Martin Piliar
@piliar.me
🎮 Senior Unity Developer at ChargedMonkey
🍪 Ex co-founder of Mad Cookies Studio
😅 Somehow became the funny guy at standups
🖊️ Portfolio → piliar.me
🍪 Ex co-founder of Mad Cookies Studio
😅 Somehow became the funny guy at standups
🖊️ Portfolio → piliar.me
How do you prevent your Figma files from turning into a complete mess? 🤔
This is the page structure I'm currently using to keep our B2C, B2B, and shared components organized. It works, but I'm always looking for a better way.
This is the page structure I'm currently using to keep our B2C, B2B, and shared components organized. It works, but I'm always looking for a better way.
August 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
How do you prevent your Figma files from turning into a complete mess? 🤔
This is the page structure I'm currently using to keep our B2C, B2B, and shared components organized. It works, but I'm always looking for a better way.
This is the page structure I'm currently using to keep our B2C, B2B, and shared components organized. It works, but I'm always looking for a better way.
Reposted by Martin Piliar
🚨 HeistGeist releases on Nintendo Switch tomorrow! 🚨
A story-focused cyberpunk RPG about the fallout of that one last heist gone terribly wrong.
And you can even grab it with a pre-order/launch discount!
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
#indiegames
A story-focused cyberpunk RPG about the fallout of that one last heist gone terribly wrong.
And you can even grab it with a pre-order/launch discount!
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
#indiegames
August 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🚨 HeistGeist releases on Nintendo Switch tomorrow! 🚨
A story-focused cyberpunk RPG about the fallout of that one last heist gone terribly wrong.
And you can even grab it with a pre-order/launch discount!
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
#indiegames
A story-focused cyberpunk RPG about the fallout of that one last heist gone terribly wrong.
And you can even grab it with a pre-order/launch discount!
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
#indiegames
On Bluesky: 1000 followers = cool
On GitHub: 1 follower = demigod status
Do the math.
On GitHub: 1 follower = demigod status
Do the math.
August 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
On Bluesky: 1000 followers = cool
On GitHub: 1 follower = demigod status
Do the math.
On GitHub: 1 follower = demigod status
Do the math.
My most reliable debugging tool is still console.log('here'). Followed by console.log('here2'). It feels dumb, but it works almost every time.
No notes.
No notes.
August 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My most reliable debugging tool is still console.log('here'). Followed by console.log('here2'). It feels dumb, but it works almost every time.
No notes.
No notes.
Reposted by Martin Piliar
From our post-mortem presentation:
Everything is a remix. Originality is overrated.
Everything is a remix. Originality is overrated.
August 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
From our post-mortem presentation:
Everything is a remix. Originality is overrated.
Everything is a remix. Originality is overrated.
What’s one “2-minute” habit that genuinely changed your week?
August 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
What’s one “2-minute” habit that genuinely changed your week?
Reposted by Martin Piliar
HeistGeist - the narrative cyberpunk RPG about thieves and friendship is coming to Nintendo Swith on August 21, 2025!
⚔️ Fight with cards
💻 Hack the grid
💰👤 Steal from corporations
🎮 Play on Switch
If you could help spread the word, we'd be forever grateful!💜
#indiegames #nindies
⚔️ Fight with cards
💻 Hack the grid
💰👤 Steal from corporations
🎮 Play on Switch
If you could help spread the word, we'd be forever grateful!💜
#indiegames #nindies
August 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
HeistGeist - the narrative cyberpunk RPG about thieves and friendship is coming to Nintendo Swith on August 21, 2025!
⚔️ Fight with cards
💻 Hack the grid
💰👤 Steal from corporations
🎮 Play on Switch
If you could help spread the word, we'd be forever grateful!💜
#indiegames #nindies
⚔️ Fight with cards
💻 Hack the grid
💰👤 Steal from corporations
🎮 Play on Switch
If you could help spread the word, we'd be forever grateful!💜
#indiegames #nindies
My simple rule for choosing new tech:
Don't pick what's "cool." Pick the tool you know best so you can ship twice as fast. Velocity is your most valuable asset in the beginning.
Don't pick what's "cool." Pick the tool you know best so you can ship twice as fast. Velocity is your most valuable asset in the beginning.
August 3, 2025 at 5:39 AM
My simple rule for choosing new tech:
Don't pick what's "cool." Pick the tool you know best so you can ship twice as fast. Velocity is your most valuable asset in the beginning.
Don't pick what's "cool." Pick the tool you know best so you can ship twice as fast. Velocity is your most valuable asset in the beginning.
The eternal builder's dilemma: Build it fast or build it right?
Choosing speed isn't lazy. It's taking on "technical debt" as a strategic choice to get feedback faster.
It’s a calculated risk.
How do you decide when it's worth it?
Choosing speed isn't lazy. It's taking on "technical debt" as a strategic choice to get feedback faster.
It’s a calculated risk.
How do you decide when it's worth it?
August 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The eternal builder's dilemma: Build it fast or build it right?
Choosing speed isn't lazy. It's taking on "technical debt" as a strategic choice to get feedback faster.
It’s a calculated risk.
How do you decide when it's worth it?
Choosing speed isn't lazy. It's taking on "technical debt" as a strategic choice to get feedback faster.
It’s a calculated risk.
How do you decide when it's worth it?
PART 1
Ever wondered why some of your .NET code feels sluggish, especially when processing text or handling large amounts of data? 🤔
The culprit is often hidden in plain sight: memory allocations.
Ever wondered why some of your .NET code feels sluggish, especially when processing text or handling large amounts of data? 🤔
The culprit is often hidden in plain sight: memory allocations.
July 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
PART 1
Ever wondered why some of your .NET code feels sluggish, especially when processing text or handling large amounts of data? 🤔
The culprit is often hidden in plain sight: memory allocations.
Ever wondered why some of your .NET code feels sluggish, especially when processing text or handling large amounts of data? 🤔
The culprit is often hidden in plain sight: memory allocations.
Side project stages:
1. This will change everything
2. This is harder than I thought
3. Maybe I should just contribute to open source
4. Actually, this is kind of fun
5. Wait, people want this?
Currently, somewhere between 4 and 5 🤞
1. This will change everything
2. This is harder than I thought
3. Maybe I should just contribute to open source
4. Actually, this is kind of fun
5. Wait, people want this?
Currently, somewhere between 4 and 5 🤞
July 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Side project stages:
1. This will change everything
2. This is harder than I thought
3. Maybe I should just contribute to open source
4. Actually, this is kind of fun
5. Wait, people want this?
Currently, somewhere between 4 and 5 🤞
1. This will change everything
2. This is harder than I thought
3. Maybe I should just contribute to open source
4. Actually, this is kind of fun
5. Wait, people want this?
Currently, somewhere between 4 and 5 🤞
Stopped organizing React Native by technical layers (components/, services/, utils/) and started organizing by features (auth/, profile/, posts/)
Everything related to one feature lives in one folder.
Game changer for maintainability 🔥
Full guide in thread 👇
Everything related to one feature lives in one folder.
Game changer for maintainability 🔥
Full guide in thread 👇
July 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Stopped organizing React Native by technical layers (components/, services/, utils/) and started organizing by features (auth/, profile/, posts/)
Everything related to one feature lives in one folder.
Game changer for maintainability 🔥
Full guide in thread 👇
Everything related to one feature lives in one folder.
Game changer for maintainability 🔥
Full guide in thread 👇
Ever get that blank stare during standup when someone asks what you worked on yesterday? 👀
I built a smart Obsidian template to solve this. Just released it on GitHub!
I wrote a detailed blog post about why and how I built it: piliar.me/blog/smart-d...
I built a smart Obsidian template to solve this. Just released it on GitHub!
I wrote a detailed blog post about why and how I built it: piliar.me/blog/smart-d...
February 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Ever get that blank stare during standup when someone asks what you worked on yesterday? 👀
I built a smart Obsidian template to solve this. Just released it on GitHub!
I wrote a detailed blog post about why and how I built it: piliar.me/blog/smart-d...
I built a smart Obsidian template to solve this. Just released it on GitHub!
I wrote a detailed blog post about why and how I built it: piliar.me/blog/smart-d...
Working with React Native on Windows?
Those path length limitations in monorepos can be tricky 🤔
Just published a guide on how to fix it with symlinks (saved me hours of debugging!)
piliar.me/blog/taming-...
PS: Using this in a new project - more soon 👀
Those path length limitations in monorepos can be tricky 🤔
Just published a guide on how to fix it with symlinks (saved me hours of debugging!)
piliar.me/blog/taming-...
PS: Using this in a new project - more soon 👀
February 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Working with React Native on Windows?
Those path length limitations in monorepos can be tricky 🤔
Just published a guide on how to fix it with symlinks (saved me hours of debugging!)
piliar.me/blog/taming-...
PS: Using this in a new project - more soon 👀
Those path length limitations in monorepos can be tricky 🤔
Just published a guide on how to fix it with symlinks (saved me hours of debugging!)
piliar.me/blog/taming-...
PS: Using this in a new project - more soon 👀
Reposted by Martin Piliar
HeistGeist, the cyberpunk RPG set in a futuristic version of our hometown, launched on Steam three months ago today. It still feels surreal that our small team managed to pull this off the way we did. Thanks to everyone who played the game!
If you haven't yet: s.team/a/1982940
#indiegame #indiedev
If you haven't yet: s.team/a/1982940
#indiegame #indiedev
February 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
HeistGeist, the cyberpunk RPG set in a futuristic version of our hometown, launched on Steam three months ago today. It still feels surreal that our small team managed to pull this off the way we did. Thanks to everyone who played the game!
If you haven't yet: s.team/a/1982940
#indiegame #indiedev
If you haven't yet: s.team/a/1982940
#indiegame #indiedev
It's been almost a day since Reanimated 4 beta dropped. Where are all the super early adopters with their fancy animations??? 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8et...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8et...
Announcing React Native Reanimated 4
YouTube video by Software Mansion
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It's been almost a day since Reanimated 4 beta dropped. Where are all the super early adopters with their fancy animations??? 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8et...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8et...
Decided it's time to cleanse my podcast feed of political hot takes.
Need some solid tech/dev/design podcasts in my life instead. Any recommendations?
Already listening to @syntax.fm, but that’s about it.
Need some solid tech/dev/design podcasts in my life instead. Any recommendations?
Already listening to @syntax.fm, but that’s about it.
January 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Decided it's time to cleanse my podcast feed of political hot takes.
Need some solid tech/dev/design podcasts in my life instead. Any recommendations?
Already listening to @syntax.fm, but that’s about it.
Need some solid tech/dev/design podcasts in my life instead. Any recommendations?
Already listening to @syntax.fm, but that’s about it.
2 years of owning a Kindle and I JUST discovered they have an app that syncs your books and progress 🤦♂️
So you're telling me I can just whip out my phone anywhere and continue with my book? Jeez, going to smash my Goodreads challenge this year.
So you're telling me I can just whip out my phone anywhere and continue with my book? Jeez, going to smash my Goodreads challenge this year.
January 6, 2025 at 3:04 AM
2 years of owning a Kindle and I JUST discovered they have an app that syncs your books and progress 🤦♂️
So you're telling me I can just whip out my phone anywhere and continue with my book? Jeez, going to smash my Goodreads challenge this year.
So you're telling me I can just whip out my phone anywhere and continue with my book? Jeez, going to smash my Goodreads challenge this year.
programmers literally only want one thing and it's fucking disgusting
January 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
programmers literally only want one thing and it's fucking disgusting
Shoutout to everyone posting footer year memes - you made me realize I hardcoded 2024 in my blog 💀
Finally fixed it properly... better late than never, right? 😅
Finally fixed it properly... better late than never, right? 😅
January 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Shoutout to everyone posting footer year memes - you made me realize I hardcoded 2024 in my blog 💀
Finally fixed it properly... better late than never, right? 😅
Finally fixed it properly... better late than never, right? 😅
Just finished my yearly retrospective (3rd time in a row!) - from work to fitness to mental health.
~10k characters of hopes, learnings, and plans. Already excited to see how this doc ages when I check it next January 👀
Do you also do yearly reviews? Any ideas for improvement?
~10k characters of hopes, learnings, and plans. Already excited to see how this doc ages when I check it next January 👀
Do you also do yearly reviews? Any ideas for improvement?
January 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just finished my yearly retrospective (3rd time in a row!) - from work to fitness to mental health.
~10k characters of hopes, learnings, and plans. Already excited to see how this doc ages when I check it next January 👀
Do you also do yearly reviews? Any ideas for improvement?
~10k characters of hopes, learnings, and plans. Already excited to see how this doc ages when I check it next January 👀
Do you also do yearly reviews? Any ideas for improvement?
The more I see these cool things, the more I'm convinced I need to drop everything and finally play with RN Skia 😅
Can it be done in React Native, yes!
At WWDC 2024, Apple added a new API for creating custom UI effects using Metal shaders. I wanted to see if you could do the same with React Native. With react-native-skia, you can! Left is the Apple demo, right is skia on react-native-macos 😃
At WWDC 2024, Apple added a new API for creating custom UI effects using Metal shaders. I wanted to see if you could do the same with React Native. With react-native-skia, you can! Left is the Apple demo, right is skia on react-native-macos 😃
December 30, 2024 at 7:27 AM
The more I see these cool things, the more I'm convinced I need to drop everything and finally play with RN Skia 😅
So, this app has been my pet project for a few months now (super part-time). Already got a domain, so things are getting serious™️ (hopefully this one won't end up in the domain cemetery)
Excited to share that it's starting to look presentable! Might start documenting the journey with #buildinpublic
Excited to share that it's starting to look presentable! Might start documenting the journey with #buildinpublic
December 30, 2024 at 4:58 AM
So, this app has been my pet project for a few months now (super part-time). Already got a domain, so things are getting serious™️ (hopefully this one won't end up in the domain cemetery)
Excited to share that it's starting to look presentable! Might start documenting the journey with #buildinpublic
Excited to share that it's starting to look presentable! Might start documenting the journey with #buildinpublic
Anyone know what this type of animated header is called? (Does it even have a proper name? 🤔)
Built it with React Native Reanimated but would love to see how others tackle this!
Built it with React Native Reanimated but would love to see how others tackle this!
December 29, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Anyone know what this type of animated header is called? (Does it even have a proper name? 🤔)
Built it with React Native Reanimated but would love to see how others tackle this!
Built it with React Native Reanimated but would love to see how others tackle this!
Ever wondered why some React Native projects look completely different from others? 🤔
Found these two in the wild:
- Feature-based (auth, feed, profile)
- Type-based (components, screens, services)
Best part? No wrong answers here - one for big projects, one for quick MVPs.
Any other ideas? 🧵
Found these two in the wild:
- Feature-based (auth, feed, profile)
- Type-based (components, screens, services)
Best part? No wrong answers here - one for big projects, one for quick MVPs.
Any other ideas? 🧵
December 28, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Ever wondered why some React Native projects look completely different from others? 🤔
Found these two in the wild:
- Feature-based (auth, feed, profile)
- Type-based (components, screens, services)
Best part? No wrong answers here - one for big projects, one for quick MVPs.
Any other ideas? 🧵
Found these two in the wild:
- Feature-based (auth, feed, profile)
- Type-based (components, screens, services)
Best part? No wrong answers here - one for big projects, one for quick MVPs.
Any other ideas? 🧵