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Reklaw
@reklawcodes.bsky.social
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Socialist • Software Engineer • Let’s build a better world together • He/Him

Live streams are on hiatus for now.

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I’ve been thinking a lot about the coworking space I was thrown out of recently. Today I saw a post about disseminating a “how to work with me” document to other people in a professional setting. I think it would have been helpful to me. (1/7) #coworking #neurodivergent #etiquette
November 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Had a good chat with a friend last night. Helped me reframe a lot of the thoughts that’ve been getting me down. Things are rough but I’m making little bits of progress every day. Still have hope.

Hoping the county’s employment services are helpful this week.
Reklaw’s gym selfie from today. He’s smiling and making the “v” sign with his fingers. Caption: “Gym felt good. Ready to tackle the week”
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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I’m trying to continue the daily habit of posting about my life (and my work when possible). I’ve been using Snapchat because I’ve used it in the past and the interface is simple. I’ll try to mirror the videos here for at least the near future. (1/3) #homelesslife
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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I got banned from Threads. No reason given for why. I’d like to think I’m a pretty tame person: I don’t advocate for violence, or do anything else that’s against TOS. Given all the other bad news I’ve had recently this is really frustrating. #threads #meta (1/7)
A screenshot of the e-mail from Meta saying Reklaw’s Threads account has been permanently disabled. Below the message text, a (non-functioning) button says “Review derails” next to Reklaw’s profile picture. Full text: Title: We disabled your account, reklawcodes Hi Reklaw, we reviewed your account and found that it still doesn’t follow our Community Standards. As a result, your account has been permanently disabled. Learn how our Community Standards help keep the Threads community an authentic and respectful place for people to express themselves.
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Glizzies for lunch today. I got seconds. Started walking in the mornings again, and posting a thought of the day on Snapchat. Will repost here when I refine it a bit. Happy Halloween! (1/2) #homelesslife
Reklaw’s Halloween lunch tray. Clockwise starting from the nearest item to the camera (6 o’clock): a hot dog in a bun covered in a salsa so mild it passes for ketchup; a splash of hot sauce from Reklaw’s own reserve; a couple sugar cookies; a handful of mixed salad greens with creamy dressing; a handful of a mix of tortilla chips, pretzels, and popcorn; banana.
October 31, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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It was hard to move out of the space. It took the longest to disassemble my car’s contents and rearrange them to fit my computer, monitor, etc. If they won’t let me come back I really need to rent storage space; I want to avoid further damage to my PC from sitting in the car. #homelesslife
Reklaw’s glass-top desk at the coworking space, partially disassembled. A monitor sits on a shoebox wrapped in an old sweater. On the desk rests a power strip, pink headset, and various other peripherals. A PC tower and microphone are on the floor. A full backpack on a chair is pulled out from the desk. A closeup of a couple stickers on the monitor stand: one says “Free Gaza. Free Palestine” with a clenched fist painted in red, green, and black. The other is a hand making the v-shape “peace sign” in the same colors. The workspace reverted to its default: the glass-top desk is cleared off. It has a black metal frame with a lattice structure under the glass. An office chair with wheels is pushed into the desk. They both rest on a concrete floor. The wall is painted white. A large lightbulb hangs off a wall fixture. A high window is barely visible in the corner.
October 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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I re-evaluated how and where I ack/nack messages and implemented some self-healing for StreamerBot's connection to the RabbitMQ server. This was the last of the ack-based errors.
A screenshot from Reklaw's console showing output from Streamer.bot. The tail end of a stack trace is visible, then some debug statments from the RabbitMQ management module: channels and connections were closed, then restored.
October 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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I was mishandling "acks" which caused this infinite looping yesterday. I tried banning my bot temporarily to avoid hitting rate limits for the site. I unbanned it a little early: StreamerBot had hundreds of messages in its queue. I've been meaning to write a rate-limiter for the bot... soon!
A screenshot from Reklaw's Twitch channel showing his bot spamming a message repeatedly: "@ReklawCodes Error in RabbitMQManager.consume_quest_completion()! QuestParticipation.mark_complete() failed for MissingNo". The bot is banned at timestamp 17:17 then unbanned 3 minutes later, only to resume the spam.
October 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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I've been wrangling with @rabbitmq.com all morning/afternoon: I think I finally got the new setup for quests figured out. I'll share some screenshots in the replies. Gonna try to send a stream soon to test it out: stop by to see if the server melts down! #gamedev

www.twitch.tv/reklawcodes
A screenshot from Reklaw's console showing output from Streamer.bot. A custom event is receieved, then a test message is broadcast to RabbitMQ. Some debug messages are sent to Twitch chat. The test broadcast is picked up and processed by a handler for expired RabbitMQ messages. Full text: [Admin.Test_Quest] New request received. Processing... [RabbitMQManager] Publishing quest start message: {"event":"RabbitMQ.send_quest_start","user_display":"MissingNo","quest_participation_id":987654321,"duration_ms":10000,"timestamp":"2025-10-23T20:17:27.886Z"} [RabbitMQManager] is_test value: true [RabbitMQManager] Test Quest detected; exiting function. CatSalute [Test_Quest]: Quest successfully sent to RabbitMQ for MissingNo CustomClient: General Broadcast Transmitted to Twitch: [RabbitMQManager] Sending test quest to RabbitMQ! CustomClient: General Broadcast Transmitted to Twitch: Test quest has started! [consume_quest_completion] Test message detected; skipping quest logic. CustomClient: General Broadcast Transmitted to Twitch: Test quest completed.
October 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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I had a wonderful weekend. I was able to stay at the coworking space today and yesterday. It was a hell of an upgrade to the curb (pictured) and the crate I posted in the past. I did my laundry on Friday. Starting to feel human again.
A grayscale image of the decaying stone ledge Reklaw has been sitting on for the last few weekends. His stainless steel water bottle rests on it. A chain link fence lays behind the ledge, with a parked car barely visible beyond it. A grayscale image showing Reklaw’s first-person view while sitting. The ground is concrete with many small stones in it. An umbrella is at the top of the frame, partially covering his legs. He has socks and shoes (with holes in the toe section) and bare legs.
October 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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I implemented the first #Achievement for my stream! It's a limited-time recognition for early participants in my game, Comrade Connections! Type "!groundfloor" in chat when I'm live. Available through October! #Twitch #MMORPG
A screenshot of console output from Streamer.bot Client, with white and green text on a black background. It describes the process taken to assign an achievement: a custom event is received from StreamerBot and routed to a handler function, a User document is created if necessary, an EarnedAchievement document is created (with references to the User and Achievement documents) if one doesn't already exist, then a summary of these actions is broadcast to Twitch chat.
September 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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I didn't stream today, but I DID finish a key component of my achievements system: creating the first Achievement in my database! I'm hoping to get the system fully operational by stream tomorrow! See you then! #Twitch #gamedev #MMORPG #MongoDB #StreamerBot
A screenshot from MongoDB Compass showing a new Achievement document for Comrade Connections, titled "Ground Floor". The _id field is obscured and replaced with the number 3229071.
September 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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My throne and chalice. #homelesslife
A grayscale image shows a plastic crate with a metallic water bottle next to it. They sit on a concrete floor stained by unknown fluids, and against a concrete brick wall. Some paint is stripped from the wall in a horizontal line shape. A window is barely visible on the wall.
August 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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I’m spending too much money on food. I only get $10 a day. This is supplemented with breakfast at the shelter (and lunch on weekends). The weekends have been harder because of the heat outside and lack of running water at the shelter. (1/3) #homelesslife
White text on a black background. A listing of Reklaw’s usual food for the day, with prices. The items: $3 juice for breakfast, $1.50 burrito for lunch, $1.50 oat bar snack, $6 salad for dinner. This sums to $12, a bit over Reklaw’s food assistance budget of about $10 per day.
August 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Thank you to everyone who's been lurking as I try to reach affiliate! Two more streams to go (allegedly, Twitch can be silly with these things)! See you in a couple hours. Probably continuing to work on some emotes and maybe testing new features with #StreamerBot
A screenshot from Reklaw's Twitch console showing that he's halfway to his concurrent viewership goal. Full text: "Minimum of 3 average viewers on 4 different days, in 13.06 hours streamed 2/4"
August 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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I also made some progress on #StreamerBot Client: I implemented caching for user information to reduce database load. I included a screenshot of the server output. Tell me if you're curious about the code! (2/2)
Console output from Reklaw's customized Streamerbot Client. Multiple users are added to the active_users Map, their existence is verified, they are updated, then active_users is cleared. Full text: Test Command Invoked by StreamerBot ServerState.active_users: User give_a_gift_today (3229071) added/updated ServerState.active_users: User cannot_trust_me (1312) added/updated give_a_gift_today exists: true give_a_gift_today stats: { username: 'give_a_gift_today', is_soon: false, has_rallied: false } cannot_trust_me stats: { username: 'cannot_trust_me', is_soon: true, has_rallied: false } give_a_gift_today updated stats: { username: 'give_a_gift_today', is_soon: false, has_rallied: true } ServerState.remove_user: User 1312 removed ServerState.clear_active_users succeeded.
August 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Very hot day today. I stayed outside for most of it. In shade fortunately. I went to the grocery store to get a sandwich for dinner and get a drink or two. Saw a bulk deal and wound up buying more. I passed them out at the shelter. We still don’t have running water during the day. Might do same tmrw
A snapshot of Reklaw’s local weather forecast. The temperature ranges from a low of 24 degrees (75F) to a high of 43 degrees (108F). A handful of (mostly sugar-free) sports drinks in a plastic grocery bag.
August 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Meant to attach this to first message:
Inside Reklaw’s PC case. A graphics card is in focus, behind it the motherboard glows with a yellow warning light.
August 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Also today: I'm one away from 1000 followers! Thank you to everyone for the continued support! #Twitch #Goals
A screenshot of the info panel on Reklaw's Twitch stream. The "About" section shows a total of 111 followers.
July 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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I focused on finishing some code today so stream was super late and short, but I got MongoDB; now #StreamerBot Client creates a new Stream record when I hit the 'Start Streaming' button on OBS, and finalizes that record with an end time when I hit 'Stop Streaming'. See you tomorrow!
White monospaced text on a black background shows output from StreamerBot Client: a new Stream record is saved in MongoDB and in a singleton object I'm using as a cache. White monospaced text on a black background shows output from StreamerBot Client: the Stream ID saved earlier is retrieved from the cache and used to finalize the Stream record. Full text: Test Command 2 Invoked by StreamerBot Stream ID retrieval from ServerState attempted. ID retrieved: new ObjectId('68797b64362bce43e43095ae') Active Stream ended. Attempting to clear Stream from ServerState ServerState updated: Stream cleared
July 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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The automatic scene-switcher worked well for today's stream! It's not going to scale well but I have a basic system for scrolling through scenes. Now I can return to perfecting the checkin system. I'll see what I can get done before I have to get back to the shelter for tonight. #StreamerBot #Twitch
Reklaw's scene switching code for StreamerBot/OBS, written in C#. There's a class declaration for SceneChangeRequest. The main Execute() function determines the destination scene based on the current one. Next it creates and serializes a SceneChangeRequest object. Finally it sends a request to OBS.
July 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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I should be implementing new features for my game, but I've become preoccupied with sprucing up existing code first. I just learned about destructuring statements in JavaScript so I've been refactoring server functions that unwrap WebSocket messages from the client. The new code looks so much nicer!
A screenshot of some JavaScript I refactored to improve readability. My game server receives WebSocket messages from the client which have to be unwrapped. This destructuring statement simplifies nested object access: Old Code: tier = payload.data.subTier; user_id = payload.data.userId; display_name = payload.data.displayName; New Code: const { subTier: tier, userId: user_id, displayName: display_name } = payload.data;
April 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I need to be trying to make money immediately, I know that, but I started a new programming project anyway. I still can't get over the trauma from my last job. I'll do anything to run from it. It's just frustrating that I don't have a decent computer anymore. This tablet is ancient. I need a home.
A screenshot of console output after building Reklaw's new project. The text reads "Finished 'dev' profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 32m 02s"
February 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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My dad loved this game: Dr. Mario for the NES. I remember seeing the joy on his face when he played it. He’s been gone from this world for 20 years as of today. I don’t think I’ll ever fully heal from the trauma of the void he suddenly left, but little reminders like this empower me to keep trying.
Cover art for “Dr. Mario” for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Multicolored virus-goblins jeer at the viewer amidst a backdrop of pills arranged in an interlocking grid. An enthusiastic Dr. Mario grasps a clipboard and thermometer. Yellow text reads “Dr. Mario is coming and he’s got the cure!”
January 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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The library is the only place for me to find peace right now, for maybe 4 or 5 hours a day if I'm lucky. I'd be lost if I didn't have this place to try to recollect the fragments of what's left of my life. I need silence. I didn't fully appreciate how important it is to me until I lost access to it.
A first-person view of Reklaw's library roost: bookshelves to the left, more seating ahead along the wall, and floor-to-ceiling windows to the right. Outside the windows are trees stripped of their leaves and more views from the second floor.
January 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM