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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 5h

10x (1.0.565) released. Summary: General bug fixes and optimisations

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

You can now customise menus in 10x

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

10x Release (1.0.536) Summary: Python API functions for LSP script support. Improved regex searching (4X faster). Shader file parsing improvements. Fixes to changing file encoding. Fixed error underlining for Unreal.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

If a product has millions of customers their support team should number in the thousands, but it rarely does. And even if the company has hundreds of support staff they will be poorly trained and working from a script. No match for the solo-dev who wrote the actual software.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Small software devs have the highest level of customer support because they usually have fewer customers. Think about the ratio of support devs to number of customers. One solo-dev can support a few thousand customers.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

When I see "Sorry for the delay, we are experiencing a high level of demand" I read "We underfunded customer support department because we don't care about customers"

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Big companies chasing the money don't case about existing customers and making their lives better. They only care about growth.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I don't want AI, I never wanted AI, I want decent customer support!

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

There's a service I've been using for many years. Support used to be great when they were small. Now they are big it's terrible. I issued a complaint and received no response. Today I get an email telling me they bought out an AI company so they can push new AI products.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

10x Editor exists because it can survive small and grow slowly. I suspect this is true of any product that focuses on quality.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Because my main motivation isn't money, and because I'm 100% self funded I can focus on quality. Support small software devs.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Tired of companies chasing the money rather than focusing on quality. Always pivoting to the next big thing in the hope of striking it big. I understand, it's hard to sell quality, much easier to jump on the hype train.

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Wookash Podcast @gameengineering.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Recently had the opportunity to talk to the legend who made my childhood-beloved game Fable! @bbbscarter.bsky.social have worked at Bullfrog on Magic Carpet and Dungeon Keeper after which he and his brother Dene joined forces to work on something that would later become Fable! youtu.be/69pvUyBsruQ

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Inside the Development of Fable | Simon Carter

YouTube video by Wookash Podcast

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

For anyone saying 250ms start-up time is too slow, I agree. But take it up with Microsoft, it's the time it takes to start DirectX and create a window. 10x could start in around 60ms.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

New users might find this useful. You can now import key bindings from Visual Studio

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The new build contains a number of improvements of AI agent integration. Most notably, the replace_text tool. This is a more robust way of agents writing to files, so be sure to tell your agent about it.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I decided 10x wasn't fast enough, so I've been optimising again: - Open workspace time reduced by 20% - Start-up time: reduced by 30% 10x now starts in around 250ms

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

New 10x build release (1.0.514) So many changes they wouldn't fit onto one page

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I just uploaded build (1.0.500) That's 500 builds and 2,327 changes since 10x was launched 3 years ago. I've been working on 10x almost 10 years. The reason I keep going, because the 10x community is the best! Come and join us.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Because of this it's our job to fight complexity where ever we can. There will always be complex problems where we do need to flex our brains, but everywhere else we need to strive for simplicity. Complexity is the enemy of good software.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

But programming has a particular problem because programmers usually self select for enjoying complexity. We enjoy being able to understand something complex and get it working. We are engineers of probably the most complex structures humans have ever created.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Unnecessary complexity affects most human activities. Just look at politics and the legal system. We try and solve every problem by adding something new which just adds another set of problems.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Everything that's wrong with modern software can be summed up in two words: "Unnecessary Complexity" Programming languages, project structure, build systems. libraries, performance, team structure, all suffer from this.

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Simon Carter @bbbscarter.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I'm trying to write a little more frequently, so I wrote some words about the development of the original Fable. Yay! blog.simoncarter.me/blog/the-ori... #gamedev #fable #games

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The Origins of Fable

The story of Fable's origins - failed pitches, a game called Wishworld, and unlikely sources of inspiration.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 22/04/2026

Happy Earth Day! 🌎 🌍 🌏 To mark this special day, we’re tuning in to Sen, the world’s first continuous 4K video livestream from space. Sen’s cameras are hosted on our Columbus module of the ISS, with data delivered via the Airbus platform. Watch Earth from above, just like an astronaut 📹 Sen

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Me and a small nugget of love. 🇸🇪♥️🇺🇦 @mnotme.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

In a recent poll of 10x users more than half didn't want any AI

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

10x wasn't written with AI, doesn't contain any AI and doesn't upload your code anywhere. If you choose to use AI agents that's fine, it will work with 10x. But 10x itself is free of AI.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Just to be clear, 10x doesn't contain any AI. The recent update adds an MCP server that allows any agents you're running to communicate with and control 10x. The new Terminal feature allows you to open terminals in 10x, which allows you to run CLI AI agents within 10x.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

10x now supports error underlining

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

It turns out that AI agents want to use 10x too. They need fast code navigation as much as we do. Stop waiting for AI to grep files and give it access to 10x.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

You can now run AI agents inside 10x

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

10x Release (1.0.458) - AI Agent support - Terminals - Error underlining

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

If it has bugs or missing features use AI to improve it

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The vim.py script that 10x uses is maintained by the community. We've decided to let AI write and maintain its own script to see if it does better. The AI script is here: github.com/Phildo/10x/b... If you're a 10x vim user give it a try and leave some feedback.

vim.py

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cwrenniks.bsky.social @cwrenniks.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Yup, as a daily user, I can attest to this comment. If you wrote C or C++ code, get 10x. You won’t be disappointed

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

10x Search panel now has Source Preview!

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

10x Release (1.0.428) Added source preview to Search panel. Support for slnx files. Improved font rendering. General optimisations and bug fixes.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Most products get slower as they age. When you have a large team of programmers working on new features and adding complexity this is almost inevitable. 10x is getting faster as it ages. Whatever I'm working on, every time I notice something slow, I stop what I'm doing and fix it.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I see 10x everywhere these days. Free marketing.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I just watched an interview with someone saying AI literally makes programmers 10x more productive. I chose the name 10x Editor before AI was a thing. Really pleased that the 10x programmer meme is still going strong.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

10x Editor Release Version (1.0.404) General fixes and parser fixes. Improved 10xEditorLink syncing. Improved quality of map scroll bar rendering. Crash fixes.

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I don't have any definite plans for Linux support yet. Vim is implemented in a python script which is developed by the community github.com/slynch8/10x/...

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

New 10x Editor build (1.0.378) A lot of changes in this one. Mainly focusing on stability and bug fixes. And many improvements to the parser.

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Live++ @liveplusplus.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Live++ 2.11.0 out now: liveplusplus.tech/releases.html - Support for virtual file systems - Support for 10x by @stewartlynch8.bsky.social - Environment variable set for invoked compiler - Hot-Restart via exception handler dialog - Smaller fixes #cpp #gamedev

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

What's your caps lock key mapped to? Mine is: `10x.exe d:\dev\10x.sln` Which focuses the 10x window with my workspace No more searching for it with alt+tab

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Context switches are back! It looks like Windows Update 24H2 broke the context switch recording in FramePro. But I found a work-around and uploaded a new build. FramePro (1.11.0) - Fixed context switch recording

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Stewart Lynch @stewartlynch8.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

In all there were 21 optimisations. The hardest part of making sure that nothing got broken in the process.

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