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Karthik VJ

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I make games and cool shit! labrat.mobi

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Jack @jackinpogform.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Still from Rogue One. An imperial commander asks Mads Mikkelson

"Bluesky? Really? A man of your talents?"


He responds: "its a simple life."
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Go play my #js13k gamejam game! #gamedev #indiegame labrat.mobi/games/hornbo...
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Hornbound
In this roguelike adventure, you play as a Unicorn on a quest to find the missing rainbows. Explore, survive, and collect them all!
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Go play my new game! Osiris - Mission 1 labrat.mobi/games/osiris... #gamedev #indiegame
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Osiris - Mission 1
Dodge missiles in a hostile space environment and survive for as long as you can!
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
i.redd.it/gvtdyn5k5mah...
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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Suraj has a point.
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Pixel-boy @pixel-boy.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
VFX asset pack available: pixel-boy.itch.io/vfxmix-asset... #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart
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ChristinaC.🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @christinacoffin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
not surprised, just disappointed * continues making human-only made things with #godotEngine *
webpage for unity.com for their unity 6 beta that allows AI tools
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Myzreal @myzreal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Why did no one tell me math can be fun #gamedev #indiedev #godot
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Swift Language @swift.org · 24/03/2026
Swift 6.3 has landed! 🚀 This release brings community-driven Android support into the official toolchain, along with major improvements to C interoperability, the build system, and embedded Swift. Read more: www.swift.org/blog/swift-6... #AndroidDev #iOSDev
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Good afternoon! The hearing for a preliminary injunction in Anthropic v. Department of War (that's the name of the case, don't blame me!) starts on the half hour. You can follow my live coverage here.
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TypeScript @typescriptlang.org · 23/03/2026
TypeScript 6.0 is now available! This release brings better type-checking for methods, new standard library features, new module features for Node.js, and more! But most important, this release brings us one step closer to the upcoming native-speed 7.0! devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a...
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Announcing TypeScript 6.0 - TypeScript
TypeScript 6.0 is now available! TypeScript 6 is a stepping-stone release, aligning with the upcoming native-speed 7.0 release.
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Seba @seba-dev.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Experimenting with hover physics in godot. #godot #gamedev #indiedev
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Тsфdiиg @tsoding.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
What I discovered by letting my normie relatives use my laptop is that if you use Linux with i3 window manager you don't need a screen locker at all.
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...
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A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
thanks @webdevs.firefox.com
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Ratatui @ratatui.rs · 24/02/2026
The rise of Ratatui 🐁👑 #rustlang #ratatui
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I miss web designs like this,
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Firefox for Web Developers @webdevs.firefox.com · 12/02/2026
Here's a quick rundown of what we delivered as part of Interop 2025, and what's planned for Interop 2026!
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
#microslop, when 30% of the code is written by AI
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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 11/02/2026
Notepad was once a lightweight text editor in Windows, but Microsoft has increasingly been adding features to it in recent years. The new Markdown support has led to a Remote Code Execution flaw 😬 msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide...
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TypeScript @typescriptlang.org · 11/02/2026
TypeScript 6.0 beta is now published! This release brings - inference improvements for functions - updates to package.json 'imports' - the Temporal APIs - alignments for the upcoming TypeScript 7.0 - & more! Try it today! devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a...
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Announcing TypeScript 6.0 Beta - TypeScript
Today we are announcing the beta release of TypeScript 6.0! To get started using the beta, you can get it through npm with the following command: npm install -D typescript@beta TypeScript 6.0 is a uni...
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
TypeScript 6.0 beta devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/a...
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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026
I now spend my days talking AI slop and the end of bug-bounties on podcasts and in media interviews. One day I may end up writing code again. 😎
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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I kept seeing something in japanese shmups: bullets are equidistant. So moving up doesn't create clumps of bullets, and moving down doesn't make the bullet stream seem more sparse. So I mocked it up. Feels very right. It's not for anything, just a proof of concept. #indiedev
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Flash pro 8 works in linux (with wine), so fast and stable. #adobeanimate #flash
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
#flash
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Firefox for Web Developers @webdevs.firefox.com · 02/02/2026
AI Controls (formally 'kill switch') are landing in today's Firefox Nightly, and will land with Firefox 148 later this month.
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Mara Bos @mara.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
If you want a Rust button and a discount code for RustWeek, come find me at FOSDEM this weekend! I now have bright pink hair, so should be easy to find :) #rustlang #rustweek #fosdem
A whole pile of pin buttons with the rust logo on top of the progress pride flag.
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
It's always pleasant to hear "Demis Hassabis". Feels like he is the only adult in the AI space, www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbIa...
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Hassabis on an AI Shift Bigger Than Industrial Age
YouTube video by Bloomberg Live
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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 26/01/2026
The @swift.org team is demonstrating a level of consistency that makes me believe they really want to see the Swift programming language thrive outside of the Apple ecosystem.
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Godot Engine @godotengine.org · 26/01/2026
#Godot 4.6 is out, and all about your flow! This release puts you and your workflow first with a new theme, flexible docks, and dozens of UX improvements. And Jolt Physics by default, revamped IK, better reflections, and more. Less wrestling with UI. More making games. godotengine.org/releases/4.6
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Godot 4.6 Release: It's all about your flow
With the stability gained over the past five releases, it's time for polish and quality of life improvements for everyday development.
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LK @lkcreations.art · 24/01/2026
Daily sketch 🎍🥷🐈‍⬛️ Can you spot the cat ? First time using this green #art #artsky #ink #sketch
Photo of a table with an opened sketchpad on it and a pen on the right of it. 
The sketch is green bamboos growing and below them stands a little samurai silhouette. Somewhere hides a cat. 
Indian ink on paper.
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I made a 10kb game for #js13k gamejam, last year. Go play it! Cat-apult! #gamedev #indiegames labrat.mobi/games/catapu...
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Cat-apult
Cat-apult is a wild and wacky puzzle-platformer where you don’t just play as a cat - you launch one! Fling your fearless feline at breakneck speeds, ricocheting across tricky levels to snatch up shiny...
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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The internet has lost it's magic
YouTube video by Tom Delalande
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Queen's Domain⚔️ - DEMO OUT NOW @queensdomain.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
We dropped the demo for our new fantasy RPG ⚔️ - Brutal combat - Rich exploration - 90’s retro aesthetic Try the first few hours of gameplay now⬇️
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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ざきち @zakichi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
VARYZNEX is a 2D shooter that's been out for exactly one year and is currently on sale. There's also a bundle containing all three games, which is an even better deal. store.steampowered.com/bundle/49618...
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure “intact mental health” arstechnica.com/security/202...
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Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health"
The onslaught includes LLMs finding bogus vulnerabilities and code that won't compile.
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AstraKernel 💫 @astrakernel.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Buttplug io website: "implemented in Rust" 🫣
Job interview meme template with " I see you have experience in vibe coding"

Response:
"No, I coded a vibrator in Rust"
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
A quote from Dune, "Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
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Karthik VJ @karthikvj.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Wrote a small util, that converts TypeScript types to Swift and Kotlin types github.com/goldenratio/...
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GitHub - goldenratio/type-transform: Convert TypeScript types to Swift and Kotlin types
Convert TypeScript types to Swift and Kotlin types - goldenratio/type-transform
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