# whats point (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover whats point. Page: Feed: --- ## [Fourth migration of the year](https://hypersubject.net/posts/fourth-migration-of-the-year?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) _2026-08-16 · ege's weblog_ We had a visa appointment at the US Embassy in the capital city, Ankara, on Friday. We were supposed to go there by the sleeper train on Thursday night but unfortunately my wife, in a way very out of character for her, made a mistake and bought tickets for Friday night instead. We needed to find a bus ticket in a rush to make the appointment (very early in the morning) on time. The journey was one… ## [blind spot](https://hypersubject.net/posts/blind-spot?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) _2026-08-09 · ege's weblog_ - What a week, huh? - Captain, it’s only Wednesday. This was me on Tuesday evening. Someone hit my car while it was parked and ran away. Since Tuesday, this has been the biggest thing occupying my mind. The problem is not that the car is damaged and I need to take it to the shop. The prick who hit my car has vanished. Even though I found his employer, they are denying responsibility. They know… ## [My Favourite Games From GMTK Game Jam 2026](https://gmtk.substack.com/p/my-favourite-games-from-gmtk-game-50b) _2026-08-08 · Mark Brown · Game Maker's Toolkit on Substack_ Count Down! ## [my sculpture grew hair](https://hypersubject.net/posts/my-sculpture-grew-hair?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) _2026-08-02 · ege's weblog_ I got sick. I don’t know how I managed to catch a flu-like virus in the middle of the summer, but I did. Funny, in English you say “catch a virus” but in Turkish we say “get caught by a virus”. I don’t know who caught whom, but I had been under the weather since Tuesday. Despite not feeling well for the majority of the week, I managed to spend ~8 hours in the studio working on my sculpture. I… ## [I failed JulyReply](https://hypersubject.net/posts/i-failed-julyreply?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) _2026-08-01 · ege's weblog_ July came and went and I didn’t write a reply post to anyone. Why? I simply haven’t read anything that I felt I could build upon. I had a few knee-jerk reactions where I could have written a condescending reply post, but what’s the point of that? To be honest, I’m not sad about missing JulyReply. I don’t like forcing things. ## [blogroll](https://hypersubject.net/posts/blogroll?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) _2026-07-27 · ege's weblog_ one day late edition. again. I spent the last week in my hometown at my grandma’s summerhouse. I didn’t take time off from work since I had a lot of commitments to meet, and couldn’t swim as much as I’d have liked. Anyway, I’m grateful to be able to swim at all! Last week I mentioned a recent addition to my personal infrastructure. This new host created an avenue for me to run custom-made… ## [read-it-never](https://hypersubject.net/posts/read-it-never?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) _2026-07-21 · ege's weblog_ What’s the point of putting things into my read-it-later app? Actually, I know the point: it gives me a false sense of accomplishment. I now have this essay in my possession. It makes me feel good about myself immediately—without doing the thing. Even though I wrote a somewhat negative review of Erich Fromm’s To Have or to Be? it made me remember a crucial insight about knowledge. If my… ## [Book Review: To Have or to Be?](https://hypersubject.net/posts/to-have-or-to-be?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) _2026-07-20 · ege's weblog_ The Frankfurt School has a special place in history. It’s an object of hatred for both ends of the political spectrum. Leftists , especially Marxists, hate them for diluting revolutionary thought and creating a version of the Left that is “compatible” with the capitalist ruling class. Rightists hate them for giving birth to identity politics and political correctness. However, it’s a mistake to… ## [yak shaving](https://hypersubject.net/posts/yak-shaving?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) _2026-07-19 · ege's weblog_ I continued the pending repair work in the new apartment. Last week’s focus was mostly electrical infrastructure which by the way is something I understand but find horrifying, compared to water infrastructure which I don’t understand and find boring. I’ve finished 2/3 of Erich Fromm’s To Have or to Be? but recently I started to worry that I won’t finish this book in time to write a review for… ## [Word Play is now available on iOS!](https://gmtk.substack.com/p/word-play-is-now-available-on-ios) _2026-07-14 · Mark Brown · Game Maker's Toolkit on Substack_ Spell on the go ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Dh4ktkbJBgr1) _2026-07-14 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [The Beast](https://hypersubject.net/posts/the-beast?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) _2026-07-12 · ege's weblog_ Last week was mostly spent working through the minor troubles with the new apartment. I bought two repeaters to fix the wifi coverage and a new TV. Some problematic infrastructure has been repaired but there’s still some work to do. For at least the last 6 years I’ve wanted to buy a new TV. I finally did it and I was very surprised by how hard it is to pick the brand and the model to buy. My old… ## [accidentally rediscovered the cure for writer's block](https://hypersubject.net/posts/accidentally-rediscovered-the-cure-for-writer's-block?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) _2026-07-10 · ege's weblog_ “If you can’t write it, write about it.” I read this advice to overcome writer’s block in a blog post some time ago but I didn’t attach much importance to it. I usually don’t register much of the advice I read online. I maintain a somewhat cynical view of it—I believe such advice is usually written by people who are clueless about the issue. However, I recently experienced firsthand how effective… ## [100 Steam Games that started life during GMTK Game Jam](https://gmtk.substack.com/p/100-steam-games-that-started-life) _2026-07-06 · Mark Brown · Game Maker's Toolkit on Substack_ From Tethergeist to Rollerdrome ## [How I Coded the Perks in my Roguelike](https://gmtk.substack.com/p/how-i-coded-the-perks-in-my-roguelike) _2026-06-25 · Mark Brown · Game Maker's Toolkit on Substack_ Making modifiers ## [Backpressure is all you need](https://davepaola.com/links/2026-05-31-backpressure-is-all-you-need/) _2026-05-31 · Dave Paola — Links_ Notes on "Backpressure is all you need" by Lucas Fernandes da Costa. ## [No More Code Reviews: Lights-Out Codebases Ahead](https://davepaola.com/links/2026-05-25-no-more-code-reviews-lights-out-codebases/) _2026-05-25 · Dave Paola — Links_ Notes on "No More Code Reviews: Lights-Out Codebases Ahead" by Philip Su. ## [Choose Boring Technology](https://davepaola.com/links/2026-05-24-choose-boring-technology/) _2026-05-24 · Dave Paola — Links_ Notes on "Choose Boring Technology" by Dan McKinley. ## [What's the Point of Managers?](https://davepaola.com/links/2026-05-24-whats-the-point-of-managers/) _2026-05-24 · Dave Paola — Links_ Notes on "What's the Point of Managers?" by Hilary Gridley. ## [The Secrets Behind THAT Cyberpunk 2077 Montage](https://gmtk.substack.com/p/the-secrets-behind-that-cyberpunk) _2026-05-15 · Mark Brown · Game Maker's Toolkit on Substack_ All over Night City ## [How Rockstar fit an entire city into PlayStation 2 memory](https://gmtk.substack.com/p/how-rockstar-fit-an-entire-city-into) _2026-05-07 · Mark Brown · Game Maker's Toolkit on Substack_ Give me Liberty ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/YjFcwUnBZpES) _2026-05-07 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Has Zelda Changed Forever?](https://gmtk.substack.com/p/has-zelda-changed-forever) _2026-03-30 · Mark Brown · Game Maker's Toolkit on Substack_ From Ocarina of Time to Breath of the Wild to...? ## [GMTK Digest (December 2025)](https://gmtk.substack.com/p/gmtk-digest-december-2025) _2025-12-31 · Mark Brown · Game Maker's Toolkit on Substack_ Bye bye for now! ## [The World Design of Hollow Knight: Silksong](https://gmtk.substack.com/p/the-world-design-of-hollow-knight) _2025-12-15 · Mark Brown · Game Maker's Toolkit on Substack_ The Boss Keys to the Citadel ## [GMTK Digest (November 2025)](https://gmtk.substack.com/p/gmtk-digest-november-2025) _2025-11-28 · Mark Brown · Game Maker's Toolkit on Substack_ Primed and ready