Aruki

Aruki

@aruki.bsky.social

Aruki โœจ 33 โšง๏ธ they/them ๐Ÿณโ™ ๏ธ pan/ace ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿ’ป professional game engineer ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿถ dumb blue dog ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿพ furry event organizer @atxbluebark.bsky.social

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Hi! I'm Aruki! ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’™ I'm a weird queer blue dog! I live in Austin, TX with my good girl Xia! I'm non-binary, transfemme, and asexual. I work as a video game engineer! I also run events for the Austin furry community over at @atxbluebark.bsky.social! Check us out! ๐Ÿฅฐ

Any conversation about how to "properly" use AI is so fucking annoying because there are SO many people who are happy to criticize other peoples' "wrong" use of AI but remain convinced that the way THEY personally use it is the RIGHT way and not problematic at all. Why can't we just agree AI sucks

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IT'S THE LAST BOAT BASH OF 2026! โ›ด๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿถ BLUE BARK BOAT BASH is a hella queer party boat for furries, therians, pups, pets, and anyone who identifies as a party animal! We've got music, food, drinks, and SWIMMING!! 21+ only! Limited capacity, RSVP required! Details: tinyurl.com/BlueBarkBoat...

Over a decade ago, I was able to break into software engineering and game development thanks to Darรญo's mentorship & friendship, and now I have a career as an engineer on AAA games. Darรญo KNOWS his stuff and this is SUCH a refreshing and accurate take. We need to reject AI slop vibe coded garbage.

Darรญo@dariosamo.bsky.social

Somebody asked me on Reddit why people who use AI to generate Recomp projects are currently being rejected from the communities and what they can do to fix this. I might tweak parts of this to be a more general blog post at some point, but this should be of help to anyone in a similar situation.

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Somebody asked me on Reddit why people who use AI to generate Recomp projects are currently being rejected from the communities and what they can do to fix this. I might tweak parts of this to be a more general blog post at some point, but this should be of help to anyone in a similar situation.

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BLUE BARK BOAT BASH is back for August! โ›ด๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿถ The Boat Bash is a hella queer party boat for furries, therians, pups, pets, and anyone who identifies as a party animal! We've got music, food, drinks, and SWIMMING!! 21+ only! Limited capacity, RSVP required! Details: tinyurl.com/BlueBarkBoat...

I find great comfort knowing true colors always shine through. I know who I am, and others will too. It's true for me as much as you. Live with integrity, stand by your values, and be the best version of yourself you can. If you're good, people will see it. If you're not, they'll see that too. ๐Ÿถ

After Elon Musk's hostile takeover of Twitter/X, it's become a cesspit of right-wing propaganda and deepfake revenge porn. Elon leveraged his ownership of X to manipulate public discourse and aid Trump in the 2024 election. Do you agree that's accurate? If so... why are you still on X?

I deleted my account after the election because it was clear that continuing to be there was to continue allowing Elon Musk to have an outsized influence over public discourse, which he was blatantly using to benefit fascists. I don't understand why more people don't think this is a dealbreaker.

Honestly, I don't have much of a filter when it comes to speaking my mind and calling out bullshit. It tends to put me in conflict with people who don't like their bullshit being called out. I always considered it a character flaw but maybe I just need to be more okay with pissing people off ๐Ÿคท

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Like, I think AI sucks. I'm sure there are people who are upset I said that. I'm not disregarding that... I care and don't like making people feel bad. But I don't think it's my responsibility to manage other people's emotional responses, and I shouldn't have to apologize for expressing what I feel

if someone disagrees with me, cool, that's fine; I'm not here to police anyone's opinions. but if you take it personally every time someone criticizes AI, you're in for a bad time, because there is a looooot of that criticism to go around right now, and I don't see that stopping anytime soon.

Honestly, I don't have much of a filter when it comes to speaking my mind and calling out bullshit. It tends to put me in conflict with people who don't like their bullshit being called out. I always considered it a character flaw but maybe I just need to be more okay with pissing people off ๐Ÿคท

I don't enjoy conflict or being hurtful to anyone, but I do have opinions and I'm generally not afraid to call it like I see it if it's necessary. Is that really a bad thing? It's honest. And I think it's important to stand for my values, because I don't respect people who don't stand for theirs.

One of my biggest pet peeves recently is when I see somebody claim that they value "intention". It's one of the most obvious tells of AI writing. What the hell is "intentional" about letting an AI speak for you?

"It's not a harmless shortcut. It's a lack of care for the creative side of what you're doing. It says convenience matters more than intention, and that's a huge turnoff." This just SCREAMS "AI writing" to me, and this is supposed to be CRITICIZING PEOPLE WHO USE AI. Talk about hypocrisy.

one day I will finally replace my tv remote and car keyfob batteries that have been dying constantly for like a month

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You know the drill! BLUE BARK BOAT BASH! โ›ด๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿถ If you actually don't know the drill, the Boat Bash is a queer furry party boat on Lake Travis with music, food, booze, and SWIMMING, complete with a WATER SLIDE!! 21+ only! Limited capacity, RSVP required! Details: tinyurl.com/BlueBarkBoat...

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We're about a week and a half out from the official RETURN of BOAT!!! We would love to have you! Come party with us ๐Ÿฅบ

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Announcing BLUE BARK BOAT BASH! โ›ด๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿถ SO hyped we're back for summer 2026!!!!! The Boat Bash is a queer furry party boat on Lake Travis with music, food, booze, and SWIMMING, complete with a WATER SLIDE!! 21+ only! Limited capacity, RSVP required! Details: tinyurl.com/BlueBarkBoat...

Why are you trans? (wrong answers only) i am not on this "gender" hype train. a gender was delivered to my house by accident so i returned it. i think gender is a bubble as there is nothing truly of substance to justify the cost and i believe the market will collapse soon

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i don't know why my edible hit me like this tonight ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ everything is so funny and everything is so pretty and my dog is so cute and amazing!!!!

i pray to the survivor gods, if you are real and if you love us, please show mercy and do not force us to live in a timeline where Cirie gets somehow screwed over by MrBeast ๐Ÿ™ i cannot imagine a worse fate for her billie eilish and jimmy fallon are dead to me ๐Ÿ˜ค

damnnnn man, Christian made me feel stuff on survivor tonight ๐Ÿ˜ญ a lot of the time survivor is just a fun thing to watch/talk about, but every now and then it delivers a moment like this and that's why I love this show so much ๐Ÿฅบ

KGDSKGSFKSKGKFS I HAVENT BEEN ON TELEGRAM IN LIKE 6 MONTHS CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THERES AN AI BUTTON IN TELEGRAM NOW?!??!!?! WTF I REGRET REINSTALLING THIS APP ALREADY ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

If you haven't yet learned how to recognize AI writing... don't. Trust me. You will drive yourself absolutely insane with how frequently you will see it literally everywhere. ๐Ÿ’€

I've been working through a hard engineering problem. I've had multiple false starts. Today, I hit on a completely new way to look at the problem. Now I think I need to redo even more work. And I felt EXCITED about it. NOW I know I'm back. And now I remember why I love this shit so much ๐Ÿ˜†

the last ~4 weeks of surgery recovery has been horrendous physically and mentally, but as of today, I'm finally back to work in person, so I can start getting back into my normal routine. very hopeful things will start returning to normal! today was already a lot better.

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having been feeling increasingly anxious and stressed out recently about the state of Everything, WOW this news out of Hungary is a very welcome breath of fresh air. Maybe there's still hope for us.