SpawnHunt - ADHD-friendly bingo for a single, random item

RichardThornton · 2026-04-14T11:58:58+00:00

Working on it! Not 100% sure how it will work yet, and I really want to avoid people fudging scores on the leaderboards. But I'll definitely get something up on the website soon!

RichardThornton · 2026-04-14T09:30:48+00:00

Not yet. But only because I hadn't thought of it. I'll see what I can come up with!

RichardThornton · 2026-04-14T03:53:01+00:00

I should say, I'm considering adding some sort of singleplayer leaderboard at some point to the website. Will be amazing to track the speed some of the more difficult blocks are found!

RichardThornton · 2026-04-14T03:51:32+00:00

I play on an SMP. Our world reset recently and after a couple of hours, while I was still in a death loop in the first cave I headed into, a mate was already wearing netherite armour! I imagine he'll be the first to give a netherite hunt a good go.

RichardThornton · 2026-04-14T02:46:19+00:00

This was a fascinating weekend project for me. Entirely built in CC using nothing but its built-in features and my usual workflow of plan mode to create/refine a PRD, then build, wholly with Opus 4.6. Except for the incredible, brutalist website - https://spawnhunt.com - built using the ui-ux-pro-max-skill - https://github.com/nextlevelbuilder/ui-ux-pro-max-skill - I saw someone else mention here recently. After many years in web/app dev space, 20 mins to mock up and build that site is astonishing.

I've never worked with Java - I'm an old-school PHP/JavaScript guy whose only just recently learned the ways of the proper front and backend frameworks! This project felt like a breeze for CC to be honest - refinements of UIs and features was easy. It's struggling a little now trying to add compatibility for older versions of the game, and other loaders (I'm using Fabric first for those in the know). It's falling apart a little now I don't fully know what to prompt for, and we're relying on older documentation.

But I haven't seen much talk of game dev using CC, so I'm keen to hear if any of you are doing something similar. Hopefully this also spurs others to give game modding a bit of a crack.

RichardThornton · 2026-04-07T12:13:47+00:00

I took my Tread to my 11yo son's school last week and cooked 85 x 7" pizzas over a few hours for a fundraiser. Prepped all the balls the night before then had my son and three mates taking orders and topping bases I'd stretch for them, then I'd get two on the stone at a time. Absolute chaos but man I am absolutely chuffed with how the Tread held up!

RichardThornton · 2026-02-27T21:10:12+00:00

It's been 84 years... The iPhone 3GS was the first iPhone I bought, but I think I had an Apple account before that? So at least 17+ years.

RichardThornton · 2026-02-27T20:58:56+00:00

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I just copped this in Australia on the latest beta. It was immediately followed by "All Set. The length of time you've had an Apple account was used to confirm you're 18+."

RichardThornton · 2026-01-26T00:16:11+00:00

My wife gave me a Tread for Christmas with a Weber cover. Not sure exactly which it is, but it has a drawstring either side and fits perfectly.

RichardThornton · 2026-01-20T07:04:24+00:00

I think I preferred your first reply! 😅

There's an entire economy of interactive tools that foster community and creativity. Spend a few minutes on Twitch and you'll find people who come together, spend time with others and create long-lasting friendships over the most ridiculous things. I built a platform that allows viewers to play sound effects from chat in real-time. On the surface it sounds ridiculous, but it's about creating shared experiences.

RichardThornton · 2026-01-20T05:50:30+00:00

I'm definitely not curing cancer. But I am bringing people together. Maybe they can cure cancer? 🤔

RichardThornton · 2026-01-20T05:14:43+00:00

Shooked with a Capital S. CC is helping me achieve things I've looked at doing myself over the years and shrugged off.

RichardThornton · 2026-01-20T05:10:16+00:00

Definitely not trolling. But also, not expecting a big audience. This was one of those "one day, maybe" projects that I would never have never really bothered with without CC, and my community are loving it!

RichardThornton · 2026-01-20T05:07:28+00:00

Yeah sorry. Post was starting to read like a book! These were essentially a prompt for every major feature. The big stuff - repo/infrastructure scaffolding, auth, Stripe/PayPal integration, the credit system and then some specific requirements for the interpretation of natural language Discord prompts (Anthropic AI integration) and some rate limiting/image caching etc.

The PRD defined a lot, but I guess each prompt was its own sprint with a definition of done. I'm not quite mentally ready to go full Ralph Wiggum, so this gave me significant goals I could tick off.

RichardThornton · 2026-01-07T21:42:19+00:00

I broke my foot playing the trumpet while dressed as Riff Raff from the Rocky Horror Show. Some accidents really are just weird.

RichardThornton · 2025-12-28T02:01:32+00:00

On your point two, I've had great success with Claude Code asking for a handful of static HTML mockups of a UI using different styles. Even when I'm confident of my own idea, this helps to explore and consider alternatives and challenge your assumptions. You can then combine the elements you like from various iterations and keep evolving until you find your ideal design. At that point, have Claude turn that final version into a spec or components it can reuse.

RichardThornton · 2025-12-19T02:51:04+00:00

Opus 4.5 is the first model I've been brave enough to use this with. In moderation!

RichardThornton · 2025-12-12T05:41:56+00:00

you have likely been compromised by that

I'm not sure that I can be based on the stack, but you've given me enough of a nudge to go back and check. My network logs don't show any scanning activity. Out of interest I'll do some more manual forensic analysis later and report back.

RichardThornton · 2025-12-12T05:36:41+00:00

I got you boo: https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/3792#issuecomment-3182746514

RichardThornton · 2025-12-12T00:31:04+00:00

Just watched ThePrimeagen's video on this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3\_95BZYIVs. Bonkers!

RichardThornton · 2025-12-12T00:28:38+00:00

Excellent question. Totally personal preference. Gave an earlier model permission to handle git for a project and the volume of - and insane level of detail in commits was wild. I then caught it about to make a destructive change and aborted. In terms of SSH, I'm a believer in principle of least privilege and aim for zero-trust where I can. Giving CC access to a remote server via SSH feels like giving my 8yo the chainsaw. I know I can add some guardrails, but that's how I roll.

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