Avtandil Ushikishvili

Software developer with neverending energy

[Avtandil Ushikishvili @AVTUNEY_]

@davidfowl Ugliest language ever

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@eiximenis @davidfowl reset C#? Lmao.

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

I have been trying to find something meaningful to say about the Id Software layoffs.

My “Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand” statement isn’t aging well, and this is certainly going to dampen the mood of the founder reunion at QuakeCon next month.

I’m saddened, but I can’t muster anger or outrage over it. I don’t have access to the books, but I suspect that Id Software was a marginal business from Microsoft’s perspective. I believe the reports that Minecraft revenues have been carrying several other studios.

To continue being produced long term, games need to succeed, not just be beloved.

Games are competing with every other option for spending your leisure time and money, and the competition is brutal.

You can’t rule out the possibility that executives are idiots, but that shouldn’t be your default belief. I don’t think there is any obvious path that would have doubled the revenue from Id games.

Could they have gotten more with a different pricing strategy?

Could they have created more things for fans to buy?

Could they have cost effectively marketed in a way that reached more players that would have loved and bought the games?

Could they have changed the game designs and broadened the appeal to more players without alienating existing ones?

Could they have produced the games at a lower cost, faster or cheaper?

I really don’t know.

The game isn’t over yet, and I hope the studio rallies through.

[David Fowler @davidfowl]

Everyone building bloated CLIs in node 😢😢😢😢

[Avtandil Ushikishvili @AVTUNEY_]

@KarenPayneMVP This sounds interesting. Could you please share more details on what kind of limitations you encounter ?

[Avtandil Ushikishvili @AVTUNEY_]

@Aaronontheweb I reported this issue about two months ago. Someone from JetBrains even replied, but there’s still no fix.

https://t.co/7pLfLZhjZM

[Avtandil Ushikishvili @AVTUNEY_]

@MStrehovsky Why would you do this man 😭

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@KarenPayneMVP Well, this depends on a lot of things.

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@mjovanovictech @tailwindcss @mjovanovictech What is the name of the theme you use in VS ?

[ReDeFi @ReDeFi_World]

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[Avtandil Ushikishvili @AVTUNEY_]

@davidfowl It depends on how easy it is to split the project.

[Ntuthuko Msimang @ntux_SA]

Mark Zuckerberg right now:

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@gregyoung The only reason i hate online correspondence chess.

[Avtandil Ushikishvili @AVTUNEY_]

Wow!

[Jorge Cohen @JorgeWritesCode]

I... I... I think I built a Twitter client for Palm OS 😅

[Avtandil Ushikishvili @AVTUNEY_]

@cat__logic Georgia :)

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@konradkokosa I absolutely love this.

[Greg Young @gregyoung]

Well I just learned something and am forced to sit shaking my head.

How long do you believe it took scientists to make a vaccine for COVID?

Seriously ... guess ... how long?

48 hours https://t.co/qzXc0Tg5My

*Everything else* has been regulatory.

[Rick @rickasaurus]

Now that .NET is faster than java, and runs on linux, and has more and better features, why would you pick java (beyond being tied to some platform like spark).

[Avtandil Ushikishvili @AVTUNEY_]

@migueldeicaza Why won't you use safari instead of Edge ?

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