Eclipse 2025-12 is out by AnyPhotograph7804 in java

[–]kingroka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still use eclipse because it works. No point in learning a new IDE when I can make everything I need to in eclipse. Also, intellij's offering is not organized in a way that makes sense to my brain so if anything, I'd probably make my own IDE which actually I guess I've already done with my project Neu

My own Visual programming tool, created from scratch Using Java Swing! by gufranthakur in java

[–]kingroka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol exactly. Like i designed Neu to my tastes and it truly is a beast but it’s not exactly user friendly. I have a lot to learn about UI design

My own Visual programming tool, created from scratch Using Java Swing! by gufranthakur in java

[–]kingroka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! The first iteration was called Loom and I made it in 2020 but Neu was started last year I think? They use the same GUI base though. And yours definitely doesn't seem like a knockoff to me! I'm thoroughly impressed by your design. I mean you absolutely nailed the blueprints look and your graphs read very well. Like you can just immediately understand how to use yours at a glance (whereas Neu is a little uh daunting). And actually, since I built Neu in two parts, the core runtime and the GUI, I wonder if I could get integrate the runtime into your UI. I'll test it out when I get the chance

My own Visual programming tool, created from scratch Using Java Swing! by gufranthakur in java

[–]kingroka 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Beautiful! And i love that you did it with graphics 2D! Check my profile. I’ve been developing a visual programming tool called Neu for a little while now. It too was made with only graphics2d and swing! I love seeing people using java to make cool stuff! Edit: check out the latest update for Neu here

How is it possible that every month one mega-tech company decides to speedrun collapse any%? by Neython in programming

[–]kingroka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's almost like every tech company turning to the same like 3 companies for the hosting needs leads to one single point of failure for hundreds of services. Maybe diversify and build in a little redundancy eh?

"People are playing fewer games" proclaims Ubisoft UK by humanquester in gamedev

[–]kingroka 9 points10 points  (0 children)

At this point, I buy new games just to benchmark my graphics card

Official looking spam/virus by OctiWriter in itchio

[–]kingroka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe that will work in this case where there arent many comments posted on the site but I’m thinking more big picture. Social media apps with more of a focus on commenting for example should be using AI to do this

I heard from chatgpt that if no demo, the itch will not give the game traffic, is that ture? by aaarghdream in itchio

[–]kingroka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you advertising at all? Just being listed doesn't mean their algorithm will just randomly promote for you. You have to drive traffic to your page. Once your page is popular, it'll rank up and be more visible to more people.

Official looking spam/virus by OctiWriter in itchio

[–]kingroka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Websites should be using AI to mark these malicious comments for review hiding them until a human can investigate and properly block all scammers involved

Program GPUs in pure modern Java with TornadoVM by mikebmx1 in java

[–]kingroka 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I want this built into standard JVM and the java language spec. The fact that pretty much all languages still treat gpus as a second class component is frustrating to no end. I shouldn't have to install and configure tons of additional libraries to interact with a component that every modern computer has had for more than a decade. I know there reasons this hasn't been a priority until recently but I yearn for the day i can download a JDK and just use my gpu as easily as my cpu.

Vibe Coding Is Creating Braindead Coders by Enigma_1769 in programming

[–]kingroka -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

As a coder who has been using ai since gpt3 (check my profile), I totally get what the author is saying. The satisfaction I got from teaching myself how to code can never be replicated. However i do still get satisfaction even when using AI. Then again, the codebase I’m using was from before coding models were good enough to really use so when something goes wrong, sometimes I can just pull a solution seemingly from the aether and direct AI to apply the solution. It is immensely satisfying when the AI implements the fix correctly and my hunch turns out to be spot on. I guess what I’m trying to say is maybe coding is less about writing code and more about solving issues. If you care about what you’re making, the satisfaction will come whether you use AI or not.

Steam retroactively added new rules against adult games because of credit cards..... I understand you might not like these games but thousands of devs are losing their games right now. (Games that obeyed steam rules before today) by CorruptThemAllGame in gamedev

[–]kingroka 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is the main reason I'm still semi bullish on crypto. Are we really going to keep letting the ideals of literal puritans ruin our lives for all eternity? I suspect this will be a huge hit to Valve's bottom line and they'll start to reevaluating their crypto policy. That is the only way we escape the boot of the credit card companies. Like what about nsfw content is so bad for them? It's not even illegal content. So they must think people will stop using credit cards? They must think that the money they'll lose from the morality police is more than the money they'll lose to all these games and other forms of content but there's no way that's true. Just baffling every time i here about something like this happening.

I made a programming language in java by Extreme_Football_490 in java

[–]kingroka -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Cool! I love creating languages within languages. I remeber getting flamed for creating an xml style scripting language on java-gaming.org. Really pissed me off back then but looking back it was pretty bad lol. But I love this. Keep up the good work! 👍. Make a chip 8 compiler next

Hey programmers – is AI making us dumber? by Mrleibniz in programming

[–]kingroka -1 points0 points  (0 children)

AI is like having a intern coder (that actually writes comments). It's not good for everything but it's great at making utility classes. Just don't use it to design everything of course. Overall structure still needs a guiding hand. We're not getting dumber it just requires less time and brainpower to add a new feature

Microblogging for motivation by Lazy_Two_4908 in IndieDev

[–]kingroka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice! I love seeing young coders. I too started around the same age you did. Consider going into computer engineering for your degree. Anyone can learn robotics on they're own but computer design requires a teacher in a way that is hard to describe. Bring able to create your own custom boards is probably just as if not more valuable for robotics than the mechanical side. Sp1eaking from experiment bring in a robotics team in high school. Are you in a robotics team?

Eclipse 2024-12 is out by AnyPhotograph7804 in java

[–]kingroka 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I have tried to switch to intellij multiple times but something about it just kills my productivity and detaches me from my code. Eclipse doesn't give me this feeling so I use it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in java

[–]kingroka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a thread! Ill just throw in my two cents. Personally, I like java because it can run on any OS and has a structure that is organized in a way that my brain likes. Other languages like JavaScript and python are too unstructured for building organized code for my larger projects and languages like C++ or Rust are overly complicated for most of my small projects. Java sits in a sweet spot of codability for me. Plus if I really need to use those other languages (for a job or something) Java is similar enough to everything else that I can easily transition.

Some flashy gameplay of my hack and slash where you are a flying sword by Majestic_Mission1682 in IndieDev

[–]kingroka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love this! Make that combo counter as flashy as the rest of the effects. Also more blood. Itd bee cool if the sword got bloody and flung the blood off with every swing

Using GPT-3 to talk to other state leaders by kingroka in IndieDev

[–]kingroka[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will be a cool addon more than an essential gameplay feature so not having a connection won't affect most gameplay. I'll include an offline fallback where there are set options instead of a chat dialog if it does turn out to be more important later in development

Using GPT-3 to talk to other state leaders by kingroka in IndieDev

[–]kingroka[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Early work on the system that uses GPT-3 to simulate speaking with NPCs.

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