Update on my USB4AMI project:
New smaller boards are in. Added selectable turbo and Twin stick support for CD32 mode for games that use it for directional shooting. @therealh0ffman@nivrig
Dual stick #Amiga shooter action with the excellent Rogue Declan by @nivrig
USB4AMI is a game changer for stuff like this. Perhaps we can see some future games take further advantage of this.
Imagine you're John Carmack
you're 22 years old and you just wrote a 3D engine in assembly that runs at 35fps on a 486
Doom drops. Quake drops. Half the planet is playing your code.
you're the reason GPUs exist. you're the reason your friend Jensen has a yacht today.
then in 2009, you sell id Software. people call it betrayal. you call it "they made an offer I couldn't refuse."
VR obsession. Oculus. Meta buys it for $2B. you're CTO.
but Meta thinks you're a liability. your demos are "too intense." your emails are "too long." your focus on frame timing is "slowing us down."
2022. they push you out. not fired officially. just "restructured."
the media writes "end of an era." some crypto bro calls you "washed up."
silicon valley moves on.
but you don't.
you don't write a book. you don't start a podcast. you don't collect speaking fees.
you go completely quiet.
you take the money. you buy a warehouse in Texas. you hire 10 engineers. and you start coding.
not games. not VR.
AGI.
two years. radio silence. no tweets. no conference talks.
while everyone's debating ChatGPT, you're debugging CUDA kernels at 3AM, testing world models.
then in 2025, Keen Technologies pivots hard. you're not "exploring" anymore. you're building it.
here's what people get wrong:
everyone calls it a comeback. a redemption arc. "revenge on Meta."
it's none of that.
you're a 54-year-old engineer who still codes 12 hours a day because you genuinely can't stop.
most CTOs would have bought an island. most legends would have written memoirs.
you just kept typing.
the most dangerous person in any codebase is the one who goes quiet and never stops shipping commits.
karma doesn't need to be real.
but obsession is.
welcome back, Carmack.
Cliamp v1.8.2
12-year-old me would have shit his pants if he ever saw this.
It has been a ride. A lot of good feedback!
Features
→ Audio Formats MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, AAC, ALAC, Opus, WMA
→ 10-Band Equalizer Presets: Rock, Jazz, Pop, Classical, and more
→ Themes & Visualizers: Multiple color themes and visualizer modes
→ Playlists TOML, M3U/M3U8, built-in playlist manager
→ HTTP Streaming URLs, internet radio, remote M3U playlists
→ yt-dlp Integration YouTube, SoundCloud, Bandcamp playback
→ Podcasts: Listen to any podcast via RSS feed
→ Navidrome Stream your self-hosted music library
→ Gapless Playback Seamless track transitions
→ MPRIS / Media Keys Hardware media keys and playerctl
→ Audio Quality Sample rate 22kHz–192kHz, buffer size, resample quality
→ Live Radio Metadata ICY/Shoutcast current song info
Omarchy + Cliamp = perfection
Cognitive Sovereignty by Offence Released 24 January 2026 in the Gerp 2026 Amiga 40k Intro competition Amiga OCS/ECS https://t.co/vx0vOGbfK1 #Amiga#Demoscene
New track 'Overdrive' is out now! Listen here: https://t.co/Qch6RWwjf6
This one is a salute to the era of early 3D graphics and classic PlayStation vibes 🎮 #ps1
Artwork: Victor Estrella
Merry Christmas! 🎄✨ All music at https://t.co/ofMIbfTKV7 is now FREE to download 🎁 It’s also DMCA-safe if you want to use it on your Twitch streams 👾🎶 Hope you have a great time! 🎄❤️