Mark Wilson
@mrkwlsn.bsky.social
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Former autonomy researcher, now solo game dev working on my first release. Helping build and maintain open-source game-dev tools at https://chickensoft.games. 👨🏼‍💻, 🎻, 📚, ☕️. He/him.
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schottemargaret.bsky.social
Ah yes, "using humans to generate any summary longer than a couple hundred words". The worst passive description of "authors writing"!?!
eicathomefinn.bsky.social
'For now, we recommend that journalists stick to using these tools to generate short summaries....AI-generated long summaries should not be used for publication. In general, we recommend using humans to generate any summary longer than a couple hundred words, and to always verify the facts.'
hypervisible.blacksky.app
www.cjr.org/analysis/i-t...

In the case of literature reviews, they found the ai results “underwhelming and in some cases alarming.”
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mrkwlsn.bsky.social
If you’ll accept a request by proxy, Christine would like to hear your rating and review of column styles (Ionic, Doric, Corinthian)
mrkwlsn.bsky.social
I somehow had no idea these existed, 10/10 review
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coppolaemilio.com
We should do this with many other open source projects and brands 😬
bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
An Open Source sustainability story in two slides. (for a coming talk of mine)

Slide 1: car brands using #curl
Slide 2: car brands sponsoring or paying for #curl support
38 known car brands a blank slide
mrkwlsn.bsky.social
As entertaining as it was watching strategy-game units run around the periphery of a fight like background extras...
A screen capture of a single change in the history of a git repository. The commit message reads "fix: don't respect the 1v1."
mrkwlsn.bsky.social
Any tea drinkers out there? I’ve had to take a break from coffee lately, so I’d love to collect some recommendations. I’ve been enjoying matcha lattes and some lapsang blends from a local business that does D&D-themed teas. Herbal teas also appreciated!
mrkwlsn.bsky.social
Road signs of MA:
“Squeeze Left”
“Thickly Settled”
“Road Legally Closed - Proceed at Own Risk”
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mrkwlsn.bsky.social
Need a short video to watch this weekend? My talk from GodotCon got posted yesterday! It’s an introduction to the Chickensoft community, its fleet of open-source C# tools, and how they might help organize your game architecture and make development more enjoyable.

youtu.be/BgrHnJDt2ww
Enjoyable Game Architecture with Godot & C# – Mark Wilson – GodotCon 2025
YouTube video by Godot Engine
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mrkwlsn.bsky.social
I enjoy Lateral with Tom Scott - it’s a “guess what situation is being described in a weird way” type quiz show. They get some entertaining guests and I’ve learned some fun trivia. Haven’t listened to much of Twenty Thousand Hertz (about notable sounds), but I want to listen to more.
mrkwlsn.bsky.social
If you’re interested in learning more, check out the website at chickensoft.games! From there you can check out the tools, download the open-source demo game showcasing their uses, or join the Discord if you have questions.
Chickensoft
Chickensoft is a community of Godot + C# game developers, as well as the home to numerous open source tools.
chickensoft.games
mrkwlsn.bsky.social
Need a short video to watch this weekend? My talk from GodotCon got posted yesterday! It’s an introduction to the Chickensoft community, its fleet of open-source C# tools, and how they might help organize your game architecture and make development more enjoyable.

youtu.be/BgrHnJDt2ww
Enjoyable Game Architecture with Godot & C# – Mark Wilson – GodotCon 2025
YouTube video by Godot Engine
youtu.be
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nicolesharp.com
You will have to pry my em dashes out of my cold, dead -- exceedingly human -- fingers.
electricland.bsky.social
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.

Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Feline Feces (lib catturd)
@kitttenn.bsky.social

M dashes (the long dash) are a dead giveaway. LLMs love using them for some reason, while actual human beings have no idea how to type that into the computer.
They also love sets of three, overtly parallel structure, and impersonal writing.
July 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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mrkwlsn.bsky.social
If there's one algorithm I've implemented more times than any other, it's definitely A* search, but I've never implemented it using memory pools before now. There's been some fractal complexity getting everything working and (pretty) well covered with tests, but very rewarding to see it in action!
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jolexxa.bsky.social
Chickensoft administrator @mrkwlsn.bsky.social will be speaking at #GodotCon 2025 on Enjoyable Game Architecture with #godot and #csharp! If you're also attending, stop by and say hi!

#godot #indiedev #gamedev
Chickensoft at GodotCon 2025
Our very own Mark Wilson will be representing Chickensoft at GodotCon 2025 in Boston!
chickensoft.games
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jolexxa.bsky.social
🥹 Chickensoft (grassroots #godot + #csharp community) is expanding! @mrkwlsn.bsky.social is our new co-admin, and he drove the redesign, dev and release of the new chickensoft log projects specifically tailored for #gamedev / #indiedev. He meticulously updated everything that had to be done, too!
GitHub - chickensoft-games/Log: Opinionated logging interface and implementations for C# applications and libraries.
Opinionated logging interface and implementations for C# applications and libraries. - chickensoft-games/Log
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