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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 02/07/2026

also running in a terminal with node (and threejs and gamepad) because why not.

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 02/07/2026

Box3d-wasm SIMD+threads box3d.netlify.app

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 29/05/2026

Coworking with Friends. Without @lukekarrys.com 😢 Because Luke would have wanted it that way. Probably.

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 16/05/2026

Get a bunch of bikes and ride them around with your friends. It's the shit.

My friend Cory DJing on the DJ bike in front of Pedal Haus in downtown Mesa.

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 17/03/2026

Aww yeah early screening LFGO! One of my favorite books in a long time.

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 12/03/2026

haha reminds me a node summit years ago

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 06/03/2026

Running Three.js with WebGL on a cheap Linux gaming handheld WITHOUT a web browser. #threejs

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 22/12/2025

Get a bunch of bikes and ride them around with your friends. It's the shit.

Leaders of BikeMesa in christmas attire gathered around the DJ bike

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 27/11/2025

Built me a Steam Machine for my living room

tv with steam big picture more and expedition 33 selected

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 30/10/2025

Did a full implementation of the Web Gamepad API for node.js and added a CLI tester for it. Over 2100 gamepads mapped using the SDL database. About two orders of magnitude more than chrome :) npx gamepad-node

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 29/10/2025

Three.js GPU (WebGL) accelerated demo running in Node.js (without a web browser) but rendering to my terminal at GameBoy Color resolution. Even has real texture mapping and lighting effects :)

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 19/10/2025

Get a bunch of bikes and ride them around with your friends. It's the shit.

a bunch of people on a bike ride at night

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 13/10/2025

I've arrived at @jsconf.bsky.social Looking forward to catching up with everyone, it's been a while. #jsconf

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 16/08/2025

Get a bunch of bikes and ride them around with your friends. It's the shit.

a bunch of people getting ready to ride bikes, including a DJ bike

a bunch of people happy to be riding bikes

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 30/06/2025

Some of my friends at @heatsynclabs.bsky.social didn't care for having live webcams on the space. So as a compromise we used some AI to keep the feed going while maintaining privacy. #hackThePlanet

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 27/03/2025

Just chillin on my DJ bike today.

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 11/03/2025

Wrote an MCP module to connect Claude Code to the physical world. What's the worst that can happen? #ai #javascript #arduino #nodebots

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 18/02/2025

Performance is looking really good on the javascript game launcher thanks to some updates on @kmamal/sdl (Node.js libSDL bindings) github.com/monteslu/jsg... #gamedev #javascript #webdev #retrogaming

RG34xx retro gaming handheld running jsgamelauncher

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 05/02/2025

Don't ever talk to me (RG40xxv) or my son (RG28xx) again. Another day, another Anbernic running jsgamelauncher #gamedev #retrogaming #javascript

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 25/01/2025

The javascript game launcher now supports custom fonts with FontFace #gamedev #javascript #retrogaming #webdev

retro handheld device with a javascript version of space invaders using a custom font for the HUD

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 17/01/2025

8 cores on a retroid pocket 5 :)

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 16/01/2025

here's htop on the device

htop running on a linux devices showing the multiple node.js threads

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 16/01/2025

Box2d Physics engine Version 3 In WebAssembly using threads In Node.js On a cheap retro handheld device 60 fps WITHOUT a web browser :) #gamedev #javascript #wasm #box2d #retrogaming

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 12/01/2025

might want to wait til later tonight. Just made a major performance tweak, but away from computer for a few hours. Getting steady 60 fps on these underpowered devices now. Will push that change soon.

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 11/01/2025

Got WASM working on my JS game launcher. (Web game APIs without a browser) Here's the box2d physics engine compiled to WASM, running on retro handled device. #gamedev #javascript #retrogaming

box2d WASM demo running on an RG40XXv handled retro gaming device

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 04/01/2025

Knocked out a couple of quick javascript games this morning for my retro handheld. #gamedev #javascript #retrogaming

javascript space invaders clone running on an RG40xxv retro handheld game device

javascript tetris clone running on an RG40xxv retro handheld game device

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 03/01/2025

Something fun for the weekend: Got Phaser @phaser.io working on a cheap Anberinc retro handheld device. Browser APIs WITHOUT a browser :) ✅ Canvas (2d) ✅ WebAudio ✅ Keyboard events ✅ Gamepad API ✅ localStorage Other browser-based javascript game engines work too! #gamedev #WebDev #javascript

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 21/12/2024

Build a DJ bike and ride it around with your friends. It's the shit.

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 20/12/2024

IoT-based game dev directly on cheap retro handheld using @nodered.org kmamal/sdl , napi-rs/canvas, and some glue :) @heatsynclabs.bsky.social #gamedev #WebDev #IoT #javascript #haxmas

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 11/12/2024

Next Month: Building Browserless, Browser-based games. Come hang with me at HalfStack conf! halfstackconf.com/phoenix @halfstackconf.bsky.social #javascript #webdev #gamedev #retrogaming

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 06/02/2024

The world's worst default setting:

Screenshot of VS Code's setting for "Copy with Syntax Highlighting" which is marked true by default

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 20/01/2024

Had over 110 riders turn out last night to welcome the new AZ Distilling Co. to Downtown Mesa Our bike army is steadily growing. Build a DJ bike and ride it around with your friends. It's the shit.

people riding bikes at night with light rail tracks in the background

people riding bikes at night with palm trees in the background

a bunch of bikes parked and a bike DJ in the background

a bunch of bikes parked in front of a bar with a DJ playing music from a cargo bike

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 11/08/2023

and now Node.js running a web server, in an iframe, in a browser tab, in a terminal-based browser, in tmux, in a terminal tab, on a laptop. With hsync tunneling into that browser and relaying port 9000 so that another tmux window can telnet to a non-web tcp server in it

Node.js running a web server, in an iframe, in a browser tab, in a terminal-based browser, in tmux, in a terminal tab, on a laptop.

With hsync tunneling into that browser and relaying port 9000 so that another tmux window can telnet to a non-web tcp server in it

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Luis Montes @monteslu.com · 11/08/2023

Here's Node.js running a web server, in WASM, in an iframe, in a browser tab, in a terminal-based browser, in a terminal tab, on a laptop. #WebContainers are pretty cool :)

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