Alan Bradburne retweeted
September 2026 Hacker News Hiring Index:
539 job postings in September. That's 25% more than August (430) and 25% fewer than September last year (722). The 12-month average is 700.
Median pay went up to $195k. (1/6)
Alan Bradburne retweeted
OK I finally put the core part of my physically modelled piano synthesizer on GitHub for anyone who's interested or can make use of it somehow: github.com/peterc/coopiano
Alan Bradburne retweeted
Yesterday i asked how you all market your games: i expected 4 comments, but instead over a hundred indie devs showed up.
I turned every tip, every number, every "nothing works" into one readable doc: what worked, what flopped, what to do before launch and at launch.
It's free ofc, it's for the community, it's for my indie bros who, like me, don't have an idea of how to launch a game. Properly.
Thank you all. Seriously.
Go wishlist each other's games now.
You can download it from the link in the first comment👇
Alan Bradburne retweeted
This was Microsoft’s confidential international Halo research from October 2000. Only Jaime and I went to the presentation.
The first conclusion they came to was that we shouldn’t call it Halo.
And that point, I checked out and never listened to a word they said again.
Alan Bradburne retweeted
A key to productivity with agents is that you have to raise your ambition - give it bigger chunks, take bigger swings.
This is the reason why _experts_ do better with agents. They have a laundry list of "I would do X if only I had time", beginners have no such sense
Alan Bradburne retweeted
Opus 5.5 designing LEGO 👀
I asked it to design a Microduck I can build with real LEGO pieces. It:
> designed it life-size using 1113 real LEGO parts
> verified: 3,204 connections, 0 collisions, every step buildable, centre of mass inside the feet 🤯
> made a 141-page LEGO-style booklet (237 steps)
> priced every piece in the browser and prepared the orders on BrickLink
Alan Bradburne retweeted
If you were alarmed or put off by DHH’s keynote, you were already toast
This direction has been obvious for at least a year at this point
It's pencils down, people. Writing code by hand is no longer an economically viable skill for most programmers at most companies. But the future of making software has never been brighter. Don't you dare black pill this beautiful moment! youtu.be/vDjW_dRyKXY?si=6Fsf…
Alan Bradburne retweeted
33 years ago today, the Stranger stepped onto the dock of Myst Island for the first time. We can still hear the water splashing against the pilings.
ALT The dock of Myst Island from the original version of the game. A wooden dock ends at a spiral staircase that leads up to giant gears on a hillside. A ship is sunk in the water on the right, and parts of buildings are visible on the left.
Alan Bradburne retweeted
Last-minute Vegas trip? We got you. 🎲 Same-day tickets to sold-out shows + luxury hotel deals at vegasnearme.com. Because spontaneity should be rewarded, not punished.
Alan Bradburne retweeted
Last week I got some rough news that me and bunch of my coworkers were being laid off. I will be using the very generous severance to pause a bit and figure out whats next.
But if you are hiring in the Elixir/Rust/Go/docs/comms space lemme know! I know some excellent candidates.
Alan Bradburne retweeted
Never before have I publicly asked for money, and while I'm deeply grateful for everyone's generosity, what I truly need is a job. Thank you to all who donated — your support means everything. I'm attaching my CV in hopes of finding work in the amazing Ruby community.
the community opened their hearts (and wallets) for @YuriSidorov, his fundraiser is a success — looking forward to great you in person 👋
Alan Bradburne retweeted
I'm not EA im not Codemasters, Im not Ubisoft, I'm a broke bloke in my 40s making a game. Its close but I'm excited and REALLY scared. Thank you for your support x.
store.steampowered.com/app/2… – at South East, England
Alan Bradburne retweeted
My contract with @GustoHQ has reached it's natural conclusion - there's not much work left to do :)
With that, I'll be available starting in August for:
* Audits/tune-ups
* Long-term retainer
* Training/workshops
I'm excited to get back to working with a diverse group of co's!
Alan Bradburne retweeted
I'm on the job market. If you know of any exciting companies using Elixir that are hiring and do remote work let me know.
Alan Bradburne retweeted
If you're interested in keeping up with my adventures building an urban cheesemaking business in Japan, please sign up to my mailing list! (Retweets welcome)
Signup dat can help me when I present the project to lenders and investors.
yuzuten.com/cheese-labo
Alan Bradburne retweeted
I want to start a business just so I can use @Bento. Love that company.
@jessethanley has created one of the great ones.
If you do run a company...why aren't you using it?
Alan Bradburne retweeted
something that's really important to me building @bento is reducing anxiety wherever possible.
a good example of this is bulk updates.
in other tools, once you run the update you're screwed if you make a mistake. whereas in @Bento, we send you a CSV backup of your data BEFORE we update so you can restore it quickly if you made a mistake.
all powered by @bento flows of course! ❤️
