2026-08-22T13:08:08Z https://yabu.me Mathieu Ropert https://yabu.me/npub1v9fg8jddklwqmgwzf3v5mw4ad0l96u5wwvnvn5j9ts7lgxahnmcqgfcxj5 https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/116/125/890/145/707/171/original/85b30f094d48cb10.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/116/125/890/145/707/171/original/85b30f094d48cb10.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspx223ftd88w4nkux5lcmvk9kxca80m2f8j5x562cr84klhdhj0nqzyps49q7f4kmacrdpcfx9jnd6h44luhtj3eejdjwjg4wrmaqmk700qu0daw4 Hey do you guys wanna hear my nuanced thoughts about AI? Because the mods on HackerNews sure didn&#39;t.<br/><a href="https://mropert.github.io/2026/08/04/an_honest_review_of_ai_programming/">https://mropert.github.io/2026/08/04/an_honest_review_of_ai_programming/</a> 2026-08-04T20:12:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg5dnlcpzdl33p2cdzwg2catulhh4a5l0sv5mhfgw9cjevjsvf8nqzyps49q7f4kmacrdpcfx9jnd6h44luhtj3eejdjwjg4wrmaqmk700qzc707c I see a message on slack about a redundancy hitting a team and next business day all the American and Canadian employees in the thread have had their account shut down.<br/>Then people ask me if I would ever consider go work there like it&#39;s a serious idea anyone could ever entertain. 2026-07-30T12:49:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsptuehvnzcv2cw3nxyw7yl0crr2ma0p880vyr9dy5pj9y2sgvcw9szyps49q7f4kmacrdpcfx9jnd6h44luhtj3eejdjwjg4wrmaqmk700q0h8e8x Wrapped up a #gamedev consulting job on UE5 with no prior engine experience outside hobby interest.<br/>Within hours I had significant performance improvements and found architectural design flaws.<br/>Job ads making hard requirements on specific engines show deep misunderstanding of software engineering. 2026-04-30T10:50:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs230fecm5a9npqkqfvk2szpj9t5n2v5r5qx2l4ma9x02ztahh62pszyps49q7f4kmacrdpcfx9jnd6h44luhtj3eejdjwjg4wrmaqmk700qe9mpjm Monday #gamedev news<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/202/090/632/295/120/original/20ca43135d3c00be.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/202/090/729/465/452/original/4a53df7ba97cf52f.jpg"> 2026-03-10T00:39:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs826rr47jn8et5m8z0799m7shpmgdwsf68r8yv5jurextj7hyx2dgzyps49q7f4kmacrdpcfx9jnd6h44luhtj3eejdjwjg4wrmaqmk700qy0tvvh Guess I should do an #introduction<br/>Hey there! I&#39;m Mathieu, I&#39;ve been doing #cpp #gamedev and #graphics for a while and I have my own consulting/training shop these days.<br/>I like wine, cooking, photography and cats of which I have 2 of (cats that is, I got more wine than that).<br/>Oh and I was a union rep for a while, if you&#39;re curious about that.<br/>You can find most of my tech stuff on my website, <a href="https://mropert.github.io/">https://mropert.github.io/</a>. 2026-02-25T19:34:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfz9zemu3jzlf0exau3jelzj2vqrpqkkhmup0mz0ad6w3ngmpx7tczyps49q7f4kmacrdpcfx9jnd6h44luhtj3eejdjwjg4wrmaqmk700qq6lyg8 Alright let&#39;s see if this thing can replace X the Everything App (formerly Twitter) this time. 2026-02-25T16:43:37Z