Barney
@bjmjackon.bsky.social
Data & software person, nature lover. Creator of https://leadr.gg
this is the way:
"Nothing compelling was created by a team meeting expectations"
"most [people] only believe what they have already seen"
"if what you were trying to build was obvious, it would’ve already been done"
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#softwaredevelopment #indiedev #startup
"Nothing compelling was created by a team meeting expectations"
"most [people] only believe what they have already seen"
"if what you were trying to build was obvious, it would’ve already been done"
randsinrepose.com/archives/the...
#softwaredevelopment #indiedev #startup
The Loop
Dream a Bit. Nothing innovative was created by committee. You have to stumble on that odd idea at 3:15a and recognize that you've never seen it before. Maybe no one has seen it. Let it bump around you...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
this is the way:
"Nothing compelling was created by a team meeting expectations"
"most [people] only believe what they have already seen"
"if what you were trying to build was obvious, it would’ve already been done"
randsinrepose.com/archives/the...
#softwaredevelopment #indiedev #startup
"Nothing compelling was created by a team meeting expectations"
"most [people] only believe what they have already seen"
"if what you were trying to build was obvious, it would’ve already been done"
randsinrepose.com/archives/the...
#softwaredevelopment #indiedev #startup
today was a just two enormous refactors. doesn't feel like progress, which is tough, but the app is much better for it. even the best software planning doesn't survive first contact with reality.
#indiedev #softwaredevelopment #startup #gamedev #python
#indiedev #softwaredevelopment #startup #gamedev #python
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
today was a just two enormous refactors. doesn't feel like progress, which is tough, but the app is much better for it. even the best software planning doesn't survive first contact with reality.
#indiedev #softwaredevelopment #startup #gamedev #python
#indiedev #softwaredevelopment #startup #gamedev #python
somehow getting traffic to the projects website and stars on the github repo already despite being deliberately quiet about what I'm building still!? could be profile clickthroughs or random? either way still feels exciting
#indiedev #softwaredevelopment #startup #gamedev
#indiedev #softwaredevelopment #startup #gamedev
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
somehow getting traffic to the projects website and stars on the github repo already despite being deliberately quiet about what I'm building still!? could be profile clickthroughs or random? either way still feels exciting
#indiedev #softwaredevelopment #startup #gamedev
#indiedev #softwaredevelopment #startup #gamedev
found an excuse to write some #rust in the end... made a handy CLI wrapping the API for admin tasks. Itch scratched.
#indiedev #softwaredevelopment
#indiedev #softwaredevelopment
just gave up on writing the whole thing in Rust. turns out the classic new shiny tech isn't the best bet - who knew! cargo is sick, genuinely 10x better than anything in Python, but the crate chaos is real. db is the bottleneck either way. already shipped more in 2 days than entire last 2 weeks.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
found an excuse to write some #rust in the end... made a handy CLI wrapping the API for admin tasks. Itch scratched.
#indiedev #softwaredevelopment
#indiedev #softwaredevelopment
never thought I'd say this, but I'm really getting into DDD right now. combine it with Claude Code + TDD + ~20 years of Python muscle memory = stupid fast velocity. scaffolding in seconds, repeatable patterns and the tests write themselves
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
never thought I'd say this, but I'm really getting into DDD right now. combine it with Claude Code + TDD + ~20 years of Python muscle memory = stupid fast velocity. scaffolding in seconds, repeatable patterns and the tests write themselves
writing an SDK for a game engine I've never used (Unity) is going to be interesting - and in C#. expect plenty of complaining about Java-esque verbosity and Microsoft tooling. at least the unity docs are decent, and stackoverflow is absolutely loaded with answers from 2019 that mostly still work
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
writing an SDK for a game engine I've never used (Unity) is going to be interesting - and in C#. expect plenty of complaining about Java-esque verbosity and Microsoft tooling. at least the unity docs are decent, and stackoverflow is absolutely loaded with answers from 2019 that mostly still work
just gave up on writing the whole thing in Rust. turns out the classic new shiny tech isn't the best bet - who knew! cargo is sick, genuinely 10x better than anything in Python, but the crate chaos is real. db is the bottleneck either way. already shipped more in 2 days than entire last 2 weeks.
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
just gave up on writing the whole thing in Rust. turns out the classic new shiny tech isn't the best bet - who knew! cargo is sick, genuinely 10x better than anything in Python, but the crate chaos is real. db is the bottleneck either way. already shipped more in 2 days than entire last 2 weeks.