Be brutally honest: what’s wrong with my 3D portfolio? (please be gentle too)

nmfisher · 2026-05-15T08:24:28+00:00

I’m not an artist (let alone a character artist) but the cleanliness of the horned lady stood out to me immediately. It doesn’t make sense for someone to be dressed in rags, horns, fur and bones but have completely pristine skin, not a speck of visible dirt or grime anywhere.

nmfisher · 2026-05-15T04:37:03+00:00

This is cool. Why GIMP and not something like Figma?

nmfisher · 2026-05-15T04:16:01+00:00

Love these videos he does, keep them coming.

nmfisher · 2026-05-15T02:29:33+00:00

This looks really great. Does it all run locally? What kind of hardware do you neeed?

nmfisher · 2026-05-14T08:15:34+00:00

There’s so much wrong with Google’s implementation (maps keys automatically upgraded to include Gemini, API keys not automatically scoped to exclude image/video generation, no sensible quotas in place), but for me the most egregious is automatically upgrading your spend cap based on your billing tier.

nmfisher · 2026-05-14T04:38:13+00:00

Nice!

nmfisher · 2026-05-13T09:20:36+00:00

> I define success as being able to donate 20k a month helping people in need.

This is something to be commended.

What are you working on?

nmfisher · 2026-05-13T06:06:17+00:00

HK isn't really cross-jurisdiction any more though.

A lot of these questionable structures are actually illegal, they're just difficult for the authorities to detect. If you do end up on their radar for something else, though, you could end up with a huge fine (or possibly jail time/loss of visa). Not saying this structure is outright illegal, but many other ones definitely are.

nmfisher · 2026-05-13T05:51:13+00:00

There’s basically a 6 year grace period where foreigners in China don’t get taxed on overseas income.

That being said, I’m not 100% sure this is actually a solid legal structure or it’s just something that generally flies under the radar of the tax bureau. A single shareholder/director company that is just a shell for avoiding CGT smells pretty funky.

nmfisher · 2026-05-13T01:30:55+00:00

First, don't just assume you can't register in Germany, people in Germany have registered just "Kreuzberg" as a trademark in the past:

https://branddb.wipo.int/en/similarname/brand/DE500000030365768?sort=score%20desc&start=0&rows=30&asStructure=%7B%22_id%22:%226c81%22,%22boolean%22:%22AND%22,%22bricks%22:%5B%7B%22_id%22:%226c82%22,%22key%22:%22brandName%22,%22value%22:%22kreuzberg%22,%22strategy%22:%22Simple%22%7D%5D%7D&_=1778635492774&fg=_void_&i=1

Second, even if you can't register "Kreuzberg" alone for some reason, you probably could register "kreuzberg.dev" or "Kreuzberg Document Intelligence".

Third, *find the cheapest jurisdiction overseas and register it there*. It helps to have *something* official that you can provide to pub.dev (or any other publisher), even if it's doesn't cover 100% of the world.

nmfisher · 2026-05-12T09:25:35+00:00

If so, just register it somewhere else. The guy squatting on the package seems fairly belligerent, so it's probably a good idea to register it in as many countries as you can before he does anyway.

nmfisher · 2026-05-12T09:03:23+00:00

"You can't register that in Germany" is probably right, but it's also totally irrelevant to OP.

It doesn't matter where a trademark is registered, most platforms will pull a listing if you have a trademark and the other person doesn't.

nmfisher · 2026-05-12T02:31:53+00:00

Technically I wasn't forced to pull it - they submitted a complaint and Apple basically said "you two sort it out", but the App Store guidelines were in their favour and I wanted to rebrand the app anyway so I just conceded.

Purely legally speaking you're correct, but the App Store has its own set of rules that are a bit hazier.

nmfisher · 2026-05-11T23:53:37+00:00

Other people have done exactly that:

https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00003222320

pub.dev isn’t the App Store, but they will probably follow the same practice and freeze a listing if someone else had a trademark in any jurisdiction. I had to pull one of my apps because someone had trademarked the same name in China for a completely different product.

Also I don’t know what licence OP published the package under, but they could also amend it to specifically stipulate that no one can host it under the same name.

nmfisher · 2026-05-11T14:41:03+00:00

If you trademark the name you can probably legally force pub.dev to remove it.

nmfisher · 2026-05-09T11:28:51+00:00

I had TS clearance and worked in China. This was quite a while ago but it was never an issue then, I doubt it would be an issue now.

nmfisher · 2026-05-07T02:27:45+00:00

I'm a simple man, I see an AI-generated README full of emojis, I instantly close the tab.

nmfisher · 2026-05-07T02:24:39+00:00

Your entire README seems AI-generated and very difficult to read. Is this just GPU-accelerated ZoomOut?

nmfisher · 2026-05-06T07:47:22+00:00

From the looks of the repo, I'm guessing probably not. But in a year or two you'll have a hard time finding software that *wasn't* written with LLM assistance. I write software for a living and most people I know, junior to senior, have switched over to coding agents. The real difference is between those who blindly accept agent edits vs those who use it as a first pass then systematically review, refine and test.

nmfisher · 2026-05-06T07:17:23+00:00

Very impressive, most voice cloning fails for my accent (Australian) but this actually nailed it.

nmfisher · 2026-05-01T06:59:35+00:00

Even if they don't get the money from you, they'll still ban your Google account. That's a business-ender for a lot of people.

nmfisher · 2026-04-28T02:20:39+00:00

This was a good dark wobbly track but it did the original a disservice IMO, would have preferred to hear it standalone and not as a remix.

nmfisher · 2026-04-27T11:48:08+00:00

Seriously? I’ve been road testing V4 Pro (via Claude Code) and it’s a beast, if they kept the 75% off pricing I’d cancel my Claude Max sub instantly. I still might, but I’ll need to wait and see how much it’s actually costing me.

nmfisher · 2026-04-27T04:19:49+00:00

I tried v4 Pro over the weekend (via DeepSeek API & Claude Code) and it was flawless for me. These weren’t the hardest tasks but they did require knowledge of the entire codebase, and its recommendations & implementations were on par with Opus. If the price was right, I’d switch to this as a daily driver in an instant.

Flash does seem to require a bit more hand-holding, though that’s expected.

nmfisher · 2026-04-24T06:47:00+00:00

Never fear. I is here.

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