Adam Coster 🎮

Bad data is always worse than no data at all. But even good data is usually worse than no data at all. Data-driven decisions are no better than horoscope-based decisions when the interpretation is wrong. And it usually is. You're probably better off with reasoning alone.

@samreich @AlannaMode I love what you're doing with Dropout! My studio has been making games for over a decade. Not web games specifically, but we do a lot of web stuff with our games. We're booked up for 2024 with our current project but I'd love to help out if I can! bscotch.net/games

Are there any web game developers who might be willing to chat with us about some fun little projects we want to do over the next year or so? Please link to work if possible! 🙏

💉BOOSTED💉 Dual-wielded the COVID booster and flu shot. Wanted to go for three (TDAP) but they only let you do two shots in a visit. Maybe a one-per-arm rule?

Also on Bluesky, so I can observe the Twitter Clones Wars first hand. bsky.app/profile/adamco…

Welp, another Twitter just dropped. See you there? @adamncoster" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">threads.net/@adamncoster

Not sure how JSON works? Here's a quick primer! adamcoster.com/blog/json-guide

Go learn some stuff from my amazing wife!

A surprise Crashlands 2 livestream will be debuting around the top of the hour thanks to @Completionist! Come support us and the other lovely devs from the cancelled MIX showcase! #SummerGameFest

Wishlist it! It's going to be REALLY good!

Crashlands 2 is finally, officially, announced, so I get to talk about it! Still a long road ahead, but I'm excited to get to show what I've been up to. youtu.be/yR_Opccn1n4

Did you know that JavaScript functions inherit the name of the variable they're assigned to? And that there's no such thing as an "anonymous" JavaScript function? adamcoster.com/blog/javascrip…

@wesbos Does the VSCode "Editor > Suggest: Insert Mode" help when set to "replace"? I feel like it's been less of a problem for me after I changed that.

Github copilot has got to fix this extra brackets + quotes bug. Even the AI knows how to fix it!

My amazing wife, @jcalyst, created something beautiful. You should read it. stone-soup.ghost.io/your-tongue-re…

@duckvalentine Yeah I've had these twice and the first time was extremely alarming!

re: building/deploying with AWS in the latest @syntaxfm: AWS CDK has a module that can directly convert your source into Lambdas, by integrating esbuild into the CDK deployment process. Lets you stick to Typescript, and not worry about dependencies. docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/v2/doc…

@EnderAgent @kentcdodds @BScotchShenani We use Sparkpost, but send all emails via their APIs and manage our email list ourselves. It's pretty cheap for that use case. Deliverability optimization was still a challenge, so if I were to do it all over I'd still use a 3rd party service

@kentcdodds I'm not sure what they use, but for some reason I seem to recall @BScotchShenani talking about this on one of the earlier podcast episodes. Maybe they still use something internal that @costerad would be willing to talk about

Is anyone using npm.im/nodemailer or otherwise sending their own emails in production? How's deliverability? I've heard that if you don't use a dedicated emailing service your emails pretty much wind up in spam most of the time.

@wesbos Same. I was diagnosed 2 years ago and before that never even suspected. It explains a lot, in retrospect!

@costerad thank you - def wish I had got tested ealier

@wesbos congrats on your ADHD diagnosis! And thanks for using your platform to talk openly about it. You'll help a lot of people finally get tested by increasing awareness and reducing stigma

@syntaxfm re: programming-adjacent games for learning logic, check out the level editor in Levelhead. Lots of logic gates and dynamic components. (full disclosure: I'm one of the devs) levelhead.io

@HokeyBones I love this color palette!

Worked on the gothic mecha-fortress tile set some more as well as some different menu types. #indiedev #Pixelart

@wesbos The "don't use `any`" rule is a non-nuanced variation of the actual rule: "Use the narrowest type you can." In this case you literally want *any function*, so the narrowest type for that is exactly what you've got!

Anyone Typed a HOF with an unknown amount of params? I have people telling me to use generics and/or unknown, but no one can produce an example. Can this be done without the any type? Anything wrong here? It infers everything fine #code/PTAEEFQMwVwOwMYBcCWB7OokE8AOBTLACwEMksSBrfAZ1BUxLm1BIFs15y0pWAnAOYw2+OEhoAoHAQjMAYvASgAvKAAUAOi0lBNAFytmAbQC6AShUA+Q9gDcEiSFAAJfH0IB3QvgAeuADYoCChI-izShEhEhO5IMHxw+AAmWHiE0e6OYABGMOQh9HRwaOSJycmg2fgIJDA0hAU1mFX0cFBu7kkSsIioGKBEPAA8APJ8KAIMJP4KveiYvkiiSXTg8oqWahKg0IoGYxNTM4p9cBJmBppaPQjgugYACjrs+Et8NKPjk3DTs8jzlgsymsACVXvE4AAVNKfQ4-Y5zDDWADe21AsQhu0RmCuGh0An0oCefBebw+B2+vxOAIuoDBcQS0IIsMpCP+SNAqJ2OwQGBoaH8+A0-jQAjUAAMAJIAcjYrAGPHFZns3NATgAwtN-MRCGgvvCseyzqqMQlDbj8TRlWiAL72G0OXlwGjkF3jOACACyVDcKgVUDUaiB1ml2E40utTpdoDdDAEADVpjBCKpYx7vdQ+EH7FHSsIqnwM77VIMA2o4AY4Pm3MHQJgAFSgAAskb5ebYBcT-mTfqrHbcRazAFZW87yDoSdhB37S4GSJXq3wADSVBf95egBAGNMCWtGBAr7IrkjmHNt-iTrs91QTkhTn1ZgCMK4ATCvpVF3PgI7YgA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">typescriptlang.org/play?#code/PTA…