, buses, microprocessors, coprocessors, spi, caches, etc"
level 100 developer: "it's magic"
average user: "it's magic"
level 50 developer: "registers, assembly/machine code, buses, microprocessors, coprocessors, spi, caches, etc"
level 100 developer: "it's magic"
March 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"how do computers work?"
average user: "it's magic"
level 50 developer: "registers, assembly/machine code, buses, microprocessors, coprocessors, spi, caches, etc"
level 100 developer: "it's magic"
average user: "it's magic"
level 50 developer: "registers, assembly/machine code, buses, microprocessors, coprocessors, spi, caches, etc"
level 100 developer: "it's magic"
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The reason Civ 7 sucks is because they didn't have Luigi around to fix it
March 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The reason Civ 7 sucks is because they didn't have Luigi around to fix it
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I thought I was being smart by using a comb to scratch an itch on my scalp but now it's bleeding smh
March 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I thought I was being smart by using a comb to scratch an itch on my scalp but now it's bleeding smh