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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 22/03/2026

I asked Gemini to mAke tHe LoGo BiGgEr and it just emphasized the word "tit"

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Gil Carvalho MD PhD @gilcarvalhomdphd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

New video out on the Keto and heart disease study (aka LMHR). Findings, FAQs and what it all means. check out the full video below incl. my chat with the senior author Dr. Matthew Budoff clarifying several standing issues 🔽

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Gwen Frey @diregoldfish.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Logic, Laughter, and Laser Grids For anyone interested in behind-the-scenes puzzle dev stuff this is an interview I gave on the making of Lab Rat: news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...

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Building Lab Rat: Gwen Frey on Logic, Laughter, and Laser Grids - Xbox Wire

An interview with developer Gwen Frey about creating her latest title, Lab Rat, out now on Xbox.

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Anderson Mancini @andersonmancini.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

🚀 Launch time! Mantis lets you build immersive 3D storefronts in just a few clicks — no code needed. Bring your products to life, boost engagement, and stand out from the crowd. Opening access today → mantisxr.com/start Spots are limited. #threejs #webgl #creativecoding

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 30/03/2025

Woohoo @gilcarvalhomdphd.bsky.social is on Bluesky! He does objective, evidence based reviews on nutrition and health. My #1 trusted source on nutrition. Go follow! bsky.app/profile/gilc...

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 20/03/2025

I'll probably regret sharing this too early, but here goes: Second LLM quick build experiment project: "Multitrack Song Recorder". Create a song, share the link with friends, and anyone with the link can record a new track to add to the song. Live! multitrack-eight.vercel.app

Screenshot of web interface for a multitrack song recorder

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 19/03/2025

Observations - It’s very bad at tricker React state issues (stale vars in closures) - It’s pretty bad at esoteric web APIs (audio) - Cursor is low quality, very buggy, no support - Claude code is probably better choice (more expensive) - Still requires heavy human 🧠 and 🙌, can’t yolo projects

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 19/03/2025

I caved and paid for Cursor, using with Claude right now. So far it has helped me quickly ideate two side project ideas, reducing turnaround time from weeks to days.

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 14/03/2025

Photoshop Beta image generation is getting better. It used to be dog trash tier, now seeing some good results! Prompt: a beautiful skeuomorphic tree frog logo, glassy

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 11/03/2025

There is a secret 10x bonus if a pipe path ever connects from top to bottom or left to right. However I'm not sure if it's possible for the bonus to actually happen! The pipes usually rotate in alternating zigzags, not in a way that leads to long contiguous connections.

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 11/03/2025

Chain Reaction Pipes. #threejs time waster game based on an oldschool Flash classic. Live! andrewray.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flip/index.h...

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 11/03/2025

Fwiw shaderfrog is a code editor, you still write raw GLSL, you can see the source code by double clicking red or green nodes in the link above. Connecting nodes is like importing the other shader as a module, and inlining its main function. “Hybrid” graph and code editing

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 10/03/2025

Shaders are inherently visual so I like the idea of some kind of shadercn library having preview images for everything, including functions. Shader programs, conveniently, are easy to render with a main() fn. And shaderfrog turns full shaders into modules, so they are portable + composable.

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 10/03/2025

Glslify (now dead) is another example- shader snippets published to npm. @shaderfrog.com 2.0 is also meant to be that - every shader on the site is composable with any other shader. For example this is made up of a few smaller shaders shaderfrog.com/2/editor/clk...

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Verekia 🔮 ManaBlade.com @verekia.com · 04/03/2025

💌 The Web Game Dev Newsletter Issue 025 is out! Read it online here: www.webgamedev.com/newsletter/025, and subscribe to get the next ones delivered right to your inbox! 🚀 #threejs #r3f #gamedev

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Newsletter – Issue 025 | Web Game Dev

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 28/02/2025

Recreated an old favorite Flash game time-waster in #threejs. Most of the coding was done by Cursor, which I am truly impressed with. Live! andrewray.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flip/index.h...

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 27/02/2025

"Clown Fractal" in @shaderfrog.com 2.0 editor. Using a parallax map sampler of a fractal shader, and plugging that all into a Three.js material for lighting + normals + flections. Live! shaderfrog.com/2/editor/cm7... #webgl #threejs #creativecoding

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 21/02/2025

"Glassic" in the @shaderfrog.com 2.0 editor. Messing around with normals and glassy materials. Live! shaderfrog.com/2/editor/cm6... #threejs #webgl #screenshotsaturday #creativecoding

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 18/02/2025

It’s a webgl (browser) shader editor I created. That shader linked is in a three.js scene. But the editor can support any webgl engine. m.youtube.com/watch?v=8u61...

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Shaderfrog 2.0 Introduction Tutorial

YouTube video by Shader Frog

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 17/02/2025

Cartoon Water in @shaderfrog.com 2.0 Live! shaderfrog.com/2/editor/cm7... #threejs #webgl #screenshotsaturday #shaders

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 14/02/2025

Heart boxes. Happy Valentine's day! Live: shaderfrog.com/2/editor/cm7... #threejs #webgl #creativecoding #screenshotsaturday #shaders

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 10/02/2025

"Paper fire" in @shaderfrog.com 2.0. Composing shaders is similar to stacking layers in Photoshop. Live! shaderfrog.com/2/editor/cm6... #threejs #webgl #screenshotsaturday #creativecoding

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 03/02/2025

Also there are countless LLM options, but Google AI Studio lets you generate and use an API key immediately for prototyping aistudio.google.com/app/apikey

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 03/02/2025

I made my first ever LLM app! It asks two arguing people to each enter their side of the story, and it generates a witty back-and-forth script in the style of the West Wing. Each person reads their lines aloud, and the script ends in resolution of the issue. It turned out terribly!

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Rune Skovbo Johansen @runevision.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

New dithering method dropped I call it Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering and I've released it as open source along with this explainer video of how it works. Explainer video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPqG... Source repository: github.com/runevision/D... #gamedev #vfx

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 20/01/2025

Embed test d29uqgaj5peif4.cloudfront.net/00e5bf7150b4...

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 20/01/2025

Oh @bsky.app, will you ever properly fetch metadata to show embed card images?

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 20/01/2025

Lots of beautiful detail shows up when sampling fractals multiple times to create a depth / normal map effect #threejs #webgl #shaders shaderfrog.com/2/editor/cm6...

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 10/01/2025

On a holiday flight back to SF, about 2 hours before landing, they announced that all of the toilets on the plane would no longer flush due to a “sensor error,” and if you needed to go, contract a flight attendant and they would “assist you.”

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BNO News @bnonews.com · 01/01/2025

JUST IN: Tesla Cybertruck explodes at the entrance to Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 30/12/2024

Jony Ive damaged the design world for a long time by popularizing flat design. Beautiful, accessible skeuomorphism is slowly coming back, but not fast enough!

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 30/12/2024

Inspired by a user request, I created the first Shaderfrog 2.0 tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u61... #threejs #webgl #webgu #shaders #screenshotsaturday

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Shaderfrog 2.0 Introduction Tutorial

YouTube video by Shader Frog

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 28/12/2024

For past injuries, I would stop exercising that area (or my whole body), waiting for pain to fully go away before I thought it was "safe" to start again. Now, I take some time off, then resume exercise with reduced weight, and work my way back up. So far, healing has been productive and fast.

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 28/12/2024

The conclusions of this article on pain management through injury and recovery have been influential on me. Specifically resuming exercise through pain/injury, not overly limiting mobility, and not being afraid of it. startingstrength.com/article/ache...

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Aches and Pains | Austin Baraki

Pain: everyone has felt it, whether they train with barbells or not. It’s part of the human condition to feel aches, pains, and tweaks of the neck, back, shoulders, knees, ankles, and just about every...

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The Ebenezer @thebenezer.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

This is how to get Beautiful Glow Effect in your threejs projects!✨ Mini Tutorial⬇️ (0/8) #threejs #website #3d

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 14/12/2024

I'm not sure I want to keep this mechanic. You move with arrow keys, and move continuously until you hit a wall, then you pick a new direction. Hitting moving elements makes this a lot more complicated, with confusing edge cases. I might simply want pushable objects, not moving ones.

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 14/12/2024

Trying to roll my own collision code for 3d objects on rails has been a nightmare. A near constant string of edge cases to deal with. It took me too many nights to get a basic setup working. #r3f #threejs #webgl

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SimonDev @simondev.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

💾 Memory management is tricky, but important! Spotting, tracking, and resolving memory leaks takes skill, and practice. This section will step through real examples, from beginner-friendly examples to tricky edge cases. #threejs Sign up👉 simondev.teachable.com/p/games-thre...

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Three.js Games

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Markus Oberlehner @markus.oberlehner.net · 06/12/2024

Running eight component tests for a complicated form in a *real browser* (!) in 768ms? This changes my stance on mainly using a mock DOM environment for testing! @vitest.dev Browser Mode is a true paradigm shift!

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 05/12/2024

Damn that was a 6.0?? bsky.app/profile/rast...

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 02/12/2024

Not bad progress for 2 weeks of work. There's a basic level editor, a few gameplay elements (switches, gates, rotating and translating elements, coins), and 3d marble maze navigation. Original post: bsky.app/profile/andr...

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 02/12/2024

Yay, it's a simple game now! Good end to the holiday week for side project hacking. Hopefully will build a static export system next, so you can playtest it, but who knows when 🤷‍♂️ #threejs #r3f #creativecoding #screenshotsaturday

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Verekia 🔮 ManaBlade.com @verekia.com · 29/11/2024

🚀 Alright, React Three Fiber folks: Three.js r171 is the release you've been waiting for to use WebGPU with zero config. It has been tested with Vite, Next.js 14/15, Pages/App routers, React 18/19, and even RSCs. All test cases are documented here: github.com/verekia/thre.... Let's go! #r3f #threejs

A snippet of code showing <Canvas gl={canvas => new WebGPURenderer({ canvas })}>

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Andy Ray @andrewray.me · 01/12/2024

Great ideas! I especially like the idea of drawing a path, maybe based on picking up rail pieces so you have something to build with. Pushable objects are a good idea too, which could definitely interact with other level elements.

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