Mathieu Ropert

My time at Unity is coming to a premature end, with our consulting team being dismantled. That means that ✨Sparkling Code✨ is available again for all your C++, performance, graphics and gamedev needs, now with premium Unity expertise too!

You don't need to read the classics to figure out which class you belong to in 2026. Just check whether or not AI is allowed to distill/clone your work without recourse, or if it will get immediately patched and block you from trying again. You'll see in which of the two you are.

I asked Gemini for song recommendation based on one I liked and I got suggested a mix of tracks that don't exist and ones that put me to sleep. (And to be clear my original reference wasn't from No Angel by Dido)

French press revealed that Arkane got spared from Xbox murder spree (so far) because of legal hurdles with the French system. Once more for the ones in the back: labour laws are what's stopping your boss from gutting your job on a whim, not their goodwill. www.gamekult.com/actualite/xb...

Hey Tim, sorry just a quick follow-up. If you've seen the movie, what are the people who take the red pill fighting against?

If we rated games by their crafting systems alone then AION2 would be the worst game ever, on par with its predecessor if we adjust for inflation

Amazon just updated my delivery date from today to "Tuesday, 24 November 2026 - Monday, 11 January 2027" 💀

I wish Leveraged Buyouts in general and the Saudi Wealth Fund in particular a very good Go Fuck Yourselves

Or they could respond basically the same way every society ever has responded to strategic bombing, which is a hardening of resolve to resist. acoup.blog/2022/10/21/c... It is difficult to imagine what news might be more warmly greeted in Kyiv than news that Putin had bombed Paris or Berlin.

AI in software engineering: what actually works when you put the hype aside? 👀 A self-professed AI skeptic, Mathieu Ropert, will share what worked, what kind of worked, and what didn’t after testing AI tools across game projects. 👉 Register for code::dive: tiny.pl/xgxvcrgzq

A document unveiled in a court case appears to show Amazon using AI to track workers and rank how likely they are to form unions. The document has been released as part of court proceedings between Amazon and Canadian union Unifor. /1 novaramedia.com/2026/10/19/a...

Last I'll post about this, but Elon Musk disagrees with me. This means I am onto something, and I feel more valid in my opinion than ever.

We're back to talk about "What Makes A Game Tick"! Today we look at tick task scheduling and get into the details of async job latency and how it can bite you. mropert.github.io/2026/10/20/m...

Wow holy fuck what a shit in principle but also at least have some selfworth and ask for more than an hour of time off for betraying your entire field www.verticalslice.news/rockstar-acc...

I think a big reason there's a large gap in gamedev reaction to AI is because so far it mostly penalizes small/indie studios. Big ones rely on copyrighted IP and an army of lawyers. Small ones rely on finding a high concept. You can vibe clone one much more easily than the other.

The code::dive 2026 agenda is live 🎉 On 19 November, two stages at Wrocławskie Centrum Kongresowe will host talks exploring some of the most relevant challenges in software engineering today. 📅 Registration opens tomorrow, 16 October, at 12:00 noon. 👉 Browse the full agenda: codedive.pl#agenda

Ha yes let's go after a solo programmer who's been doing open source dev for over a decade because he put an AI usage notice. Very mature. You're mad at AI? Fine. I don't like it either. But then go protest the big corporations and politicians lobbying for it, not individual programmers.

PLaYERs DoNT cARe iF GamES aRE MaDE WiTH AI!!

downloaded a track pack for Clone Hero and I was not expecting to find this banger in there

NEW: Epic Games has delayed its upcoming (not yet announced) Star Wars + Marvel shooter as it pivots to complete AI game development. "No more hand-written code," a director told staff. All art "generated with full AI workflows." Full scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

on AI eroding trust and humanity

People who say "in schools they're teaching useless math we'll never use" should try doing graphics 20 years later. Instantly humbled by a tan function you hadn't seen in decades.

Petition to make customer service asking you to call them after you ask them to do something by text/email a hate crime against millennials. This is boomer agism levied against the younger gens. Phone aren't made for calling people. We collectively decided this 20 years ago.

When you're casually working with your pet project and vckpg decides it's time to rebuild SDL, glslang and the vulkan SDK because MSVC got an update 😩😩

A few weeks back we interviewed Jon Bauman on @cppcast.bsky.social with @lefticus.bsky.social about his work on C++/Rust interop. Check it out on cppcast.com/safety_and_i... or on your favourite streaming app. Also if you're interested to sponsor Jon for his work on interop please get in touch!

May Lyly cleanse your timeline in those trying times

There's a part of the french population online that seems ok with the idea of throwing grenades at 15 yo kids. It may seem insane but when you remember they probably also support Israel so it's actually a pretty consistent position on the usage of military hardware on children.

I am working on a very important musical theory that most/all emo and alternative from the 2000s is downstream of Tonight Tonight by the Smashing Pumpkins but I'm not sure people are ready to hear me out. But deep down I know I'm right.

In Paris you can get a train ticket for 2€ that will take you pretty far (but slowly). Or you can try to buy a ticket for the regional train that leaves in 10 minutes but no one at the station will know how to sell you a ticket and you'll just watch it leave. Also is costs 24€.

Someone told me today "I don't use auto because unlike the compiler, Claude doesn't always get the type inference right" 🤦

Visiting English art

Did my talk at #ndctechtown about doing learning graphics with C++. I'm really thankful for Nolan introducing the average person to Bronze Age Collapse so my joke could reach a much wider audience.

Finishing the day with a @kevlin.bsky.social talk. No pressure but maybe some expectations of being entertained. #ndctechtown

Cool presentation by Michelle D'souza about branch prediction mechanics at #ndctechtown

@hanicka.net 's keynote at #ndctechtown. Is 'R"hana(banana)...' some misheard lyrics from Bad Romance?

When I tell workers they cannot trust management, they often wrongly conclude that I mean their direct boss. That's not my point. They may very well be honest and supportive. But either way it'll mean nothing to some guy above with a spreadsheet. kotaku.com/halo-develop...

Hello Oslo 👋 Don't mind me, I'm just passing by on my way to Konsberg! Feel free to come and see me at NDC Tech Town where I showcase how I got into graphics. ndctechtown.com/agenda/learn...