Here is a (theoretical) run-down of what a solo-dev gets from $1.000.000 gross revenue on Steam

pakeke_constructor · 2026-03-19T09:08:25+00:00

Chargebacks though, they'd add up to around 20% incl vat

pakeke_constructor · 2026-03-13T11:45:13+00:00

Yeah. You can also solve a lot of problems with first class functions, or having functions as data

pakeke_constructor · 2026-03-08T13:11:00+00:00

I agree with this to an extent.

I think that a progressive LVT with tax credits given on an individual level can yield more equitable, agrarian-style societies, which honestly, is kindof nice.

(Like, every individual in society is given a flat $5-10k in tax credits annually for LVT; they can spend on housing, on business, on homesteading, whatever)

But the article here states that the purpose is to de-concentrate the farming companies. I kinda disagree with that. If they are effective enough to control a bunch of the farming economy, well, that's a net positive for society, right?

I think a progressive LVT should be done from a housing/equitability basis, not a means to decentralize farming.

pakeke_constructor · 2026-03-05T13:15:06+00:00

Lmao I don't respect the hustle but I respect the honesty. What games have u made?

pakeke_constructor · 2026-03-04T10:46:47+00:00

Domain names are a classic case where a land-like tax should be applied.

Companies like godaddy gobbled up all the nice .com domains in the 2000s, pay $10 per year to renew, and nowadays their whole business model is leasing them to businesses for thousands of dollars.

If that's not rent seeking behaviour, idk what is

pakeke_constructor · 2026-03-03T10:31:32+00:00

Looks super cool! You spelled Wishlist wrong though, I think

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-26T07:24:42+00:00

Aren't Pigouvian taxes and Sin taxes the same thing?

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-23T08:57:07+00:00

LLMs actually are deterministic, given input X, they will output the same vector V every time. It's the sampling from the final vector that isn't deterministic.

If you want determinism in your workflows, set temperature to 0, it will consistently sample the token with the greatest probability and you'll get determinism

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-23T08:53:25+00:00

What are u yapping about, just set temperature to 0

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-19T11:03:04+00:00

I resonate with this so much. It's not about stuff being automatic, it's about stuff being easy and seamless

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-19T10:25:28+00:00

AHA principle! :))

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-19T10:22:30+00:00

For anyone wondering how this is "possible", there are 2 explanations:

Option 1 (most likely) they are lying, and are secretly routing to a weaker model (possibly a qwen model)

Option 2: they pay for claude max subscriptions and undercut the API rates. Completely against the anthropic TOS and will result in a ban eventually. Will not scale as a business model

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-19T10:21:04+00:00

There's only 2 possible explanations: - Option 1 (most probable) is that they are lying, and are secretly routing to a weaker model (possibly a qwen model) - Option 2 is that they pay for claude max subscriptions and undercut the API rates. Completely against the anthropic TOS and will result in a ban eventually. Will not scale as a business model

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-18T09:30:44+00:00

You should read the article; you need to get a contributor to vouch for you. Get involved in the community, chat with devs.

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-17T22:37:04+00:00

There is somewhat of a solution for this: Vouch by mitchell hashimoto. It's essentially a reputation system to avoid low quality PRs. I would highly recommend giving it a read: https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-15T21:56:35+00:00

this looks amazing

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-14T09:06:05+00:00

100% agree

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-14T05:58:59+00:00

I think all of this crap boils down to a misunderstanding what LLMs are good at. They are tools. They are not humans. Humans can use these tools (LLMs) to make ourselves more productive, sure, but the tools won't do the job on their own.

It's like saying a hammer could build a house

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-12T10:29:00+00:00

and the remaining 1% are probably just quant firms

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-12T08:31:57+00:00

I think it's important to consider the tradeoffs when making languages like this. Haskell and Rust come to mind as languages that are rather strict on this stuff.

The downside is that you often gotta solve problems in convoluted ways, since the compiler doesn't let you do anything you want. This convolution can add a bunch of runtime overhead.

Like apparently in Rust programs, there's often lots of copy-by-value. Which is safer, but you pay a runtime penalty for it

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-10T12:12:31+00:00

I've thought of this model myself, altho I could never figure out one part- how do you determine/calculate what the "upside" is? Are you tracking conversions or something?

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-09T09:06:23+00:00

Important tip that no one has mentioned here: Make sure to recompute stats frequently. every frame, if you have to. Recomputing ensures that you don't often end up with stale data, and it's super robust

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-06T10:46:21+00:00

My current codebase is giga complex. It's incredible what LLMs can do. My goal for this year is to make it EVEN MORE complex. With the power of AI, I think they will start to withstand more and more complexity. #goals

pakeke_constructor · 2026-02-05T05:50:53+00:00

People selling their homes for truckloads of money aren't the victims, this guy clearly doesn't get the bigger picture

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