Luke Benstead
@kazade.bsky.social
Programmer. One-Time Author. Part-Time Game Developer. Simulant Engine, DreamPi, and Djangae Creator. Head of Engineering at AKQA Leap. Views are my own!
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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Vibe coding is working as expected: it'll kill the open-source, secure, and ideologically maintained alternatives to make sure you have to pay the oligarchs to do anything at all, and they can control what you're allowed to make.
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Vibe coding is working as expected: it'll kill the open-source, secure, and ideologically maintained alternatives to make sure you have to pay the oligarchs to do anything at all, and they can control what you're allowed to make.
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
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Having built many many kinds of software products, I can't tell you that the hardest final 20% goes to games over all else.
That first 80% is way more fun, but that final 20 is soul destroying.
It's essentially just looking at bugs going "ah, shit." #gamedev
That first 80% is way more fun, but that final 20 is soul destroying.
It's essentially just looking at bugs going "ah, shit." #gamedev
February 1, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Having built many many kinds of software products, I can't tell you that the hardest final 20% goes to games over all else.
That first 80% is way more fun, but that final 20 is soul destroying.
It's essentially just looking at bugs going "ah, shit." #gamedev
That first 80% is way more fun, but that final 20 is soul destroying.
It's essentially just looking at bugs going "ah, shit." #gamedev
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It's the first time I am showing "You Are Tomato" in motion.
There's still 1 month to go until #dreamdisc25 's deadline!
Oh yeah, and I've finally switched to sh4zam for a "slight" perf boost on the #dreamcast (thanks! @falcogirgis.bsky.social)
#gamedev #homebrew
youtu.be/IsQLCZNgiPg
There's still 1 month to go until #dreamdisc25 's deadline!
Oh yeah, and I've finally switched to sh4zam for a "slight" perf boost on the #dreamcast (thanks! @falcogirgis.bsky.social)
#gamedev #homebrew
youtu.be/IsQLCZNgiPg
You Are Tomato - DreamDisc '25 - Sneak Peek [Dreamcast Homebrew]
YouTube video by freakdave
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 9:48 PM
It's the first time I am showing "You Are Tomato" in motion.
There's still 1 month to go until #dreamdisc25 's deadline!
Oh yeah, and I've finally switched to sh4zam for a "slight" perf boost on the #dreamcast (thanks! @falcogirgis.bsky.social)
#gamedev #homebrew
youtu.be/IsQLCZNgiPg
There's still 1 month to go until #dreamdisc25 's deadline!
Oh yeah, and I've finally switched to sh4zam for a "slight" perf boost on the #dreamcast (thanks! @falcogirgis.bsky.social)
#gamedev #homebrew
youtu.be/IsQLCZNgiPg
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It is done. Check it out! youtu.be/WKtNIHdNUH8?...
How to switch to Linux as a game developer?
YouTube video by Sos Sosowski
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM
It is done. Check it out! youtu.be/WKtNIHdNUH8?...
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I've decided to add a new desert theme to my WIP #dreamdisc25 project for the #dreamcast
The actual levels (10) are more or less complete and I can finally focus on polishing and audio.
#gamedev #homebrew
The actual levels (10) are more or less complete and I can finally focus on polishing and audio.
#gamedev #homebrew
January 24, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I've decided to add a new desert theme to my WIP #dreamdisc25 project for the #dreamcast
The actual levels (10) are more or less complete and I can finally focus on polishing and audio.
#gamedev #homebrew
The actual levels (10) are more or less complete and I can finally focus on polishing and audio.
#gamedev #homebrew
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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British education in a nutshell
January 17, 2026 at 10:33 AM
British education in a nutshell
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NCC One Seven Zero One
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM
NCC One Seven Zero One
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Duckduckgo has a survey for pro/anti-AI and I cackled so hard at the (current) results
https://voteyesornoai.com
https://voteyesornoai.com
Are you YES AI or NO AI? Vote now.
Big Tech doesn't care if you want AI or not. They should.
voteyesornoai.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Duckduckgo has a survey for pro/anti-AI and I cackled so hard at the (current) results
https://voteyesornoai.com
https://voteyesornoai.com
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BREAKING: It's Sonic's 35th anniversary! And SEGA has just released a new promo video to celebrate. #SonicNews
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJJZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJJZ...
Sonic 35th Anniversary
YouTube video by Sonic the Hedgehog
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
BREAKING: It's Sonic's 35th anniversary! And SEGA has just released a new promo video to celebrate. #SonicNews
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJJZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJJZ...
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Retro Textures 1 is out now! 🎉
Completely free to download and use in any of your projects. Includes 115 textures like walls, floors, windows, doors and much more!
kenney.nl/assets/retro... (no tracking, no ads, no sign-up, etc.)
Completely free to download and use in any of your projects. Includes 115 textures like walls, floors, windows, doors and much more!
kenney.nl/assets/retro... (no tracking, no ads, no sign-up, etc.)
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Retro Textures 1 is out now! 🎉
Completely free to download and use in any of your projects. Includes 115 textures like walls, floors, windows, doors and much more!
kenney.nl/assets/retro... (no tracking, no ads, no sign-up, etc.)
Completely free to download and use in any of your projects. Includes 115 textures like walls, floors, windows, doors and much more!
kenney.nl/assets/retro... (no tracking, no ads, no sign-up, etc.)
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One of the biggest challenges since the Gamescom demo for MD was figuring out animation skinning. Thanks to @kazade.bsky.social 's work on implementing the base framework for gltf anim channel import and @falcogirgis.bsky.social 's sh4zam work, Jeenie can smoothly move!
January 14, 2026 at 2:34 AM
One of the biggest challenges since the Gamescom demo for MD was figuring out animation skinning. Thanks to @kazade.bsky.social 's work on implementing the base framework for gltf anim channel import and @falcogirgis.bsky.social 's sh4zam work, Jeenie can smoothly move!
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#SonicMania Plus for the #Sega #Dreamcast finally has audio! Here's a 2 minute direct hardware capture of me playing the latest build of @sonicfreak94.bsky.social's port on my actual DC to hype up the Blue Blur's epic comeback to a Sega console... where he has always belonged!
#retrogaming #gamedev
#retrogaming #gamedev
January 13, 2026 at 8:08 AM
#SonicMania Plus for the #Sega #Dreamcast finally has audio! Here's a 2 minute direct hardware capture of me playing the latest build of @sonicfreak94.bsky.social's port on my actual DC to hype up the Blue Blur's epic comeback to a Sega console... where he has always belonged!
#retrogaming #gamedev
#retrogaming #gamedev
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The next #Nintendo64 classic has just hit the Sega #Dreamcast! Here's over a minute of #SuperMario64 gameplay, captured directly from my DC!
To convert your N64 ROM into a DC image, follow the link to the web-based builder on the GitHub repo: github.com/jnmartin84/m....
#gamedev #retrogaming
To convert your N64 ROM into a DC image, follow the link to the web-based builder on the GitHub repo: github.com/jnmartin84/m....
#gamedev #retrogaming
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The next #Nintendo64 classic has just hit the Sega #Dreamcast! Here's over a minute of #SuperMario64 gameplay, captured directly from my DC!
To convert your N64 ROM into a DC image, follow the link to the web-based builder on the GitHub repo: github.com/jnmartin84/m....
#gamedev #retrogaming
To convert your N64 ROM into a DC image, follow the link to the web-based builder on the GitHub repo: github.com/jnmartin84/m....
#gamedev #retrogaming
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I'm finally at a stage where I'm no longer experiencing weird crashes. Thanks to my rudimentary VMU logger I was able to identify a bug that only popped up when played from /cd/.
dc-tool-ip (dc-load) and emulators did NOT! trigger it.
Anyway, the focus is on completing the game loop now!
#dreamcast
dc-tool-ip (dc-load) and emulators did NOT! trigger it.
Anyway, the focus is on completing the game loop now!
#dreamcast
January 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
I'm finally at a stage where I'm no longer experiencing weird crashes. Thanks to my rudimentary VMU logger I was able to identify a bug that only popped up when played from /cd/.
dc-tool-ip (dc-load) and emulators did NOT! trigger it.
Anyway, the focus is on completing the game loop now!
#dreamcast
dc-tool-ip (dc-load) and emulators did NOT! trigger it.
Anyway, the focus is on completing the game loop now!
#dreamcast
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Tell Discord RIGHT NOW that you will leave if they force AI on you. It's the only way to stop this.
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January 10, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Tell Discord RIGHT NOW that you will leave if they force AI on you. It's the only way to stop this.
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