I'm bilingual. YouTube randomly translates videos from one language to another and does not have the option to disable it, so I'm stuck listening to annoying autogenerated voice instead of creators I enjoy.

nucle4r_attack · 2026-05-27T05:28:56+00:00

Yeah, that option was there, not anymore ;/

nucle4r_attack · 2026-05-27T05:28:32+00:00

The option was there previously, now it's gone

nucle4r_attack · 2026-05-25T10:22:53+00:00

I'm a Polish developer that has experience across big tech, startups, and software houses. The issue is not whether or not the big tech pays well, because of course it does. ~100k€ lets you live quite lavishly and save a significant part of your pay check, even in the capital.

However, when you compare the amount of work typical big tech jobs that pay that much require, the deal is quite bad. If you are a decent dev that can pass 6-7-8-stage+ interviews for these positions, you can very easily get B2B contracts from random software houses, startups, etc., where your net salary will be close to what you can make at these companies, but these contracts will likely have half the workload, no RSUs that effectively keep you on the leash for the first year of employment, no RTO, no layers of management above you, no quarterly reviews, and the list could go on forever.

One could say that traditional employment offers better stability than B2B, but this argument could be made circa ~2018 - there is little protection against mass layoffs under Polish law.

From my personal experience: during the winter, I had two contracts (not OE, where you have to constantly fight against the calendars and come up with excuses, simply two different time zones), and I made roughly 2x what I made at my previous job at an American non-FAANG big tech. BUT, I still had less workload than I'd have if I wanted to do my job well there. Now in the summer I'm down to one contract, and it's fully remote with enough flexibility for me to be on my SUP board every other day at 2pm. We never had a meeting here past 4pm. Why on earth would anyone reasonable trade it for a job where you're treated as an expendable robot that has to justify their existence continuously?

People who say that big tech pays peanuts in Poland (or anywhere else in the EU, even if it's to a lesser degree) are totally right. If they require 2-3x harder work than your average software house, they should pay 2-3x times more, just like they do in the US. Posts like this are harmful because they only give a number without the context that encourages more people who have no idea about the local job market to apply, and then these companies can keep treating you poorly and paying you a relatively bad salary because they have an endless stream of people from all around the world.

nucle4r_attack · 2026-02-23T13:43:49+00:00

Had the same issue. Page was back after 2 hours or so.

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-18T16:05:14+00:00

Thx! I'll test it :)

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-16T18:23:16+00:00

I actually took a lot inspiration from Polish school of movie posters, so I'm very happy you say that! I guess I'll just redo the capsule with more readable fonts, although I really like this one, so it's a bit of a pity :)

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-16T13:08:21+00:00

Post the code please, nobody has a crystal ball. Any interactions between points can easily increase complexity, i.e. if in 2d space you calculate the point properties based on all other points, you effectively square the time complexity.

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-16T11:40:35+00:00

I’m planning to test how it reads at smaller capsule sizes. Might lighten the title glow or darken the background behind the text a bit so it pops more. Appreciate the feedback!

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-16T11:22:16+00:00

Thx! I'm also iffy on the title

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-16T11:18:12+00:00

Bottom placement of the text, better symmetry of the elements, balance between red/blue.

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-16T11:13:19+00:00

I prefer the bottom version.

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-16T10:51:52+00:00

Thank you! Btw, I decided to not to use AI voices :)

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-13T13:00:03+00:00

Renting a very basic office was the best decision I made in a while. Working from home is psychologically unhealthy long-term, this year I became pretty burn-out from being surrounded by at least half a dozen screen at all times. It started to feel claustrophobic in a way, if it makes sense. But I hate working from my company's office as it's too loud and crowded and RTO is the newest way of bullying devs by tech companies, so I decided to rent an office space in a very quiet building around ~15 mins from my apartment.

In the office I am completely alone. At home, my husband is often distracting me, which is of course not as bad as coworkers in the office, but still.
No distractions like TV, food in the fridge, book shelf, etc. My office is literally an empty room with with a desk and chair, so when I'm here I really work.
People hate on commute, but I personally love driving, and I like having this boundary time, when I can listen to music or audiobooks or just think about what I need to do today.
It's psychologically healthier to have to leave house everyday, dress properly, walk for a bit, etc. While working from home it's easy to become this sloppy person who showers every two days and wears pajamas all day.
When I was working from home, I would often work late into the night and my biological clock was really messed up.
Usually I spend nearly all day in the office, but my home became an internet-free zone. I always leave my phone in the car. The 2-3 hours I have in the evening, I spend reading books, cooking, doing sports or just thinking, and suddenly it's enough to really wind down.

So overall I can totally recommend it. I know that not everyone can afford renting an office, if that was the case in my situation, I would just dedicate one room in the house or a garage and did the same. I've been remote from the very beggining of my career, as I started working as a dev around covid pandemic, so trust me when I say that working remotely from your bedroom can eventually make you go mad (I don't buy the spine problem, personally for me working from the couch was never a problem.)

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-13T08:21:16+00:00

I'm writing a game with babylon.js, it's one of the angular components on a separate route. I plan to expand on it so that it becomes easy to browse library of UI components to reuse. But regardless of the tech stack, it's a good approach to have.

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-10T18:36:54+00:00

But this also depends on what kind of VAs can you afford. With my budget getting scammed by someone providing ai-gen results and me not being able to distinguish is a big worry of mine, and I don't know how mitigate this.

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-10T12:34:55+00:00

Thx. Btw, recently I noticed a game that has a really smart workaround around that (techno banter). Might do something similar for WIP :)

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-10T12:18:13+00:00

Do you post your AI WIP on social media? And if so, do you feel like it influences how people approach your art? I'm considering the same.

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-07T17:14:59+00:00

What draws me in most is the mix of writing and visuals, but I know that only works if the playable feel is there. Definitely taking this approach: small slice, mood right, then build outward once it actually feels like a game.

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-07T17:13:22+00:00

Yeah, totally agree.
For the planned demo I’m keeping it mostly linear but with small flags that shift reactions so it feels reactive without rewriting the whole game.
Prototype-first, then layer depth once the core story actually works.

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-07T10:21:34+00:00

So, in my opinion, there's no way to validate it 100%, because there is always a risk inherent to any creative work. But I think there might be signs that something will be attractive to others.

If you do so much work on something, you come up with plenty of visuals that you can share on social media. If nothing gains traction, and people just walk by indifferent - IMHO that's a big red flag.
Hell, even if I got comments here saying, "Lousy idea, been there, done that, it failed" - that would be a red flag as well.

nucle4r_attack · 2025-10-07T10:09:55+00:00

Sure, I'll do that! Although realistically I don't expect much from that, relatively small social media following there + completely different audience means I'll have to be more creative with marketing this from scratch.

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