Got to see some northern lights over Iceland which was really cool and unexpected

On my way to the old world and #GPC2025 from the funny number gate

Until then, the difference in the clouds and general lighting is even more noticeable at dawn/dusk. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but compute, yo, it's crazy powerful!

(Once more v12, v11 and v10)

Sometimes it's easy to forget how far things have come. I'm putting some screenshots of various X-Plane versions together for no particular reason and the difference between v12 and v11 is wild. The v11 to v10 difference is a lot harder to see in this view but still there.

Looks like I’ll be giving a talk about working on X-Plane at GPC 🥳. Covering how we went from a GL 2.1(!) codebase to a modern Vulkan/Metal one and the challenges and advantages of working on a single product for 30 years, with an eye on the unique challenges of a small studio working on flight sims

I’ve been enjoying doing CAD work on the Surface with a pen, but the keyboard has been incredibly awkward. Figured this was a good opportunity to finally use one of the Pico Pis collecting dust and make a macro pad thingy. Quite pleased with how it turned out.

Be still, my beating heart <3