@daj sounds good, thanks!

In the long term I should probably create optional user logins so I can store the data for folks who want that extra layer of backup (and to play across devices)

Have a good night!

@daj I’m working on a tool that will let me restore broken streaks but it won’t restore the stats, just the completed streak data.

Would you like me to share that with you when it’s ready? You’ve done them all, right?

@daj Ugh, dang, sorry David 😞

If it was an hour ago that was before I made this change so it was likely unrelated.

What browser and device do you play on? Browsers can choose to delete local storage whenever they choose so sometimes the progress can be deleted without me having control

I just released an update to #TiledWords that changes how progress and streaks are tracked. Next time you play you'll probably see this popup.

I'm hoping this will help resolve some bugs players have been reporting as well as reduce lag.

Please let me know if you run into any issues! If your streak gets messed up or anything let me know and I can help you fix it. Thank you!

@daj @gastonrampersad I hope to get this fixed soon. I'm trying a few different things.

@gastonrampersad @daj haha no worries. I'm looking into this and hope to have it sorted out soon. I'm not 100% sure exactly what's going on but I have a few ideas and hope one of them will fix it.

Love these population density spike maps
by https://www.instagram.com/researchremora/?hl=en

Do you want to participate in destroying the environment even faster while ignoring copyright law, or leave your industry of 20+ years and try to find something else that may pay half as much?

That's basically the choice all developers are being given today.

I fucking hate it, and I fucking hate all the people who ignore all the externalities and damage and shrug "well it's inevitable."

Yeah, I'm in a bad mood.

#programming #ai #llm #vibecoding

@grigs agreed 100% on that! I'm a big fan of Maggie's! She's a fantastic designer and writer

@grigs yeah, agreed.

Honestly part of me wishes AI tools were as pointless as NFTs.

I can genuinely see the value they provide to speed up work and so I understand the push to use them for coding. (Though I personally am still very much in the "read and edit all the code" camp.)

But I already enjoy that flow less. It turns me into a code reviewer more than a coder and takes away a lot of the creative details I enjoy.

And I worry if the industry continues to push in that direction I'll find myself enjoying it less and less.

@grigs yeah for sure.

It was definitely an interesting read. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I was in an adjacent field haha.

I definitely agree about design and architecture becoming more important. I already see this at work where our ability to code solutions sometimes runs faster than our ability to understand the problems. (Which leads to more problems... hooray 🙃)

@grigs ugh, man, I’m tired…

I can see why tools like that could be incredibly efficient and could be the future of the industry.

But honestly I don’t know that I would have picked this career if that was the reality when in was in college.

Starting a farm is looking better by the day

@stevefenton 😂

As we discussed the news
my great aunt said
that these days
she just doesn’t know
whether to laugh or cry,
and though I intended to reply
with something comforting
instead I just said:
sometimes you need to do both.

@gastonrampersad that is weird… thanks for the heads up!

@peterwooley thanks, I’ll take a look!

Oh bummer about the streak. That’s unexpected.

I’m going to put together some tools to debug and hopefully fix broken streaks. I’ll follow up soon!

@chaosresearchparty I love the concept and graphics!

Me and my game cooperative fellow devs decided to join a jam in order to test our collaboration abilities before jumping on our bigger project! You can try it here:

https://indoorsunglasses.itch.io/the-snail-and-the-worm

(It plays in the browser)

It was cool to see the concept of the snail planting forests in the desert materialized, and I will bring here a bit of material about the process (1/?)

Sharing appreciated <3, all feedback welcome

#gamedev #gaming #game #free #snail #nature

@peterwooley hey, thank you! This is very helpful!

Please do send the recordings!

A couple of other questions:

- Do you use a long-running tab or reopen the game in a new tab on most days? If you use long running tabs do you know how old they are?
- Has your streak been being recorded correctly?

Thanks!

@grigs

> Gemini, is it a good idea for us to put a bunch of banana icons in our app?

> Yes, that's a great idea...