Litevex

this is not v!be coded ! i feel like I should clarify that

the github repo isn't up yet since it still needs some work also SampleServer is a placeholder name (after i changed it from OpenSplice to not get sued), let me know if anyone has any good name ideas because i ran out of cool sounding words to put together

none of these sample packs are on my computer i'm making an open source tool similar to splice where anyone can host up to thousands of sample packs and you can instantly search and drag them into ableton or fl studio, downloading them as needed #ableton #musicproduction

@Intervolver it's not p2p (although that could be interesting to add), it's just a web server hosting an api, think of it like connecting to a minecraft server, but you can connect to multiple at once and it'll mix the results from them

@litexev Are you making a bespoke p2p protocol, or using ftp/torrent or something like that?

the game is still almost certainly coming out this year it's been in confirmed development since 2020, 6 years ago, longer than any other half life game, they're likely waiting on the steam machine i'll be posting new updates or rumours as soon as there are any

and mike straw's source just lied to him for some reason idk lol maybe the whole game was just internally delayed last second cause of the tarrif-related steam hardware delays

someone randomly liked this tweet a few days ago and i got a notification for it which felt so passive aggressive lol

@NBarrettwr i'm genuinely really confused at how the game hasn't been announced yet even just cause of how long it's been in development alone (let alone the several rumours) so it has to be that

@litexev I might be delusional but I guarantee this is because of the steam machine delay. Once that gets fixed they'll announce it

@ArabNinja255 valve will finally be getting ready to launch the steam machine and hlx together in 2027 after the ai bubble pops and then the next pandemic will suddenly hit

@litexev Whatever happened I will be blaming Scam Altman and the RAM cabal

@themetaroom yeah probably lol, you could in theory ctrl+a freeze then file > collect all and the project folder becomes sharable regardless of setup but it'd only work for projects that still work locally

@litexev the thing is its not realistic cuz I use a bunch of plugins and there might be a bunch of incompatibilities and crap + huge 100s of GB

man Iwould pay someone to go through all my projects and just render out cool loops and stems so I could recycle that stuff I have way too many projects sitting around

@themetaroom make a sample pack like how mr bill did with spectra where he just renamed a bunch of bounced audio he had lying around

@ShareX People felt like they were being tricked when something was announced with "We've been cooking this for a long time" to then check the github repo and only then immediately realize it was entirely AI generated

@ShareX The way it was originally announced (and talked about twice after) did not make it look like a "vibe coded comparison experiment" and rather a new project that a lot of people were waiting for, it feels like this framing of it was only added in retrospect

Clarification about XerahS: it is an experimental side-project, completely separate from ShareX, used as a playground to test agentic coding among other tools. ShareX is here to stay. It remains the same battle-tested software you already know, still maintained and updated using traditional development methods. While we posted about XerahS because it can be interesting to see how vibecoded software (see, we aren't afraid to call it how it is) compares to traditional, stable software, it isn't meant to be a new version nor a replacement. - If you dislike AI, feel free to criticize and/or ignore it. - If you're curious, give it a try and let us know (on Discord or GitHub) how it goes compared to ShareX. - If you want to contribute to our playground, feel free to open vibecoded pull-requests for bugfixes and features. Any question? Any concern? See you in the replies. ~X

Correction: The Steam Machine itself wasn't delayed but the announcement of its price was

Keep in mind the existence of Half Life 3 is NOT a rumour, HLX strings clearly referring to a flat screen Half Life game, with some new NPCs being directly named, have been showing up in games for 6 years now and Valve recently confirmed they're not making any VR games or demos

Valve has confirmed that the Steam Machine was delayed due to shortages but will still release within the first half of the year. Half Life 3 / HLX might be announced alongside it or shortly after, which might imply HL3 in the first half of 2026, but #HalfLife3 #HLX #Steam #Valve