Michael Walter Van Der Velden
@mikevdv.dev
Find out more about me at mikevdv.dev
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Staff Software Engineer
Posts are 100% my own, in no way represent my employer and as such the value may vary wildly...
#rustlang #backend #dev #webdev #gamedev
Twitch affiliate over at twitch.tv/mikevdev
Staff Software Engineer
Posts are 100% my own, in no way represent my employer and as such the value may vary wildly...
#rustlang #backend #dev #webdev #gamedev
The internet will never change...
December 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The internet will never change...
I just completed "Playground" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/8
Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I just completed "Playground" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/8
I really need to remember to press the share button each day
December 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I really need to remember to press the share button each day
I've completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7
Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I've completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7
I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5
Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
Been getting an increased amount of spam tagging me in bluesky these past few days. Not entirely sure what to make of it...
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Been getting an increased amount of spam tagging me in bluesky these past few days. Not entirely sure what to make of it...
I'm like 45% of the way through a really important set of fixes for the player controller in Mirrorstone.
A key benefit is that the player puppets will also work for NPCs.
#gamedev #rust #bevy #mirrorstone #indeidev #rustlang #bevyengine #mmo #rpg #mmorpg
A key benefit is that the player puppets will also work for NPCs.
#gamedev #rust #bevy #mirrorstone #indeidev #rustlang #bevyengine #mmo #rpg #mmorpg
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I'm like 45% of the way through a really important set of fixes for the player controller in Mirrorstone.
A key benefit is that the player puppets will also work for NPCs.
#gamedev #rust #bevy #mirrorstone #indeidev #rustlang #bevyengine #mmo #rpg #mmorpg
A key benefit is that the player puppets will also work for NPCs.
#gamedev #rust #bevy #mirrorstone #indeidev #rustlang #bevyengine #mmo #rpg #mmorpg
My god writers, that would make the guy a white hat himself or at least somewhat grey.
Not to mention the fact that if you're hacking someone because of an ethical disagreement, you're not white hat...
😂 I'm sure that anyone in biology has similar issues with DNA sampling in TV or the something...
Not to mention the fact that if you're hacking someone because of an ethical disagreement, you're not white hat...
😂 I'm sure that anyone in biology has similar issues with DNA sampling in TV or the something...
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My god writers, that would make the guy a white hat himself or at least somewhat grey.
Not to mention the fact that if you're hacking someone because of an ethical disagreement, you're not white hat...
😂 I'm sure that anyone in biology has similar issues with DNA sampling in TV or the something...
Not to mention the fact that if you're hacking someone because of an ethical disagreement, you're not white hat...
😂 I'm sure that anyone in biology has similar issues with DNA sampling in TV or the something...
"I wanted to protect him from the white hats...ethical super hackers that disagreed with him"
"So you wanted to protect him from hackers by hacking him..."
"So you wanted to protect him from hackers by hacking him..."
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"I wanted to protect him from the white hats...ethical super hackers that disagreed with him"
"So you wanted to protect him from hackers by hacking him..."
"So you wanted to protect him from hackers by hacking him..."
They plug in a usb stick and it had "malware that breached our firewall, I'm running every antivirus I can think of" 🤢
My suspension of disbelief can only work so hard...
My suspension of disbelief can only work so hard...
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
They plug in a usb stick and it had "malware that breached our firewall, I'm running every antivirus I can think of" 🤢
My suspension of disbelief can only work so hard...
My suspension of disbelief can only work so hard...
While I typically hate trash TV, my guilty pleasure is crappy police consultant procedurals.
However, as someone who works in tech, whenever the - somehow compulsory - topical tech episode comes up I immediately glaze over...
However, as someone who works in tech, whenever the - somehow compulsory - topical tech episode comes up I immediately glaze over...
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
While I typically hate trash TV, my guilty pleasure is crappy police consultant procedurals.
However, as someone who works in tech, whenever the - somehow compulsory - topical tech episode comes up I immediately glaze over...
However, as someone who works in tech, whenever the - somehow compulsory - topical tech episode comes up I immediately glaze over...
Added the ability to check any player's stats on the in progress website.
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Added the ability to check any player's stats on the in progress website.
Today is my first day back at work after the wedding. That means I won't be doing any game dev probably until Monday evening.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Today is my first day back at work after the wedding. That means I won't be doing any game dev probably until Monday evening.
Oh I love these sprites. They're so pretty 😍
October 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Oh I love these sprites. They're so pretty 😍
Potentially very useful. I'll have to take a look...
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Potentially very useful. I'll have to take a look...
Getting married tomorrow. Ain't that an interesting turn of events. Only 2 years of planning with my best friend and love of my life to get to this point.
October 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Getting married tomorrow. Ain't that an interesting turn of events. Only 2 years of planning with my best friend and love of my life to get to this point.
Really think that designing the website for 4/3 is a great idea for my retro online rpg.
First time doing a website exclusively using rust too so that's been interesting.
Yes I'm getting married on saturday, im staying calm.
#mirrorstone #rpg #mmo #mmorpg #gamedev #indiedev #rust #rustlang
First time doing a website exclusively using rust too so that's been interesting.
Yes I'm getting married on saturday, im staying calm.
#mirrorstone #rpg #mmo #mmorpg #gamedev #indiedev #rust #rustlang
October 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
While I do respect it and i understand the reasoning. I've also had to deal with enough bug reports caused by the over zealous use of adblock ( combined with the misuse of tag manager ) that I can't do this out of respect for other developers 😅
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
While I do respect it and i understand the reasoning. I've also had to deal with enough bug reports caused by the over zealous use of adblock ( combined with the misuse of tag manager ) that I can't do this out of respect for other developers 😅
I'll post about it here.
Same bat time! Same bat channel!
Same bat time! Same bat channel!
October 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I'll post about it here.
Same bat time! Same bat channel!
Same bat time! Same bat channel!
Decided I'm going to use Dioxus for the mirrorstone site so i can have it share some code with the game for stuff like avatar rendering and authentication.
dioxuslabs.com
dioxuslabs.com
Dioxus | Fullstack crossplatform app framework for Rust
A fullstack crossplatform app framework for Rust. Supports Web, Desktop, SSR, Liveview, and Mobile.
dioxuslabs.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Decided I'm going to use Dioxus for the mirrorstone site so i can have it share some code with the game for stuff like avatar rendering and authentication.
dioxuslabs.com
dioxuslabs.com