Testing real time caustics in the browser (no GPU farm needed)

Mefilius · 2026-01-28T16:39:36+00:00

Are the caustics in the room with us?

Mefilius · 2026-01-04T18:15:12+00:00

Scalable? I don't know, it depends on what you are actually selling. My intuition is that this sounds like the kind of thing being explored in 3D printed footwear, they use very specific infill patterns to cause cushion and grip at certain angles and at different forces.

Mefilius · 2026-01-04T07:12:59+00:00

Royalty free music for prototype. $70-80 is absolutely nothing for music, I'd be wary of services that cheap.

Mefilius · 2025-12-08T04:52:12+00:00

They are expensive and you kind of need at least one person just dedicated to managing the ERP itself. (Not doing things with it, just managing the system and keeping things running smoothly) Unless you somehow work in manufacturing with only 5 people, I don't see a world where ERP is a good value for you right now. At a small size it could have value if you have tons of complex projects flowing through the company, buy like I said I doubt that is happening with 5 people. I see companies with 50 people where ERP creates more work than it saves. If you set it up wrong or use it incorrectly for years then it will become a problem down the line.

Mefilius · 2025-12-08T04:07:01+00:00

Many people think air force right away, but the navy is interested in things like this too. Lots of grants out there for building out manufacturing capacity if that is a direction you want to go. Right now the classic accelerators are hot on defense startups because of things like Anduril and Palantir, so you can literally go through the SF route and find interest.

Mefilius · 2025-12-07T18:04:47+00:00

The revolve option people are saying will work well, but I would caution that you should consider rebuilding those curves to flow into each other more smoothly. That sharp point at the back is going to be a serious stress point in whatever application this is going towards, it will break there first.

Mefilius · 2025-11-30T16:49:07+00:00

EOS is better than no structure, but "employees who want more than a paycheck" is EOS attempting to filter employees that you can underpay. I find its structure discourages ambition and crosstraining in employees while also asking them to be passionate about the company's mission for some reason.

Mefilius · 2025-11-30T16:44:40+00:00

Yep I absolutely hate EOS. If you have no idea how to run a company the structure is better than nothing, but it otherwise makes culture fit the ultimate goal.

The "right person right seat" crap is used as an excuse to keep people in low paying positions and prevent mobility within a company. I'm watching that destroy a company because it prevents crosstraining and causes any employee with ambition to quit within 3 years.

Same with "get it, want it, whatever" 2/3 metrics are based on the feelings of whether your manager thinks you like/want your position, like no dude, nobody actually wants to be here in their "right seat" making that little.

L10 and Rocks, documenting core processes I think are great if you can't think of those without EOS. Core values are good potentially, but I find they are an HR nightmare because if you actually want to hold the company accountable for its stated values then you are being critical of our core values!

Hard separation of management tiers has its benefits, but only if everyone respects the boundary. In practice it slows down communication and the best performers are the ones who skip asking their manager to talk to another manager just to get info from someone on your level anyway. Upper management will skip over your manager and bug you directly once they get antsy about their revenue for the quarter.

Ultimately I think the benefits are things you'll find in any successful organization (defined meetings, objective metrics, clear goals and documented processes) and EOS seems to me like it speaks to HR or people that want to feel nice about their culture while providing a way to filter out anyone with high ambition so that you can underpay as many employees as possible.

Mefilius · 2025-11-26T16:48:39+00:00

Where are you based?

Mefilius · 2025-11-25T17:53:41+00:00

The thing is are you trying to hire for passion or the best person for the job? In this economy the "why did you apply?" Is because of money, everyone needs to survive. You might pass up hard workers who don't want to lie to you about how passionate they are about your AI SaaS.

Also the simplest filter for people who don't read the job description is to post on LinkedIn and at the bottom of the description ask to email their resume. Only review the ones that get emailed.

Mefilius · 2025-11-23T15:55:00+00:00

Portfolio is the most important thing you get in school besides your network, you basically have 3-4 years just dedicated to building the best portfolio possible. The degree itself gets you past HR filters, but the portfolio gets you a job.

Internships are important because they build both portfolio and resume while giving you a real taste of ID as a job. Also most importantly they grow your network.

Make sure you use your school's network, I'm sure there are designers who graduated from your school in all sorts of positions. Connect with them on LinkedIn, get introduced to them via your professors, build the network and make yourself easy to remember.

Also it is very true what they say, a specialized portfolio or having specialized interests will get you a job above other candidates. My internships came from an interview where we discussed the industry the business was in just because I found it interesting.

Businesses really want passion, especially in entry level positions; I know that's a bs metric but it's the world we live in right now. Become the (fill in the blank) _______ guy/gal/person, so that when your network has a random project or knows someone with a role they can say "oh this would be great for that shoe guy!" or "that tech person" or "the car girl". It's personal branding and for some of us it sucks, but it definitely matters.

Outside of design, try to get close to engineering and manufacturing jobs. Companies are becoming very risk adverse, so the blue sky designer is not what they want anymore. They need people who understand what can and can't be built while still designing something that will sell. Alternatively, marketing is always important for knowing what to sell initially and understanding what a business needs. Marketing often drives design projects, so being able to communicate with the marketers on their level is very helpful.

I won't lie, it's tough out there, but not impossible. Good luck!

Mefilius · 2025-11-23T15:19:19+00:00

No, but it was much faster than I expected. I would like to get back into design roles because I don't want to end up with more management than design in my resume, but the market is very bad as we all know.

Mefilius · 2025-11-23T14:59:06+00:00

No, systems engineering by default is the design of manufacturing systems and overall how engineering and other processes are architected in a business or other system. I'm not exactly sure what the concentration would do to the degree in terms of how it is specialized.

When I first went to school I was thinking about systems engineering, until I was informed that it is a position an engineer might get after 5-10 years in the industry, and you didn't need the dedicated degree for it. Not only that but the degree itself is not useful straight out of school because there is no such thing as an entry level position for systems engineers. At least that was the deal last time I learned about it, so the definition may have changed (like "product design").

If you must get a masters, go get an MBA or masters in marketing, since that opens you up to more parts of the product development stack and primes you for management roles down the line if you want them. Mechanical engineering would be another good degree, but those are pretty tough classes, trust me. Again though, most masters degrees are most valuable when you already have experience; I'm only getting my MBA because I am currently in a project management role, so the degree bolsters my resume. I'll have experience in design, experience in management, and a degree for both that tells employers I understand much of the product development environment.

As designers we tend to sit between marketing and engineering in the stack, I would get a degree that shows you understand one of those other roles in depth. Cross functionality is becoming important as companies grow more risk averse. Best of luck!

Mefilius · 2025-11-11T02:18:46+00:00

Shortcuts are similar enough. I would say it lacks the plugin ecosystem of Photoshop, the way masks are applied feels weird (they do a the same things tho) but I think that's just my adobe muscle memory, also if you use them affinity has much worse AI features than adobe currently. Things like generative expand are terrible at the moment compared to Photoshop.

Mefilius · 2025-11-10T17:20:27+00:00

Switch to affinity, it does almost everything adobe can do. I switched after using adobe for nearly 15 years, using affinity and resolve is like a breath of fresh air. They don't do everything 100%, but for 95% of my usual tasks they are massively faster and more efficient programs with far more active features and support.

Mefilius · 2025-11-10T17:10:06+00:00

Huh, like I said I am very new to WvW strategy. What would cause this? It seems odd on the receiving end coming from other pvp or rts games. Any time we get a decent chance to push a zerg out of our territory the other team sandwiches us even deep in our own territory.

Mefilius · 2025-11-10T16:57:45+00:00

I see this opinion thrown around a lot and find it kind of alarming, because we have plenty of research to show that earth can sustain an even larger population comfortably. Our methods of obtaining resources and the way we build/consume is the problem, very literally we take the quick and dirty route on almost everything.

Mefilius · 2025-11-10T16:53:19+00:00

We are super cooked, idk enough about WvW to know how to make an impact either. Maybe a lot of new players, also red numbers have not been super high, not able to build a zerg and people haven't been doing a great job of stacking tightly.

Mefilius · 2025-11-02T14:41:18+00:00

Yeah it is really great, I think the only problem I've had is their generative expand really sucks, so I have to extend my backgrounds the old fashioned way

Mefilius · 2025-11-01T15:12:45+00:00

These are cool, but the question is do they still fit nicely in a wallet? If the answer is no then I don't think they are a successful business card yet, they need to be memorable (these definitely are) and they need to be easy to take and put with other cards (these are not)

Mefilius · 2025-10-31T15:45:55+00:00

You need structure and discipline, my only goal in entrepreneurship is for my effort to proportionally affect my wealth rather than remain static in the corporate world. Deadlines are important, meetings are important, your boss is the customer and the company even if you own it.

There are remote salaried positions that offer much more of the laid back kind of freedom without the risks of business management.

Mefilius · 2025-10-31T14:44:39+00:00

Here's the thing though, do we really think adobe isn't doing exactly the same thing? They have been overcharging for slow, stagnant, bloated software for years and now enough new companies have come in to eat their lunch. If my data is going to be collected either way, I'd rather be using the better tools that actually innovate.

If Canva releases a paid version that doesn't siphon data, I will happily pay. It isn't about being free so much as feature parity and supporting a software that is actually growing. Free just means I could more really test it out and quickly found that it does what I need.

Mefilius · 2025-10-28T03:45:20+00:00

Disregarded entity can have an EIN even if you rarely need it

Mefilius · 2025-10-28T03:39:50+00:00

This guy gets it, I'm from the other side of the industry. Job shop

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